U.S. Department of Transportation Awards $5.14 Million for Safe Driving Technologies in Kentucky

FHWA 27E-22
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today awarded a $5.14 million Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) grant to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for Kentucky's Wrong Way Driving and Integrated Safety Technology System. The project will use the grant to deploy advanced intelligent transportation systems technologies to detect wrong-way incidents.

FHWA's ATCMTD program this year awarded grants valued at $45.2 million to 10 projects using advanced intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technologies that will improve mobility and safety, provide multimodal transportation options and support underserved communities.

"With these grants, the Biden-Harris Administration is helping communities deliver modern transportation systems that connect people to where they want to go more affordably, efficiently, and safely," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "We're pleased to support these innovative solutions that will improve driving and public transit for Americans in urban, suburban, and rural areas alike."

Kentucky's Wrong Way Driving and Integrated Safety Technology System will use cutting-edge computing and video processing to detect and deter wrong-way incidents. The system will alert other drivers and emergency responders. The system will also improve existing intelligent transportation systems to monitor and detect other safety concerns related to pedestrians, debris and halted vehicles on the roadway.

"ATCMTD grants promote innovations that help expand access to transportation for communities in rural areas and cities alike, improve connectivity, and prepare America's transportation systems for the future," said Acting Federal Highway Administrator Stephanie Pollack. "Kentucky's project will use advanced technologies to improve safety."

The FHWA's ATCMTD program funds early deployments of forward-looking technologies that can serve as national models. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) continues the ATCMTD from 2022 through 2026 at the same level of funding with a greater focus on rural transportation, transit, paratransit and protecting the environment. BIL adds several new eligible activities such as advanced transportation technologies to improve emergency evacuation and response by federal, state and local authorities, integrated corridor management systems, advanced parking reservation or variable pricing systems and technologies that enhance congestion pricing and automated vehicle communications.

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