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The University of Alabama will develop various forms of technology that can help drivers navigate through congestion.

TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, AL (WBRC) – The federal government is putting $8 million behind a $16 million project to upgrade traffic operations in west Alabama. The funds will help pay for a new fiber optic communication network along I-20/59 in Tuscaloosa County.

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) on Thursday announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $8,034,003 to the University of Alabama’s (UA) Alabama Transportation Institute (ATI) to improve traffic control systems in west-central Alabama with modernized technology through the Advanced Connected Transportation Infrastructure and Operations Network (ACTION) project.

The Rebuild Alabama Infrastructure Plan could provide a significant spark for efforts to expand the network of charging stations available to drivers of electric vehicles across the state.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — An analysis of Alabama’s roads and bridges by researchers at The University of Alabama provides future scenarios for the state of transportation infrastructure that vary based on funding.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Though employees may like their work to cater to their individual preferences, they are predictably more satisfied when the organizational culture matches a set of widely preferred characteristics that provide a fair, supportive and stable work environment.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama will lease space at the GulfQuest facility in Mobile effective Sept. 1. The new UA office will serve as a nexus for research and programmatic initiatives that will benefit the region, primarily in the area of transportation.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Advanced technology used to make traveling safer and more efficient is the focus of a new project led by The University of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Transportation.