Daegu City and Dalseong-gun Establish 'Autonomous Vehicle' Traffic Signal System at Intersection

On the 14th, Road Traffic Authority and 'Future Converged Transportation Infrastructure' Sign Business Agreement

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] On the morning of the 14th, Daegu City and the Korea Road Traffic Authority signed a business agreement at City Hall for the development of future convergence transportation infrastructure technologies, attended by Mayor Kwon Young-jin and Authority Chairman Yoon Jong-gi.

This agreement was promoted to leverage the advantage of Daegu being the best-equipped region nationwide for autonomous driving testbeds, jointly demonstrating transportation infrastructure technologies and shortening the commercialization period.

As the first pilot project, a real-time traffic signal information provision system will be established at 30 intersections in the Dalseong-gun National Industrial Complex area.

Daegu City and the Korea Road Traffic Authority conducted a test last October at one intersection in Suseong Alpha City to verify the safety driving support effect of real-time traffic signal information, confirming the effects on general drivers' reactions and autonomous vehicles' safe driving.

If the effect of this pilot project, the first of its kind nationwide, is verified, Daegu City plans to expand the real-time traffic signal information open service to intersections throughout Daegu.

Yoon Jong-gi, Chairman of the Korea Road Traffic Authority, said, "In the autonomous vehicle test conducted last month with the cooperation of Daegu City, an autonomous vehicle that received digital traffic information for the first time in the world successfully drove in all directions at an intersection," adding, "We will cooperate to the fullest extent for the improvement of road traffic-related laws and systems, future transportation means, and advancement of traffic safety."

Mayor Kwon Young-jin emphasized, "As future mobility technology development accelerates recently, the role of transportation infrastructure is becoming more important," and added, "We will prepare for changes in the future transportation system with related organizations not only by developing transportation technologies but also by improving systems, making Daegu a city model leading the future transportation industry."

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