St Charles County, MO is implementing a county-wide emergency vehicle priority traffic light system

St Charles County, MO emergency vehicle priority system

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St Charles County is paying $809,000 to Global Traffic Technologies to install the Opticom emergency vehicle priority system. Once implemented, the new "smart intersections" will guarantee that every traffic light in the county turns green automatically for first responders during emergencies. When lights and sirens are activated, GPS units installed in emergency vehicles will alert the county's network of traffic lights of the unit's location and program upcoming lights to turn green.

Road & Traffic Management Emergency Preparedness Emergency Services

St Charles County, MO

County in Missouri

United States

Newsworthy

'Smart Intersections' Gives Missouri EMS Automatic Green Lights

A $17 million effort to expand smart intersection technology across St. Charles County will give automatic right of way to first responders en route to an emergency. Around 210 of the more than 350 lights have the technology.

First responders get green lights at ‘smart’ intersections in St. Charles County | St. Charles | stltoday.com

GPS technology will automatically turn lights green for emergency vehicles as they approach intersections in the county.

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