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‘Smart Road’ Projects * USA - States Creating Ones with Stimulus Funds to Reduce Traffic
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics, by Michele Fuetsch -8 June 2009: -- Instead of buying only asphalt and steel, several states will spend federal stimulus dollars on “smart road” projects that use information technology to reduce congestion, according to a survey by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
* Colorado, for instance, plans to spend some of its stimulus dollars on high-tech weather alert systems along Interstate 70 where snow and ice can imperil winter truck traffic through the Rocky Mountains.
* Ohio will spend $15 million in the Cleveland and Akron areas to buy such equipment as traffic cameras, electronic message boards and weather advisory radios.
* Pennsylvania transportation officials said they hope to reduce traffic delays and the resulting pollution from idling by adding 59 closed-circuit video cameras and 39 electronic traffic signs to the roads.
* Virginia, for example, did not allocate any stimulus dollars to ITS, said secretary of transportation, Pierce Homer, have a long lead time and, because the stimulus money must be spent quickly to generate jobs, Virginia concentrated its spending on replacement, not new projects, so hiring would start as soon as possible...
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