Public-private partnership pushes for safe and efficient deployment of AVs in Texas
Summary
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is working to change that to improve safety along its roadways, where several autonomous truck developers like Kodiak and Aurora have already begun testing. TxDOT recently awarded Cavnue a contract to implement an autonomous trucking corridor with its digital infrastructure platform along a 21-mile stretch of State Highway 130, between SH71 and SH45 North, in the greater Austin area. Texas has some of the largest and most heavily trafficked highways in the country, and many trucks use SH130 to bypass the highly congested I-35 that runs from Dallas to Austin to San Antonio. “We can put sensors up on roadways in months; it doesnt take years.” He said Cavnue’s partnership with TxDOT enables the transportation agency to evaluate this integrated physical and digital infrastructure for future use cases as well. The insights that TxDOT gains from this project will support the safe and effective deployment of advanced and self-driving trucking operations to a broader network of roadways along additional key travel corridors in Texas in the future.