The Virginia Smart Road
Date Posted: March 1, 2015
Posted In: Ideas,
From Virginia Tech: The Virginia Smart Road is a unique, state-of-the-art, full-scale, closed test-bed research facility managed by VTTI and owned and maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The Smart Road continues to play an important role in the overall success of the Institute and its research endeavors. Transportation scientists and product developers have spent thousands of hours conducting research on this high-tech highway since its opening.
The Smart Road features weather-making capabilities (rain, snow, fog), a variable lighting test bed, pavement markings, an on-site data acquisition system (DAS), road weather information systems, a differential global positioning system (GPS), road access and surveillance, and a signalized intersection.