Business View Magazine | October 2020

330 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2020 configurations and complex lighting, signing, and signalization conditions • A 20-acre open paved technology pad providing the ability to replicate nearly any real-world geometric configuration and perform endless test scenarios • A roadway geometry track made up of complex horizontal and vertical curves, plus irregular grade changes • A pick-up/drop-off area to replicate various multi-modal passenger transfers, such as airports and transit centers. The intent is to maximize the site’s flexibility and variability, providing as many challenging environments as possible for the testing of connected and autonomous vehicles and other emerging technologies. The entire site will be a connected environment for the testing of vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I), vehicle-to- vehicle (V2V), and vehicle-to-anything (V2X) Department of Transportation (FDOT) and Florida Turnpike Enterprise (FTE), in partnership with Florida Polytechnic University, which is a mile down the road from the track, as well as the other universities in the State of Florida. Florida Turnpike needed a facility for testing all of their tolling equipment and software. Right now, their tests are being done, pretty much, on the open road. They wanted a closed facility and they realized if they developed a closed facility for testing tolling equipment, it would present a perfect opportunity for also testing driverless vehicles and driverless technology.” SunTrax is situated on 475 acres and is composed of a 2.25-mile-long oval test track around a 200-acre infield. The multi-lane track will make it the only high-speed, Connected and Autonomous vehicle (CAV) testing facility in the southeastern United States. In the infield, there will be multiple simulated transportation environments, including: • An urban area to simulate intersection