NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Nashville's Department of Transportation is using the city's busiest entertainment district as a testing ground for new traffic monitoring technology that could transform safety throughout the city.

"If it works on Lower Broadway, it is going to work everywhere else in Nashville," said Nashville City Traffic Engineer Derek Hagerty.

NDOT recently installed a system called LiDAR on Lower Broadway, partnering with Vanderbilt University researchers to redefine Nashville's traffic patterns. The technology uses light to anonymously detect and analyze the movement patterns of vehicles and pedestrians.

"When you think about how traffic signals are timed, most of them are running glorified kitchen timers. It's about time we step into the future, and we are happy to walk

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