The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is awarding $60 million in grants under the Saving Lives with Connectivity: Accelerating V2X Deployment program to advance connected and interoperable vehicle technologies. FHWA says the grants to recipients in Arizona, Texas and Utah will serve as national models to accelerate and spur new deployments of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technologies.
“As this department explores every measure that can help reduce roadway fatalities, connected vehicle technology—like V2X—has potential to make roads safer and save lives,” said U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “The grants we’re announcing today are helping accelerate the development and adoption of potentially life-saving V2X technology nationwide.”
The Saving Lives with Connectivity: Accelerating V2X Deployment initiative is focused on road safety, mobility and efficiency through technology that enables vehicles and wireless devices to communicate with each other and with roadside infrastructure and provide warnings, meaning cars will be able to effectively communicate with traffic devices and the roadside.
“These grants are leading the way in promoting and deploying V2X technologies to explore the potential to save lives on our nation’s highways,” said FHWA Administrator Shailen Bhatt. “The funding provided today will help accelerate the technology so that we can deploy it on a national scale and provide new tools to reduce deaths on our nation’s roads and highways.”
The grants will promote the deployment of V2X technologies, with the goal of advancing the full lifesaving potential of V2X communication while ensuring connected technologies communicate securely and without harmful interference across a variety of devices and platforms.
“I’m proud of the partnerships between federal, state, local and tribal government agencies for coordinating all of these technologies to improve safety,” said USDOT Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology Dr. Robert C. Hampshire.
The grants are as follows:
More information on the V2X grants can be found on USDOT’s website.
