Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
FHWA Associate Administrator of Highway Policy and External Affairs Keith Benjamin joined state and local officials at the largest HBCU in the country, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, to launch a pilot program to demonstrate the capabilities of autonomous shuttles to connect people to healthy food and other amenities between the university campus and downtown Greensboro. Associate Administrator Benjamin and NC A&T Professor Dr. Ali Karimoddini discuss the Aggie Autonomous Vehicles, one of many efforts in modernizing and transforming our transportation system to make it more safe, accessible and equitable, thanks to an investment through the Biden-Harris Administration’s #BipartisanInfrastructureLaw.
FHWA Associate Administrator of Highway Policy and External Affairs Keith Benjamin joined state and local officials at the largest HBCU in the country, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, to launch a pilot program to demonstrate the capabilities of autonomous shuttles to connect people to healthy food and other amenities between the university campus and downtown Greensboro. Associate Administrator Benjamin and NC A&T Professor Dr. Ali Karimoddini discuss the Aggie Autonomous Vehicles, one of many efforts in modernizing and transforming our transportation system to make it more safe, accessible and equitable, thanks to an investment through the Biden-Harris Administration’s #BipartisanInfrastructureLaw.










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