Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Bluetooth Devices to Help Fight Traffic Congestion


The new tool for fighting traffic congestion in Washington State is- the Bluetooth?? Yep, drivers with Bluetooth devices who use I-5 between Lacey and Tacoma will be tracked in the next couple weeks by the Washington State Department of Tranpsortation (WSDOT).

It's not that the folks at the WSDOT want to listen in on your conversations- nor could they if they wanted to- but the signal Bluetooth devices give off shows where vehicles are located. Gathering data on where cars are will help analysts determine where in the I-5 corridor people are traveling to or from to see if there are alternative roadways that could be built or improved to take traffic off the freeway.

The News Tribune looks at the technology involved and how the tracking will work.
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SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.

SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.