Applied Information (AI), a leading intelligent transportation infrastructure technology provider, announced at CES 2019 that its LTE C-V2X products are now deployed in more than 500 U.S. cities, counties, school districts and states – providing cellular connectivity to traffic signals, school zone flashing beacons, emergency vehicles and other traffic control devices.

Qualcomm sees a future where cars will not only be able to talk to each other but see and avoid pedestrians and cyclists, as long as they are carrying a phone. What’s more, Ford, Audi and Ducati are among those already on board. Applied Information is supplying the infrastructure devices.

One of the most important developments out of CES 2019 was the momentum of cellular vehicle-to-everything technology and how Ford will roll it out to its global fleet by 2022. Amid robotics, health and wellness gadgets, laptops and a bevy of other devices, Ford’s move to adopt Qualcomm’s cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) platform was largely overlooked.

Bryan Mulligan, president and founder of Applied Information, Inc., accepted this year’s Illuminations Award on behalf of his company, which belongs to the Transportation Management Systems and Associated Control Devices Section (3TS). The award is given annually to a Member of the NEMA Business Innovation Council (BIC) that demonstrates entrepreneurism and innovation.

The City of Atlanta’s North Avenue Smart Corridor Project was recognized as an innovative and transformative program during a leading international summit on smart cities.

Marietta has become an example of how cities can future-proof their infrastructure while improving things for today’s residents.

Marietta is the first city in the nation to implement such a traffic management system, which it has been testing with first responders for more than a year. Marietta City Manager Bill Bruton says the results thus far are impressive…