Michigan CAVnue?

[Lowell]

An exciting proposal with decent momentum has been loudly announced [Whitmer, Bill Ford, Duggan] to convert the 40 miles of Michigan Avenue between Downtown Detroit and Ann Arbor into a test roadway for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles [hence CAVnue]. It is a fitting continuation for Ford's conversion of the Michigan Central station into a campus for its edge technologies of such vehicles.

“The mobility corridor will serve as a proving ground to test and innovate,” Ford Motor executive chairman Bill Ford said, standing nearly in the shadow of the Michigan Central train station his company is turning into the hub of a $750-million investment in autonomous, electric and connected vehicles. His vision for the center included autonomous shuttles carrying people up and down Michigan Avenue from Ford HQ and engineering centers in Dearborn to Michigan Central on the western edge of Detroit's downtown.

“No place in the world is more important to transportation's past, present and future than Detroit and Michigan,” Ford said.

Autonomous vehicles can operate partially or completely without a driver. Connected vehicles are a larger group that include vehicles that communicate with each other and infrastructure like traffic lights.
https://freep-mi.newsmemory.com?publ...c65aad_1343792

There's no timetable for CAVNUE's completion, but the first construction should begin within 24 months.