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Smart Snelling

Status:  Complete
Report Date:  01/15/2025

Summary:

The Smart Snelling project was comprised of two main components: • Testing a third-party application to provide users signal phasing and timing (SPaT) information. • Testing snowplow signal priority. MnDOT and Ramsey County installed connected vehicle technology equipment at 16 intersections owned by MnDOT and Ramsey County. The project tested the equipment¿s ability to provide snowplow signal priority by communicating with the onboard unit on the plow truck. The project also tested the "TravelSafely" mobile phone application's capabilities to provide real-time information accurately and effectively about signal phasing and timing to inform travelers of phase changes, red-light running, and presence of pedestrians/cyclists.

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