In the Labs: Connected vehicles in Ohio, artificial intelligence with UMass, Nortthwestern

Activity on the tech labs front is happening faster than we can get to it these days, so here are a few "in case you missed it" items... The state of Ohio, JobsOhio and the Ohio State University are putting $45 million into an expansion of the Transportation Research Center's (TRC) 540-acre Smart Mobility Advanced Research and Test (SMART) Center in the Columbus area. Research will focus both on connected and driverless vehicles within this section of the 4,500-acre TRC expanse. This first phase of SMART expansion will include the industry's largest high-speed intersection, an urban network of intersections (i.e., roundabouts, or what we in the Northeast call rotaries), a rural network that includes wooded roads and a neighborhood network for slower speeds. TRC provides the largest independent vehicle testing facility in North America, according to TRC CEO Mark-Tami Hotta.