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PROJECT * USA - Will Help Drivers Go More With Traffic Flow
The 16-state I-95 Corridor Coalition is set to launch a technology-based approach to alleviating congestion that if successful could serve as a model for the rest of the country
McLean,VA,USA -USA Today, by Larry Copeland -13 June 2008: -- Beginning in July, drivers along one of the busiest arteries in the United States, the stretch of Interstate 95 between New Jersey and North Carolina, will have access to real-time traffic information. Data will be provided through a network that consist of more than 800,000 GPS devices attached to service vehicles like delivery vans, trucks, and taxicabs as well as sensors embedded in roadways, toll tag data like the EZ Pass, and cellphones... Data will be sent to state transportation departments, which will pass on the information to drivers through road signs, 511 phone systems, mobile alerts, and the Internet... The network will cover 1,500 miles of freeway and 1,000 miles of other major roadway. It will eventually be expanded to cover the entire East Coast.. Washington state-based Inrix, which provides real time and predictive traffic information to MapQuest and other navigation services, will collect data provided through the network under a $1 million contract with the Corridor Coalition... (USA TODAY file photo - Congestion— seen here on I-95 near Springfield, Va. — costs $78 billion in delays and wasted fuel each year, according to a September report from the Texas Transportation Institute, a research arm of Texas A&M University)* Traffic Congestion in the U.S.A.
Seattle,Wash,USA -INRIX -17 June 2008: -- Seattle-based provider of traffic data INRIX has released its National Traffic Scorecard, providing in-depth analysis of urban traffic congestion across the United States... Though higher fuel prices and the general state of the economy are affecting driving habits, traffic congestion continues to grow; between 2006 and 2007, traffic congestion increased by almost 2 percent nationwide. The most congested cities, as listed in the scorecard, are Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., in that order. Seattle is also on the list, coming it at No. 9... Data for the scorecard was collected from INRIX’s Smart Dust Network, composed of nearly 1 million GPS-equipped commercial vehicles that report their speed and location continually. INRIX also makes use of other tools, such as road sensors, toll tags, and traffic incident data... * Travelers Get Web View of Kansas Highways
KS,USA -Bus & Motorcoach News/ITS America, by Sabrina Quirarte - June 19, 2008 : -- Four television cameras have been installed along Interstate 70 by the Kansas Department of Transportation, with an additional 25 installations planned so that the entire roadway will be covered throughout the state... Cameras have also been set up on U.S. 75 in Topeka, U.S. 50 at Garden City, K-39 at Chanute, and K-96 and Webb Road in Wichita... The highways can be viewed at www.511.ksdot.org by clicking on the camera icon, while Metro Kansas City conditions are accessible at www.ksscout.net... The cameras are designed to help motorists plan their routes, especially when weather is bad...
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