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Valdosta Smart City Project Outcomes And What Made It A Finalist In 2021 World Smart Cities Award

Abstract

This main objectives of this study are as follows: 1. To describe a collaborative study among Valdosta State University (VSU) Engineering programs, the City of Valdosta, Georgia Tech, and two technology development industries (Temple and Applied Information) in a community project that started in mid-2020 to improve all the 128 signalized traffic intersections and the Traffic Management Center (TMC) in the city of Valdosta to improve safety, connectivity, and efficiency for the community including drivers, pedestrians, bikers and all transportation methods. 2. To describe the major accomplishments of the project including the nomination for the 2021 World Smart Cities Award in the Mobility category. The Valdosta Smart City Project funded by Georgia Tech Smart Community Challenge was one of the three projects selected world-wide for the award (with two other projects from Spain and China) in the Smart City Expo World Congress held in the city of Barcelona, Spain in November 17, 2021. This study will focus on the significance of the directed studies projects developed at VSU engineering program related to this project. Two directed studies courses in traffic engineering and management were developed at VSU through which a total of eight VSU engineering students participated in undergraduate research in a collaborative work with the city of Valdosta and its TMC and Georgia Tech. Also, more than 100 VSU engineering students received training related to traffic connected vehicle technology and technical aspects of this community project. We will describe that key points that made this project to be so successful that made it one of the thee finalist for the 2021 World Smart City award. programs, the City of Valdosta, Georgia Tech, and two technology development industries (Temple and Applied Information) in a community project that started in mid-2020 to improve all the 128 signalized traffic intersections and the Traffic Management Center (TMC) in the city of Valdosta to improve safety, connectivity, and efficiency for the community including Drivers, Pedestrians, bikers and all transportation methods. 2. To describe the major accomplishments of the project including the nomination for the 2021 World Smart Cities Award in the Mobility category. The Valdosta Smart City Project funded by Georgia Tech Smart Community Challenge was one of the three projects selected world-wide for the award (with two other projects from Spain and China) in the Smart City Expo World Congress held in the city of Barcelona, Spain in November 17, 2021.

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