What is a smart road? A road rired with fiber optic cable, cameras and conencted devices
What are the goals of smart roads?
- Alert drivers to accidents, weather, and adjust speed limits
- Communicate with self driving cars
- Help all cars move as quickly as possible & as safely as possible
Where are we seeing smart roads?
- Virginia I-66 smart road is up and running
- In 2016 Ohio pledged to spend $15 million for 35 miles of smart road on Rt. 33
- Utah is testing it on Salt Lake City’s Redwood Road
What regulatory and legsialtive issues?
- How to communicate with the self driving cars, there is no standard communication
Wall Street Journal | States Wire Up Roads as Cars Get Smarter