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CDOT is getting Smart

https://www.transportation.gov/sites...5pm-update.pdf

PROJECT NAME: Colorado’s V2X Technology Safety and Mobility Improvement Project
APPLICANT/SPONSOR: Colorado Department of Transportation
BUILD GRANT AWARD: $20,000,000
TOTAL PROJECT COST: $67,000,000

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This project will create a commercial-scale connected vehicle environment using vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology. The approximately 537-mile network will provide real-time communication with connected vehicles and install over 200 miles of new fiber optic lines to rural communities. This network will send safety and mobility-critical messages directly to drivers through infrastructure-to-vehicle (I2V) communication as well as notify CDOT of crashes or hazards on the road through vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication.

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS AND BENEFITS:
The project will be the first of its kind to be deployed on a state level, and the country’s first commercial-scale connected vehicle environment using V2X technology. Providing broadband access to rural communities will lead to greater opportunities for economic development, including job creation and investment attraction. The project will generate safety benefits in the form of reduction in the occurrence of roadway accidents, injuries, and fatalities. Vehicle-to-infrastructure communication also allows CDOT to be immediately notified of crashes or hazards on the road to expedite emergency services and hasten the clearance of a crash scene.