U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the latest partnership in the Smart City Challenge; the winning city's public bus system will receive the installation of Mobileye's Shield +TM technology on every bus. This is in addition to U.S. DOT's award of up to $40 million and an award of up to $10 million from the Challenge's launch partner, Vulcan Philanthropy.
Mobileye's Shield +TM driver assistance safety technology is designed to enable bus drivers in the selected city to avoid and mitigate imminent collisions and protect road users including cyclists, pedestrians, and motorcyclists. The winning city will need to work with Mobileye to secure this technology contribution. Once installed, the technology is designed to generate continuous, real-time data delivery, which will empower the winning city to make improvements to the safety and efficiency of its public bus system.
The announcement of this collaboration follows last month's launch of U.S. DOT's Smart City Challenge, a competition that will support the creation of a fully integrated, first-of-its-kind city that uses data, technology and creativity to shape how people and goods move in the future. The Challenge is a collaborative partnership that aims to implement bold, data-driven ideas to make transportation safer, easier, and more reliable.
"Our Department's partnership with Mobileye significantly strengthens this Challenge, devoting additional resources to the winning city so it can further develop its own unique vision of what a fully integrated, forward-looking transportation network looks like," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. "The funding and technology contributed by our private sector partners will assist the selected city in using data-driven information to make their transportation systems safer and more efficient and prepare for the future of transportation."