The US FCC’s decision on 5.9GHz led to Applied Information offering DSRC buybacks to DoTs.
Now, company boss Bryan Mulligan tells Adam Hill, we just need to get on and roll out CV
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January 10, 2020 feels like six years ago. That actually was just over a year ago when the coronavirus seemed like some foreign subject in the “international news” section. But the dreaded COVID-19 had already washed in from the shining sea then and by mid-March, people swarmed to gather amber waves of grain (and white rolls of paper). Then most of the United States hunkered down, as the nation changed its approach to almost every facet of everyday life.

Applied Information has offered to buy back installed dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) technology from US departments of transportation.

We’ve likely all been in this situation: You’re driving along when a stopped school bus appears around a bend. You quickly slow down because the children are our future and try to lower your pulse rate. Well, Audi and two partners, Applied Information and Temple, Inc., are working with the state of Georgia to bring cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) to school zones and buses using the 5.9-GHz cellular network.

North Fulton County is the international destination for developers testing technology and applications for connected vehicles, thanks to deployment of equipment that allows cars and traffic signals to “talk” to each other, pedestrians, cyclists and other nearby infrastructure.

As students return to school changes in opening times due to the coronavirus pandemic are creating challenges for traffic engineers in making sure school zone safety beacons are slowing traffic during the correct hours – but now a new technology is helping to make sure changes can be made quickly and easily.