SMART ROAD PLAN EXPANDS : ENVIRONMENTALISTS OBJECT TO ADDITIONS

Environmentalists are objecting to additional features that Virginia Tech wants included in a smart road which is planned as a test bed for intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technologies. Of note are planned 72 40-foot snow-making towers that would use 175,000 gallons of water an hour

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: November 23, 1996 Remarks: Microfiche copy of original newspaper article coverage of this topic
• Authors:
  • Clothier, Mark
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. D13
• Serial:
  • Roanoke times and world-news

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Intelligent transportation systems; News; Policy
• Subject Areas: Environment; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00775218
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 17 1999 12:00AM