Today, there’s an app for just about everything but how about one that drivers can use to communicate with traffic lights, that warns them they’re driving too fast or alerts them to pedestrians and cyclists ahead?
Mike Collins is joined by Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles to talk about the many things on her plate and that of City Council including slowing drivers down, term lengths, rezoning, redistricting and more.
Charlotte is looking to launch a pilot program to test just such an app with the hope of making driving safer. Will it accomplish that or be yet another distraction for already distracted drivers? We take a closer look.
Guests
Larken Egleston, Charlotte City Council member representing District 1, chairman of the Safe Communities Committee
Peter Ashley, vice president of business development and marketing at Applied Information, which developed the TravelSafely app
David Spencer, traffic engineering supervisor, Town of Cary