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Curiosity Lab Receives Transit Funding

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A portion of the federal FY22 Omnibus Appropriations Package will allow the city of Peachtree Corners to build a Mobility Hub.

Curiosity Lab, the not-so-hidden gem at the center of Peachtree Corners technology boom, recently announced it will be receiving $495,000 as part of the FY22 Omnibus Appropriations Package. This exciting development will allow the lab to build a Mobility Hub, which will foster the city’s continued work in improving transit options to better accommodate autonomous vehicles, drones and other clean-energy vehicles as technology continues to develop.

Although the information is just being released, this endeavor took more than a year of hard work.

Approximate area of possible Mobility Hub in Tech Park at vacant land Technology Parkway and Research Dr NW

“I am bringing back $5.07 million to Georgia’s 7th District for essential local projects that will make meaningful differences in our community,” said Congresswoman Carol Bordeaux in a letter to the Peachtree Corners mayor and city council. “All ten of my Community Project Funding requests were successfully funded in Congress’s FY22 Spending bill.”

The city doesn’t want this opportunity to languish. Peachtree Corners is already working on making the project happen.

“We’re also in the process of closing on some land to create a mobility hub within the Tech Par,” Assistant City Manager and Chief Technology Officer Brandon Branham mentioned recently in a guest blog for 3blmedia. “Solar will be a big part of regenerating the grid, which will also be geared around electric vehicle charging and the operations of that facility overall, including things like lighting and security. Right now, we’re going through the necessary calibrations to see how much solar this hub will require. The goal is to try and create a sustainable, off-grid model for micro-mobility and the transit station.”

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Israeli Startup Brings Intelligent Traffic Solution to Peachtree Corners

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The City of Peachtree Corners announced a partnership with Intelligent Traffic Control Ltd (ITC), an Israeli startup that provides a software solution for existing traffic infrastructure.

ITC’s smart solution aims to improve travel experiences by measuring traffic to predict and mitigate congestion before it occurs.

ITC will partner with Curiosity Lab to launch this solution for the first time in the United States. The company plans to deploy the solution in select Peachtree Corners traffic intersections for demonstrations and testing. 

ITC’s software connects to existing traffic cameras and uses computer vision analysis to identify all road objects and collect data, including speed, acceleration, traffic flow, distance, pedestrian activity and more. 

ITC’s software also complies with privacy regulations by hiding license plates and faces. 

Using machine learning models, data is then analyzed to create a traffic model that highlights patterns of each intersection or corridor. This information is connected across a grid of intersections to create one holistic image. 

ITC is also predicting traffic patterns based on historic data, enabling cities to have more control over traffic congestion. 

“With our solution already deployed across Israel, in Australia and other countries worldwide, Curiosity Lab will serve as a real-world playground for us to continue to develop our solution and to officially launch in the U.S. with an official office in the Innovation Center,” said Aharon Brauner, ITC Co-Founder and CEO. 

“That ecosystem is the perfect opportunity for us to demonstrate the effectiveness of our solution with consistent mixed traffic, public transit and pedestrian activity along the corridor.”

In addition to uncovering patterns, ITC’s solution can create traffic simulations across intersections and corridors where the software is deployed. 

Traffic controllers and city managers will be able to visualize and simulate countless theoretical traffic scenarios for the software to solve.

ITC’s software can also manage traffic based on a city’s specific goals, whether limiting carbon emissions and improving sustainability or providing general traffic management, prioritizing pedestrians or public transit and more.

“Our software not only learns and adapts traffic signals and patterns in real-time, but also has the capability to manage traffic to prioritize certain categories of road users,” said Dvir Kenig, ITC Co-Founder and CTO. 

“This allows cities to manage each intersection or corridor differently based on the type of traffic they are seeing and/or time of day,” he added.

“According to recent studies, more than 40% of traffic accidents occur in intersections, and congestion accounts for 25% of car greenhouse gas emissions – with the average driver spending three days per year stuck in traffic,” said Brandon Branham, Curiosity Lab Executive Director. 

“We will be able to manage intersections in real-time and can easily download a traffic report and adapt traffic signal patterns remotely, which is a huge advantage for city managers when there are major wrecks, community events and sudden surges in traffic,” he explained.

