ILLINOIS TOLLWAY IS EASY STREET WITH TOTAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

A TOTAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDES THE ILLINOIS STATE TOLL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY WITH COVERAGE OVER 250 MILES OF TOLLWAY. THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF AN EXTENSIVE MICROWAVE NETWORK, A PRIVATE TELEPHONE SYSTEM INTERCONNECTED WITH BELL, TWO-WAY BASE, MOBILE, AND PORTABLE RADIOS, PACKET PAGERS, TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT, TELEPRINTERS, MICROFICHE TERMINALS, AND TEST EQUIPMENT, ALL KEYED IN TO TOLLWAY, AND OTHER STATE POLICE AND EMERGENCY AND MAINTENANCE VEHICLES. AIRPLANES AND A JET HELICOPTER COMPLEMENT THE SYSTEM FOR TRAFFIC SURVEILLANCE, PARTS RELAY, MANHUNTS, SEARCHES FOR LOST CHILDREN, AND OTHER EMERGENCIES. THE AUTHORITY IS EXPERIMENTING WITH A PROTOTYPE MESSAGE CHANGER ACTIVATED BY MICROWAVE FSK CHANNEL DATA FORMAT FROM A 99 MESSAGE STORAGE DEVICE.

• Authors:
  • Bourne, K M
• Publication Date: 1973-1

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 24-9
• Serial:
  • Communications News
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Toll roads; Traffic surveillance
• Old TRIS Terms: Emergency traffic control devices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226610
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 2 1973 12:00AM