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    PennDOT and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) are partnering to explore and advance PennSTART, a-state-of-the-art training and testing facility to address the transportation safety and operational needs of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic Region. The facility will benefit emergency responders, transportation organizations, and research institutions. PennSTART will address safety training and research needs in six key areas: traffic incident management (TIM); tolling and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technology; work zones; commercial vehicles; transit vehicles; and connected and automated vehicles.

    Keep up to date with the project at https://pennstart.org/.

    Examples of technologies for which safety and operational testing, as well as training, could be conducted at the new facility could include:

    • TIM training;
    • Testing and hands-on training for new ITS, tolling, and signal equipment;
    • Safe, simulated training for higher-speed and mobile work-zone operations;
    • Safety certification training opportunities;
    • Simulated environments for temporary traffic control device testing and evaluation;
    • Smart truck-parking applications and other opportunities for commercial vehicle technology partnerships; and
    • Controlled environments to test various connected and automated vehicle technologies for infrastructure equipment, fleets, and other applications.