The City of Bellevue and T-Mobile: Making Bellevue Roads Safer With C-V2X

Over 1.3 million road users lose their lives worldwide every year. Given this staggering number, the City of Bellevue is prioritizing road safety and keeping its citizens safe as they hit the city streets. Partnering with T-Mobile for Government, Bellevue is using real-time IoT solutions to analyze physical threads with the goal of achieving zero traffic fatalities.
City of Bellevue embraces technology for safer roads through T-Mobile partnership.
The team at the City of Bellevue knows all-to-well the road safety statistics but channels their approach around the understanding that these statistics are real people. Using Visions Zero Road Safety as a framework and collaboration with T-Mobile, the City of Bellevue strives for zero traffic fatalities with these main initiatives:
- Embracing Technology for Safer Roads: Building upon a rich history of utilizing technology to create safer environments for theirour community, City of Bellevue pioneered a Vehicle-to-Network (V2N) system, which gathers real-time information and provides valuable insights to vehicles, enabling them to respond proactively to potential hazards.
- Protecting the Most Vulnerable: Focusing on safeguarding those most at risk on our roads, an emphasis was placed on deploying advanced technologies to identify potential dangers and take immediate actions to prevent accidents.
- Making Streets Smarter with 5G Technology: Bringing intelligence to the streets of Bellevue through the implementation 5G- powered smart beacons, crosswalks, and school zones enhance communication between infrastructure and vehicles.
Take the Next Step: See How the City of Bellevue Plans and Implements Vision Zero Road Safety Initiative
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