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Deploying Multiple, Smart City Technologies

Deploying Multiple, Smart City Technologies to Reduce Traffic and Broaden Internet Access

Project Name
Sacramento Public-Private Partnership
Location
Sacramento, California
Client
Verizon Wireless

In early 2017, the City of Sacramento entered into a public-private partnership (P3) with Verizon Wireless (Verizon). Verizon designated Black & Veatch as its preferred smart cities deployment partner for its Smart Communities efforts. Black & Veatch is working with Verizon to improve traffic and broaden internet access by deploying multiple, smart city technologies in Sacramento.

The $100 million project will help reduce car accident deaths by studying traffic flow. Intelligent sensors were designed for 12 intersections on two major corridors in Sacramento, in addition to providing intersection safety analytics at 15 intersections to help reduce pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities.

The City of Sacramento will be able to:

  • Capture data to reduce traffic congestion by effectively moving traffic through intersections
  • Adapt traffic signals by aggregating data in real-time in response to traffic patterns
  • Offer community Wi-Fi to public areas and to those who may not have had access in the past

The effort also includes a Vision Zero component. The national program seeks to eliminate traffic fatalities on city streets.

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