--- --- Oct 30, 2024 # Smarter Roads by [Chris Stokel-Walker](https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/) ## Chris Stokel-Walker  Drive down a three-mile stretch of Interstate 94 in Michigan and you might think it’s just nicely renovated, with a smoother road surface and more lights. But it’s actually Cavnue’s vision of the future. The company spent $15 million installing sensors every 200 meters that observe and analyze road conditions and traffic flow in real time. “It provides, through a software platform, a set of insights back to the governments that own the roadways,” that will help speed improvements and repairs, says Tyler Duvall, CEO of Cavnue, who adds that eventually the system will be able to inform connected human-driven and autonomous vehicles of road issues. A second project is being installed on State Highway 130 right outside Austin, Texas, with another planned for Savannah, Georgia. These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. Cavnue Connected and Automated Vehicle Corridor: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094823/cavnue-connected-and-automated-vehicle-corridor/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094823/cavnue-connected-and-automated-vehicle-corridor/"},"headline":"Cavnue Connected and Automated Vehicle Corridor: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024","datePublished":"2024-10-30T11:25:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:55:11.200Z","description":"Find out why Cavnue Connected and Automated Vehicle Corridor is one of the best inventions of 2024","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094823/cavnue-connected-and-automated-vehicle-corridor/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f874a00e4e795e0/698a8a28011682b09298add0/Cavnue-Lane-best-inventions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Stokel-Walker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-stokel-walker/"}],"creator":"Chris Stokel-Walker","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f874a00e4e795e0/698a8a28011682b09298add0/Cavnue-Lane-best-inventions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094823/cavnue-connected-and-automated-vehicle-corridor/","name":"Cavnue Connected and Automated Vehicle Corridor: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024"}}]}] ```