Valdosta Traffic Calming and Connectivity Project Selected as Finalist for World Smart Cities Awards

The City of Valdosta’s smart traffic management system—created with research support from Civil Engineering Professor Baabak Ashuri—was selected as a finalist for a 2021 World Smart Cities Award in the Mobility Category. The project was funded by the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation’s Georgia Smart Communities Challenge in 2020. The city of Valdosta and its research partners piloted a smart traffic management system designed to connect all 128 city traffic signals. The effort also included systems enhancements at traffic signals and the traffic control operations center, and the installation of communications responders in 10 fire trucks.