THEA Rises to the Top of Transportation Technology

The Tampa Hillsborough Express Authority (THEA) has been awarded a $17 million dollar contract by leaders in the US Department of Transportation for the connected vehicle pilot program.

 

Transportation for the Connected Vehicle (CV) pilot program.

To make the announcement, Florida Senator Bill Nelson and U.S. Transportation Under-Secretary, Peter Rogoff, joined Tampa Bay area transportation leaders, including Joe Waggoner, Executive Director of THEA, at our headquarters in the Channel District.

 

THEA is launching the pilot project, which is designed to make our roads safer and less congested.

 

According to Rogoff, “It really holds the potential to reduce fatalities by as much as 80 percent.”

 

Read more about this award at: http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2015/9/14/tampa_transportation.html

 

http://www.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/17-million-pilot-project-will-help-move-tampa-traffic-20150914/