Reflecting the anticipation of automated vehicles and the trend toward "Smart City" applications, four cities will begin deploying technology provided by Parsons Transportation Group, with Amazon Web Services, on intersections this summer. Parsons announced this month that Fort Smith, Ark.; Austin, Texas; Westminster, Colo., and Walnut Creek, Calif., will receive its Intelligent Intersections solution free for one year.
The cities were chosen out of a group of semifinalists announced last fall. The other contenders in the "Smart Cities Challenge" were Anne Arundel County, Md.; Dubai Roads and Transport Authority, United Arab Emirates; Manama, Bahrain; Mississauga, Ontario; Pasadena, Calif.; and the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.