Yangju City Selected for Ministry of Land AI City Project... "AI to Predict Alleyway Accidents"

Yangju City Launches AI-Based Traffic Safety System for Residential Roads
Selected for the Ministry of Land’s "2026 AI City Innovation Technology Discovery Project"

Yangju City in Gyeonggi Province is moving forward with the establishment of advanced traffic safety infrastructure utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The city plans to accelerate the creation of a safety-oriented urban environment by introducing a smart traffic safety system capable of predicting risks in real time, even in blind spots on residential and back roads, thereby enhancing the sense of safety for its citizens.

Technology Demonstration Concept. Provided by Yangju City

On May 21, Yangju City announced that it has been selected as a final participant in the "2026 AI City Innovation Technology Discovery Project," overseen by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and has secured national funding.

This public project aims to address urban challenges through AI technology and support the early commercialization of innovative technologies. A total of six institutions nationwide have been selected, each receiving up to 500 million won of national funding per period.

Yangju City received high marks for proposing a citizen-focused, everyday traffic safety system with a high degree of public impact.

The core initiative is the "Agentic AI-Based Collision Risk Preemptive Prediction System for Residential and Back Roads." Agentic AI is a technology that autonomously perceives, judges, and responds to situations. By applying this technology to residential roads and alleyways, Yangju will enable real-time prediction of collision risks among pedestrians, vehicles, personal mobility devices (PMs), and bicycles.

In particular, the AI system is expected to enhance accident prevention by instantly detecting hazardous situations in visually obstructed intersections and alleyway blind spots and providing on-site warning notifications.

Through this project, the city plans to expand its existing arterial road-centered Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) to include residential roads and to gradually establish an AI-based smart traffic safety system.

A Yangju City official stated, "By building a comprehensive safety network with AI technology that addresses even blind spots on residential roads, we aim to create a safe city where citizens can walk and travel with confidence."

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