The headquarters of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is situated mere blocks from a top research institution, the Georgia Institute of Technology. But there's more to the connection between GDOT and Georgia Tech than close proximity.
Imagine sharing the highway with cars driven by computers rather than people.
Google is rather famously experimenting with such self-driving vehicles. And a Georgia General Assembly study committee is weighing the issues around allowing these driverless cars on the state’s roads.
First-year Ph.D. student Atiyya Shaw has won support for her studies from the International Road Federation as a 
