While autonomous vehicles will one day — and in the not-too-distant future — dramatically reduce the mostly human-induced hazards of driving, new technology now being tested in Utah could start saving lives and time stuck in traffic in just the next few years.
Tag: USDOT
New digital message signs/web cameras coming online in northwest Wyoming
June 2, 2020 For information about WYDOT’s work, contact WYDOT public relations specialist Cody Beers at (307) 431-1803. “Work started last August, and installation and activation of the message boards was delayed due to COVID-19,” said Kaia Tharp, Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer in Thermopolis. “The 30-day test of the message boards […]
Wyoming prepares for winter with new connected vehicle technology on I-80 corridor
November 2, 2018 | Adam Frost |Traffic Technology Today.com (Photo Courtesy of Article) As it prepares for winter, the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) has been demonstrating the new connected vehicle technology that it is piloting on Interstate 80, which it hopes could help reduce crashes and make the route safer during adverse weather conditions. Read […]
UW Part of Study to Improve Safety, Reduce Traffic Closures on I-80
Posted originally: University of Wyoming News / February 23, 2016 Last April, a stretch of Interstate 80 between Cheyenne and Rawlins was the scene of two major pile-up crashes that involved 135 vehicles, resulted in two fatalities, and had an economic impact of roughly $23 million. The state’s critical economic transportation corridor — sections of […]
Transportation Radio – Ken Leonard of US DOT’s ITS Joint Program Office
October 24, 2014, brwagenblast – What’s the role of the federal government in the future of ITS? What’s the difference between connected and autonomous vehicles? Is there such a thing as a connected pedestrian? Ken Leonard, Director of US DOT’s ITS Joint Program Office answers these questions and more. Listen to interview
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