Seven cities have been named as finalists for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Smart City Challenge, which aims to convert one city into the first in the country to “fully” integrate into their transportation network technologies including smart sensors and autonomous and connected vehicles.

Originally, only five finalists were to be selected. The seven finalist cities include: Austin, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Denver, Colorado; Kansas City, Missouri; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; and San Francisco, California.

USDOT is pledging up to $40 million to the winning city for the transportation technology and Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc., intends to award up to $10 million to the winning city to “support electric vehicle deployment and other carbon emission reduction strategies.”

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