It would be the first of its kind not only in Connecticut, but in the entire Northeast. UConn is working with a company to build a multi-million dollar “smart city” and research lab, which would allow companies and researchers to collaborate on emerging vehicle technologies and concepts. The Connecticut Transportation Institute (CTI), which is part of the UConn School of Engineering, and Promesa Capital LLC have been developing plans for this “Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Smart City” and research facility at UConn since about 2019. The development itself is called a “smart city,” which Jackson said refers to a worldwide movement in which physical infrastructure is smart and connected, with innovations like driverless cars linked to traffic signals. “So it’s really using the internet and cell service to track vehicles to provide them with information and then prevent traffic crashes or collisions from occurring,” he said.
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