Georgia prepares for connected freight operations along The Ray Highway
The first phase of work focused on an 18-mile corridor of rural interstate and established a connected vehicle ecosystem
June 28, 2021 / 2 minute read
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) and The Ray today announced the second phase of the collaborative vehicle-to-everything (V2X) infrastructure development project on The Ray Highway along I-85 in West Georgia.
GDOT announced Kia as the OEM partner, supported by HATCI (Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc.). With the inclusion of Kia and HATCI, GDOT and The Ray will expand the use of Panasonic technology to directly engage an auto OEM for automotive collaboration on connected vehicle applications, such as freight signal priority and road work zone warnings, to improve transportation safety and enable more efficient driving.
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has announced its plan to modernize the US electric grid and utilize highway right-of-way (ROW) land to host transmission lines, build renewable energy projects, deploy broadband, and support electric vehicle charging.
The announcement from the Biden Adminstration, which was also backed by the Department of Energy, was hailed as a great step forward in the fight against climate change by Georgia’s sustainable mobility testbed The Ray.
Harriet Anderson Langford
“My father, Ray C Anderson, would be proud to see this program come to fruition,” says Harriet Anderson Langford, president and founder of The Ray. “Since our creation, The Ray has been inspired by the opportunity we saw in the underutilized land on our interstate roadsides. Our hope is by bringing ROW solar development forward, this program will be a catalyst for future projects that unlock the full potential of our ROW land. Like our solar megawatt on The Ray Highway, RO
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