Smart Columbus pilot programs, funding, to end this year.
Bee Tolbert wanted to be part of a pilot project to test technology geared toward driver safety because she knows what it's like to be blindsided by another driver. "I've had a car come through a light and hit me," said Tolbert, 61, of the Northeast Side. "I want to be part of a change. I have four grandchildren I care for," she said. "I felt I could make something safer for the people." More than 300 people are participating in a pilot project along North High Street, Morse Road and Cleveland Avenue that will alert drivers to red lights ahead while detecting potential collisions with oth...