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MDOT outlines connected‑vehicle, work‑zone and wireless‑charging pilots; partners with UPS, HAS Alert and CABNU
Summary
Michelle Mueller, manager of MDOT’s Connected, Automated and Electrification team, told commissioners about federal and state pilots including Detroit intersection instrumentation, work‑zone communications tests, a Fourteenth Street wireless charging installation and a HAS Alert pilot to broadcast state vehicle presence.
Michelle Mueller, manager of MDOT’s Connected, Automated and Electrification team, briefed commissioners on a portfolio of pilots and grants aimed at safety, commercial‑vehicle routing and in‑road charging during the Jan. 30 meeting.
Mueller told the commission, “a lot of our focus is, on safety and bringing safety forward to, our infrastructure,” and described multiple active projects that pair field instrumentation with vehicle systems and third‑party apps.
Key projects Mueller described:
- Cross‑border mobility and Blue Water Bridge smart grant: A cross‑border study held more than 100 U.S. and Canadian stakeholders to identify use cases and align data sharing for freight and passenger movements; the group secured a federal smart grant to test pre‑crossing check‑ins, shipment tracking and document streamlining on the Blue Water Bridge.
- Detroit ATCMTD deployment: A federally funded ATCMTD (Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment) project will…
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