Autonomous shuttles give cities a low-risk way to test connected infrastructure, expand transit options and reduce traffic congestion.

T-Mobile, Applied Information and Temple are introducing 5G-connected vehicle technology that enables traffic signals to communicate with any vehicle on the road via a revolutionary mobile app.

In an average school year, at least 100 children are killed, and another 25,000 are injured while navigating to and from school. An estimated 17 million school bus stop arm violations are reported in that same year.

Partnerships between Audi of America, Applied Information Inc., Blue Bird Corp., Fulton County Schools, the City of Alpharetta, Temple Inc., and Qualcomm Technologies began testing earlier this year on a system designed to make school zones and bus stops safer.

The city of Charlotte is turning to technology and stepped-up enforcement to reduce dangers posed by speeders on city streets.

For the past 18 months, Arlington drivers using the Glance TravelSafely phone app have made traveling six miles of Cooper Street both safer and easier. The city’s Cooper Street Smart Mobility Corridor uses “connected vehicle-to-everything” technologies to alert drivers to traffic light changes, nearby pedestrians and cyclists, approaching fire trucks, and more.