The City of Columbus’ Smart Columbus plan won the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) $40 million Smart City Challenge in June 2016 after competing against 77 cities nationwide to become the country’s first city to fully integrate innovative technologies – self-driving cars, connected vehicles and smart sensors – into its transportation network. Columbus was also awarded an additional $10 million grant from the Paul G. Allen Philanthropies to accelerate the transition to an electrified, low-emissions transportation system. Aligned investments totaling more than $500 million have been made by the private, public and academic institutions in the region to support technology and infrastructure investments that upgrade Columbus' transportation network and help make Columbus the model connected city of the future. Smart Columbus is a regional smart city initiative co-led by the City of Columbus and Columbus Partnership that includes partnerships with The Ohio State University, Battelle, American Electric Power and many more.
The Concept of Operations conveys a high-level view of the system to be implemented from the viewpoint of multiple stakeholders including deployment area residents in Linden neighborhood, Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) and The City of Columbus Department of Public Service. The foundation for the Connected Vehicle Environment is the Columbus Traffic Signal System (CTSS), which is a high-speed network backbone. The CVE project will add to the network by creating a transportation network where vehicles can talk to other vehicles, infrastructure, and the Smart Columbus Operating System The network will consist of physical and data infrastructure. Roadside units at intersections and on-board units in vehicles will be installed. Data will be collected, stored and made available for traffic management and other Smart Columbus project applications
113 road side units (RSUs) will be installed at intersections with stop lights. Up to 1,800 on-board units (OBUs) will be installed on participating private, emergency, transit and freight vehicles. 12 vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-infrastructure applications will be deployed
In 2016, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) awarded $40 million to the City of Columbus, Ohio, as the winner of the Smart City Challenge. In conjunction with the Smart City Challenge, Columbus was also awarded a $10 million grant from Paul G. Allen Philanthropies to accelerate the transition to an electrified, 232 low-emissions transportation system.
Source:https://smart.columbus.gov/News/Smart-Columbus-releases-concept-document-for-connected-vehicle-environment-funded-by-Smart-City-Challenge/