Columbus, Ohio and Las Vegas, Nevada are both toying with smart technology to improve traffic.
Three things to know about the traffic technology testers:
- Each city had to bolster its tech infrastructure to allow for the massive amount of data needed to handle common traffic issues with technology.
- After infrastructure comes connectivity. Connected vehicles, autonomous cars, traffic monitoring devices all need to communicate with one another, & the communication must be safe and free of interference.
- City fleets become tech testers. City fleets are adapted to relay information and to see how helpful traffic management can be rolled out in the city.