A team from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering received a $100,000 Intersection Safety Challenge Stage 1A Award from the U.S. Department of Transportation to support transportation safety technology and the chance to vie for a Stage 1B award. Their Predictive Intersection Safety System can track vehicles and pedestrians in the crosswalk, predict trajectories, and use algorithms to prevent collisions in real-time.

PREDISS takes advantage of sensors, cameras, and wireless technology already in use and intervenes by providing collision warning signals and, potentially, modifying traffic signals to prevent an incident. “We hope to validate all aspects of the technology using FDOT’s data for stage 1B,” says researcher Olugbenga Anubi, and to explore ways to mature and scale the technology.

• Ren Moses
• Olugbenga Anubi