A connected vehicle partnership project between the Utah Department of Transportation and Panasonic is moving into phase two, which includes more vehicles, roadside units and expanded data sharing.
Category: Utah
Utah DOT Hopes Weather Stations Will Make I-80 Safer for Motorists
By Jed Boal, Deseret News | Published: Friday, May 20 2016 1:35 p.m. MDT | Updated: Sunday, May 22 2016 10:49 p.m. MDT TOOELE — When high winds hit I-80 in Tooele County, the result is often dust storms and toppled trucks. Now the Utah Department of Transportation is using mobile weather stations to help warn drivers […]
HB369 Could Help Reduce Traffic Congestion
Originally posted: Written by LaVarr Webb on 01 March 2016. Posted in Today At Utah Policy Everyone hates being stuck in traffic. Or sitting at a long red light when no traffic is coming from other directions. New technology incorporating roadside sensors to monitor traffic patterns could enable the Utah Department of Transportation, Utah Transit […]
Utah DOT Testing Connected Vehicle Technology to Improve Safety, Fuel Efficiency for Truckers
By Jasen Lee, Deseret News TOOELE — A new technology being tested in Utah could improve big-rig safety and fuel efficiency on roadways. The Utah Department of Transportation Friday coordinated field tests of a new vehicle-to-vehicle communication system targeted at the trucking industry. The department, along with California-based Peloton Technology — the company developing the […]
Utah DOT Continues Message Monday Campaign
KATIE PEIKES, Utah Public Radio • OCT 26, 2015 If you’re driving on the freeway on a Monday, you might catch a glimpse of a few distinct variable message signs (VMS) that have been comically altered to capture the attention of drivers. In what the Utah Department of Transportation calls Message Mondays as part […]
UDOT releases first crowd-sourced road hazard smartphone app
November 13, 2014, Salt Lake City, UT – Utah boasts the greatest snow on Earth, and now can also claim it is the first state in the nation to be able to allow its residents to report the white stuff falling from the skies in an exclusive road hazard reporting smartphone app. The road […]
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