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Clevon’s Autonomous Delivery Robot Fleet Zooms into Smart City Peachtree Corners

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Peachtree Corners has announced that Clevon, a global autonomous delivery company, is joining the city’s Curiosity Lab ecosystem. The company’s autonomous robot carriers (ARCs) are designed to help fulfill last-mile package, grocery, restaurant, retail and industrial deliveries around the city. 

“It was only fitting to bring our second major operation here in the United States to one of the most advanced smart city environments in the world at Peachtree Corners,” said Sander Sebastian Agur, Clevon’s Chief Executive Officer.

Clevon’s fully electric ARCs aim to reduce failed deliveries, carbon emissions, cost of delivery per customer and stolen packages.  

“We’re proud to have adopted some of the world’s most advanced emerging technologies here in Peachtree Corners, and we’re delighted to continue that tradition by welcoming Clevon and their autonomous robot carriers to our community,” said Brandon Branham, Curiosity Lab Executive Director. “From a city perspective, we are always looking to improve our residents’ everyday lives with exciting new technologies. Showcasing how robotic solutions can help enhance package delivery operations while reducing congestion and emissions gives us a further peek into a brighter future.”

Clevon’s ARCs operate on U.S. public roadways and are built to deliver multiple shipments during a single trip. As part of the Curiosity Lab ecosystem, Clevon will explore live testing for 5G adoption in partnership with T-Mobile.

“We are proud to be supporting Clevon in this greater mission to create more sustainable and efficient delivery solutions,” said Dave Bezzant, Vice President, T-Mobile for Government.

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Audi Joins Peachtree Corners to Advance C-V2X Deployment Pathways

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Smadar Itskovich, Founder & CEO Israel Living Lab

Peachtree Corners and Audi of America announced a collaboration to advance cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) practical deployment pathways as part of the city’s Curiosity Lab ecosystem.

Pictured Left to Right: Curiosity Lab Executive Director Brandon Branham and Economic Development Advisors Michael Piha and Guy Tessler man the Curiosity Lab booth at EcoMotion Week 2023.
Left to right: Georgia Commissioner of Economic Development Pat Wilson, Curiosity Lab Executive Director Brandon Branham, Governor Brian Kemp.

Both Audi and Peachtree Corners see this as an opportune time to further deployment of C-V2X applications that allow vehicles to communicate with city-owned streets, traffic signals, crosswalk signals and other infrastructure, as well as with vulnerable road users (VRUs). 

Audi has recently received a waiver from the Federal Communications Commission to deploy this advanced technology, both intend to fine-tune strategies to expand connectivity on public roadways. 

“We are honored to have been selected by Audi to define how automakers and cities can together unlock the future in the world’s most unique smart city environment, which includes the first-ever full C-V2X system to be implemented by a U.S. city,” said City Manager Brian Johnson. 

Smadar Itskovich, Founder & CEO Israel Living Lab
Assistant City Manager Brandon Branham is on stage speaking during a panel discussion at the EcoMotion conference in Israel.

“Our first official global vehicle manufacturer collaboration will be able to leverage our ‘city street of the future,’ which brings together the C-V2X vision in an unprecedented manner,” said Johnson. “This includes a top developer like Spoke, which is addressing the vulnerable road user part of the equation to make it safer for users such as cyclists.” 

Audi’s collaborations

Audi has been working with various private and public partners since 2020 to improve C-V2X technologies and protect vulnerable road users. The automaker has worked on initial deployments with public authorities to address the safety of construction workers when vehicles approach a construction zone. 

In addition, Audi has collaborated with various companies to develop C-V2X technologies to connect cars with school buses to improve the safety of children and to alert drivers of active school zones. 

One of these companies is Spoke, a startup aiming to transform roadway safety and rider connectivity by delivering the first-ever connected IoT ecosystem for VRUs. Its solutions equip bicycles and other VRUs with their VRU2X technology, and the company is continuing to expand its C-V2X solutions with Curiosity Lab. 

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“Peachtree Corners’ smart city leadership makes it the perfect environment for us to confirm how the public sector and private sector can work together for the safety and other advantages that ready-to-deploy C-V2X technology can deliver,” said Brad Stertz, Director, Audi Government Affairs. 

“With one of the most complete smart city ecosystems anywhere, this environment will enable us to demonstrate the latest technology Audi has to offer for improved ultra-reliable and low-latency communications, leading to enhanced connectivity, increased safety and a better overall experience for the driver,” said Stertz.

For more information, contact Peachtree@GoDRIVEN360.com

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