Columbus awarded $50 million in Smart City grants, beating Kansas City & 5 other finalists | The Columbus Dispatch

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Columbus will be the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City.

The city beat out six other finalists for the competition to receive $50 million in grant funding from the federal government and Vulcan Inc. to develop Columbus into the nation’s proving ground for intelligent transportation systems.

That means that, soon, driver-less vehicles will roam parts of Columbus, access to electric vehicle charging stations will incease and and more cars will be able to communicate with traffic signals and other transportation infrastructure.

Federal officials will be in Columbus on Thursday to crown Columbus as the winner of the challenge, besting San Francisco, Austin, Portland, Kansas City, Denver and Pittsburgh.

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Columbus awarded $50 million in Smart City grants, beating Kansas City & 5 other finalists | The Columbus Dispatch