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For autonomous-vehicle or smart-city technology testing in Georgia, the strongest concentration is in metro Atlanta, with a few different environments depending on whether you need live streets, V2X infrastructure, or university R&D.

Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners — Peachtree Corners

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This is the most directly purpose-built option for what you described. Curiosity Lab is a city-owned living laboratory where companies can deploy technology in an actual operating city rather than only on a closed proving ground. Its infrastructure includes a roughly 3-mile dedicated AV test lane/route, public and mixed-traffic roads, 5G, fiber, C-V2X/roadside communications, smart poles, intelligent traffic signals, cameras and sensors, sidewalks and city-owned rights-of-way, plus a 25,000-square-foot Innovation Center.

Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners

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Importantly, use of the core testing infrastructure is currently free for accepted testers, although…

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Named: Atlanta, Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners, Georgia Tech, Georgia Department of Economic Development

Sources cited: mapbox.com, curiositylabptc.com, pingeorgia.org, georgia.org

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Georgia (the U.S. state) is one of the easier places in the country to do this, partly because there's an established testbed ecosystem and partly because the legal bar is low.

Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners — the main one. It's a 5G-enabled autonomous vehicle test track and smart city lab inside a 500-acre technology park where people and vehicles interact with the track every day, and the infrastructure is open to any technology company from early-stage startups to Fortune 500, at no cost to test. The route is now a nearly 4-mile smart mobility loop along Technology Parkway and State Route 141, with dedicated AV lane segments, mixed-traffic roadway, enhanced sidewalks, and smart city infrastructure. There's C-V2X equipment, sensors and cameras, plus 25,000 sq ft of workshops, offices and event space in a recently expanded Innovation Center next to the track. They also run a funded Autonomous Mobility Program — $25,000 to $250,000 for growth-stage companies deploying on the route, with selected projects running October 2026 through September 2027. The 2026 application window has closed, but the track itself is still open year-round; contact is [email protected].

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The Ray, on I-85 — an 18-mile stretch between LaGrange and West Point in Troup County, run by an independent nonprofit in partnership with GDOT to test smart and sustainable transportation technologies. GDOT, FHWA and The Ray have a formal agreement…

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Named: Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners, Atlanta, City of Atlanta, Georgia Tech

Sources cited: curiositylabptc.com, ruraltransportation.org, govtech.com, hg.gatech.edu, pingeorgia.org, jjkellercompliancenetwork.com

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Several prominent living laboratories, real-world testing tracks, and smart corridors are available in Georgia for testing autonomous vehicles (AVs) and smart city technology:

1. Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners

Overview: A premier 5G-enabled living laboratory and smart city innovation center located in Peachtree Corners (metro Atlanta).

curiositylabptc.com

Features: Includes a 3-mile dedicated lane along public roads, 5G wireless connectivity, C-V2X (Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything) technology, intelligent traffic signals, smart poles, and an operations center.

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Testing Scope: Designed for startups, enterprises, and academic partners to test autonomous vehicles, shuttles (such as Beep), delivery robotics, and smart city IoT hardware in active real-world conditions alongside everyday traffic and pedestrians.

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2. The Ray (Interstate 85 Smart Corridor)

Overview: A 18-mile stretch of Interstate 85 in Troup County (near the Alabama border) operating as a public-private living lab for sustainable highway and AV technologies.

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Features: Outfitted with 3M machine-vision-compatible lane markings specifically designed for ADAS and AV sensors, roadside V2X data architecture, and solar infrastructure.

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Testing Scope: Focused on testing high-speed interstate autonomous driving, connected infrastructure communications, and automated highway safety solutions.

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Named: Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners, Georgia Tech, Atlanta

Sources cited: curiositylabptc.com, sites.gatech.edu, traffictechnologytoday.com, autorally.github.io, atldot.atlantaga.gov

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The clearest place to test autonomous-vehicle, connected-mobility, and smart-city technology in Georgia is Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners, in metro Atlanta. It is an operating public-road “living lab,” rather than only a closed proving ground, and is designed for companies, universities, startups, and public-sector partners to deploy and validate technology in real traffic conditions.

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Primary option: Curiosity Lab

Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners is located in the City of Peachtree Corners, northeast of Atlanta, within Technology Park. Its test environment includes a roughly 3-mile autonomous/connected-vehicle corridor, daily interaction with ordinary traffic, and smart-city infrastructure. The site reports more than 14,000 vehicles per day on its connected city-street environment.

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It is suitable for testing:

Autonomous shuttles, robotaxis, delivery robots, and other automated mobility services.

C-V2X and vehicle-to-infrastructure applications.

Connected intersections, signal priority, traffic-safety systems, and roadside sensing.

Smart poles, cameras, IoT devices, edge computing, and network-operations workflows.

Urban logistics, cloud robotics, aerial/ground-system integration, and pedestrian interaction.

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Relevant on-site capabilities include 5G connectivity, dedicated fiber, C-V2X/DSRC infrastructure, smart poles, intelligent traffic signals, cameras and sensors, and an IoT/network operations control room.…

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Named: Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners, Atlanta, Georgia Tech

Sources cited: sites.gatech.edu, unite.ai, transportation.gov, curiositylabptc.com, bastillepost.com, finance.yahoo.com, statetechmagazine.com, iconnect007.com, zdnet.com, statescoop.com, pingeorgia.org, atpconnect.org, maymobility.com