DOT Awards NYC $20 Million for Connected-Vehicle Programs

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Sept. 14 announced that New York City would receive up to $20 million to advance connected-vehicle and related infrastructure concepts.

The Big Apple will use the funds to develop and deploy vehicles able to communicate with vehicles that have similar technology, as well as surrounding infrastructure.

The award was part of the Department of Transportation’s national connected vehicle pilot deployment program.

“It has been a core mission of the department to support promising new technologies, and through these types of smart investments we are opening the door to a safer and cleaner network and expanding how future generations travel,” Foxx said.

“We look forward to testing this exciting safety technology on some of the toughest streets in the world,” New York City transportation chief Polly Trottenberg added.