News – Smart Intersections Project

Three research vehicles drive down a stretch of highway.

In Ann Arbor, Mich., optimism and unanswered questions dominate the V2X conversation (AutoNews)

When sight and attention fail, as in the fog bank that caused a 168-vehicle crash on Interstate 55 in New Orleans last month, connected infrastructure and vehicles can… [read more]

Photograph of Dr. Henry Liu standing at an intersection in the Mcity test facility while a vehicle enters, testing the Smart Intersections Project's cooperative perception ability.

University of Michigan to install new technology to increase road safety for drivers, pedestrians (WXYZ)

The University of Michigan will be installing 20 more “SMART” intersections at the start of 2023. Their goal is to make roads safer both for drivers and pedestrians. On… [read more]

Photograph of a roundabout at State Street and Ellsworth Road. It features the Smart Intersections Project equipment.

Dangerous Ann Arbor intersections focus of University of Michigan-led project (MLive)

A University of Michigan project will take a deeper look at Washtenaw County’s most dangerous intersection. That intersection is the roundabout at State Street at El… [read more]

Long exposure photo of an Ann Arbor intersection at night. The link directs to the WXYZ news story.

20 ‘smart intersections’ coming to Ann Arbor (WXYZ)

The future of driving will soon be revealed in Ann Arbor as 20 “smart intersections” are planned for the city. The University of Michigan announced that the U.S. Depart… [read more]

U of M Awarded $9.95 Million To Build Smart Intersections In Ann Arbor (WEMU)

The University of Michigan is building more than 20 smart intersections over the next three years. Professor Henry Liu is from U of M’s Civil and Environmental Enginee… [read more]

Aerial photograph of the M-city roundabout. The link directs to the University RECORD news story.

$9.95M for ‘smart intersections’ across Ann Arbor (The University RECORD)

Ann Arbor will soon be home to more than 20 “smart intersections” — capable of gathering and transmitting information in real-time to connected cars — as part of a Univer… [read more]

Overhead photograph of an Ann Arbor intersection. The link directs to the W-X-Y-Z news story.

Ann Arbor transportation plan works to eliminate carbon emissions and injury crashes (WXYZ)

Ann Arbor’s new transportation plan is revolving all around zero. The goal, zero deaths and injuries because of crashes by 2025, and zero carbon emissions by 2030. “Th… [read more]

Aerial photograph of the University of Michigan north campus buildings. The link directs to the press release from the Debbie Stabenow website.

Stabenow, Peters, Dingell Applaud $9.95 Million Federal Grant to Help Advance UM’s Automated Vehicle Research (Debbie Stabenow)

U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (MI) and Gary Peters (MI) and U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12) today applauded a $9,950,098 federal grant awarded to the Uni… [read more]

Photograph of Dr. Henry Liu and a student in the Michigan Traffic Lab. The link directs to the news story on the Click on Detroit website.

U-M receives nearly $20M to equip Ann Arbor with ‘smart intersections’ (Click on Detroit)

A University of Michigan effort focused on the safety of automated and connected vehicles will be bringing more than 20 “smart intersections” to the city of Ann Arbor… [read more]

Photograph of Dr. Henry Liu at the American Center for Mobility next to an automated vehicle. The link directs to the news story on the Detroit News website.

UM leads project to give Ann Arbor motorists ‘smart intersections’ (The Detroit News)

With the goal of providing safer roadways, the University of Michigan-led project will establish 21 “smart intersections” that will collect movements on streets… [read more]