FAIRLAWN, Ohio — The City of Fairlawn is now home to the first fully connected vehicle corridor in Ohio.

The city is upgrading the technology used in its traffic signals along Market Street, also known as Route 18, to enhance emergency vehicle response times, improve on-time city transportation, and provide real-time traffic updates.

"This is the latest and greatest when it comes to providing smart traffic signals," Peter Ashley, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Applied Information Inc., said.

Applied Information created this new technology. The transponders are placed inside emergency vehicles.

Those transponders communicate with traffic controllers, who can then change traffic signals to clear a path. In turn, this reduces response times.

"If you've got a fire that's

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