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Posted On: 08/22/2017 7:02:56 PM
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The health of our infrastructure: How Nevada ranks and what improvements are on the horizon
• Automation and electric vehicles: In the coming years, regulators expect transportation to become increasingly automated and electric. That shift will offer opportunities to increase efficiency, Quigley said, but it is going to require new infrastructure to be built on top of existing roadways. To work autonomously, vehicles need sensors to communicate with bike lanes, traffic lights and other infrastructure. Las Vegas is preparing already.
One local application: Audi recently came out with a car that can communicate with Las Vegas traffic lights. The “vehicle-to-infrastructure” platform will tell you how many seconds you have before a red light expires. Such high-tech infrastructure is being tested in downtown Las Vegas’ Innovation District, where data on self-driving vehicles is being collected in real-time situations. During CES last year, the district received a lot of attention for sending an autonomous electric bus down Fremont Street.
One infrastructure impact: Audi’s new model notifies the driver when a light is about to change. As a result, more cars might move through a green light, decreasing traffic and clearing up the roads.
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• Automation and electric vehicles: In the coming years, regulators expect transportation to become increasingly automated and electric. That shift will offer opportunities to increase efficiency, Quigley said, but it is going to require new infrastructure to be built on top of existing roadways. To work autonomously, vehicles need sensors to communicate with bike lanes, traffic lights and other infrastructure. Las Vegas is preparing already.
One local application: Audi recently came out with a car that can communicate with Las Vegas traffic lights. The “vehicle-to-infrastructure” platform will tell you how many seconds you have before a red light expires. Such high-tech infrastructure is being tested in downtown Las Vegas’ Innovation District, where data on self-driving vehicles is being collected in real-time situations. During CES last year, the district received a lot of attention for sending an autonomous electric bus down Fremont Street.
One infrastructure impact: Audi’s new model notifies the driver when a light is about to change. As a result, more cars might move through a green light, decreasing traffic and clearing up the roads.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/aug/21/the-...Qo.twitter
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