Florida Poly and FDOT team up on SunTrax testing facility

Who knows: Florida Polytechnic University could be where one of the self-driving cars of the future is tested. The school and the Florida Department of Transportation on Monday agreed to partner on the creation of a new “transportation technology testing facility” to be called SunTrax. SunTrax will include a 2.25 mile oval track on a 400-acre site in Polk County, located between Tampa and Orlando. “The creation of this facility will establish Florida as a transportation technology leader and create a high-tech…