About the Project

The City of Falls Church, in collaboration with Virginia Tech, received a $10 million grant from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Led by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute’s (VTTI) Division for Technology Implementation, the goal of this pilot program grant is to transform the City of Falls Church into a model Smart City by leveraging and deploying advanced technologies to address city and community needs. Through this deployment, the City of Falls Church and VTTI will develop foundational Smart City methods and standards. The city will serve as a Smart City “living laboratory” as a model for other localities to follow.  

A Smart City provides outcomes that benefit residents by leveraging both real-time and historical information that can be used to make instantaneous decisions or for planning purposes. Smart City technologies like smart intersections, connected vehicles, adaptive lighting, smart parking and payment, data exchange, management, and evaluation tools, as well as roadway and infrastructure development, will be deployed to realize Smart City benefits for the residents of the City of Falls Church.