Hello Wednesday. April 24 2024 
What makes a roadway the smartest in the world? The Tennessee Department of Transportation + a team of Vanderbilt engineers will soon find out.
The groups have partnered with architecture and engineering firm Gresham Smith for I-24 Motion — a 6-mile stretch of I-24 being coined “the smartest roadway in the world.” The project will study how driver-assist vehicles impact traffic flow when mixed in with real-world driving conditions. 
The project will span 6 miles of I-24 in Nashville. | Graphic via Google Maps How it works The project area is divided into 2 sections: I-24 from Bell Rd. to Old Hickory Blvd. + I-24 from Old Hickory Blvd. to Waldron Rd., which transportation officials say is long enough to provide 5 minutes or more of visibility per vehicle.
Why it’s happening now I-24 Motion’s overall goal is to create an environment outside of labs and closed-course settings to study how drivers and automated vehicles interact on the road.
The project also hopes to advance congestion management — an effort already underway along this same section of interstate as part of TDOT’s I-24 SMART Corridor project. 
Graphic by NASHtoday The timeline Crews began installing cameras this summer + the project is on track to be operational by summer 2022.
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