Smart cities: center transit signal priority/emergency vehicle preemption

This $141,131.04 federal Formula Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) will fund a project to implement a citywide centralized transit signal priority/emergency vehicle preemption system in Richmond, Virginia.

The project aims to improve emergency response times, maintain transit schedules, lower emissions, and enhance multimodal transportation operations by leveraging ongoing advanced traffic management system upgrades. The grant will be used to deploy the centralized system, which will manage priority and preemption requests from transit vehicles and emergency responders across the city. A sub-grant to the City of Richmond will support the implementation of this smart cities transportation infrastructure initiative.

Project description

Richmond; from broad street to various locations. A citywide centralized transit signal priority/emergency vehicle preemption system to manage priority and preemption requests is proposed to improve emergency responses, maintain transit schedules, lower emissions, and improve multimodal operations. The system will leverage ongoing advance traffic management system upgrades.