PROBING PHONE CALLS : AS MOTORISTS TRAVEL WITH THEIR MOBILE PHONES THEY PROVIDE A WAY TO MONITOR THE TRAFFIC

This article describes plans for using motorists' mobile phones as a source of traveler information services and traffic management data. Vehicles traveling on the Washington Beltway in norther Virginia and Maryland will be used as probe vehicles, providing a way to monitor traffic. The article also describes how other technologies are used as probes, making speed estimates and detecting incidents and congestion.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: January/February 2000
• Corporate Authors:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  Office of Materials, 1400 Gervais Avenue
  Maplewood, MN  United States  55109
• Authors:
  • Samuel, Peter
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 49-50
• Serial:
  • ITS international. Vol. 6, Issue no. 1
  • Publisher: Minnesota Department of Transportation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cellular radio; Probe vehicles
• Subject Areas: Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00799530
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 6 2000 12:00AM