Six US DOTs pilot connected vehicle data for safer hurricane evacuation

In a new proof-of-concept, the Departments of Transportation of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia will use connected vehicle data to help monitor and manage emergency evacuations during the hurricane season.

The initiative will use data from Wejo and its network of connected vehicles as people are evacuating to get out of the path of an approaching hurricane. Other partners are database technology company Moonshadow Mobile, the University of Maryland CATT Lab and the Eastern Transportation Coalition, which is a partnership of 17 states and  the District of Columbia focused on connecting public agencies across modes of travel to increase safety and efficiency.