The city of Las Vegas s set to receive a $1.4 million grant to test out a new technology designed to make streets safer, especially for pedestrians. The process for the grant is ongoing and the city anticipates that the technology will be in place and operational in early 2025. This will be a pilot program and the city plans to install the system in the tourist corridor around the Fremont Street area as shown in the map below. That location was chosen because the city has high numbers of pedestrians in that area that cross streets.
In simple terms, the way the technology works is that cameras will be installed that can “talk” to the traffic signals to create safer outcomes when pedestrians are crossing the street. This pilot dove tails into the city’s Vision Zero Program that sets goals of increasing roadway safety throughout the community.
