The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced $94 million in grant awards to fund 59 smart city technology projects across the country. The grants are part of the Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program and are the first round of $500 million in funding that will be awarded for smaller smart mobility projects over the next five years. The projects include drone surveillance or delivery, smart traffic signals, connected vehicles, autonomous vehicles, smart grid development, intelligent sensors and other Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure. Smart city development typically focuses on the implementation of technologies like the IoT, 5G, cloud and edge computing, and biometric surveillance.