Manhattan, New York, will be the first testing ground for a smart device mounted in vehicles to warn drivers of approaching endangerments and traffic jams as announced by U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.
New York will be given up to $20 million to advance the so-called connected vehicle technologies that Foxx anticipates will in due course will be utilized across the United States of America.
As much as 10,000 cars, taxi cabs, buses and trucks are to be tailored with these sensory devices in New York by the year 2017, letting anonymous car-to-car messaging to prevent accidents, mishaps or casualties. With these sensory devices mounted at key point road intersections, this will push data to motorists and aid to keep striders safe; and as the pilot program improves, a smartphone application is in the works so foot-travelers can also pick up this kind of alerts as well.
Foxx said at a news conference at Queens Center that today's declaration is a giant leap forward for tomorrow on how we move in this nation, from the rural societies to the biggest cities in the U.S.
One of the country's most congested traffic zones is midtown Manhattan, which will be the experimental course's concentration and some parts of Brooklyn as well.
The scheme also will be tested in Tampa Bay, Florida and some areas in Wyoming to diverge traffic situations in which the technology functions. After the testing is accomplished and the system structure is accustomed based on presentation, the target is to equip other towns with this technology.
Commissioner Polly Trottenberg of the New York City Transportation Department, along with Foxx and Meera Joshi, The Taxi and Limousine Commission head, stated that they are looking forward on testing this exciting safety device on some of the harshest streets in the world.
