| Connected Vehicles
Left: The streets of
Gainesville, Florida,
are the setting for
a new, cutting-edge
connected vehicle pilot
Gainesville, Florida is the
location of a new cloudbased
Signal Phase and
Timing (SPaT) connected
vehicle (CV) project.
Taking its name from the
distinctive shape formed by the four
roads around the University of
Florida campus where testing will
take place, the Gainesville Trapezium
SPaT project will consider the
potential safety and traffic
management benefits that greater
connectivity offers.
“We are committed to
incorporating the latest technology
and transportation solutions to
strengthen safety on our roadways,”
said Raj Ponnaluri, Florida
Department of Transportation’s
(FDOT) connected vehicles and
arterial management engineer.
“We’re proud to be developing this
exciting CV technology project that
has the potential to make a major
impact on driving behavior in the
Gainesville area.”
Siemens Mobility, a division of the
German conglomerate was awarded
the contract for a project that will
amount to over US$461,500 of
funding, one of the largest statefunded
SPaT projects in the country.
Overseeing the project is project
manager Iouri Nemirovski at
Siemens Mobility.
“The main applications for the
project are to do with safety, the
focus will be testing the ability to
transfer SPaT information on the
status of lights at intersections to the
traffic controller,” he says. “Another
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