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DOT Pulls Plug on High-Tech Work Zones: Engineers Say Faulty Equipment, High Cost Scuttled Smart Work Zones

Abstract:

The Department of Transportation has decided its Smart Work Zone wasn’t such a smart idea. The U.S. 1/Cary Parkway construction zone was wired with sensors, data trailers and cameras. Now all the high tech monitoring equipment is gone. The Triangle’s first Smart Work Zone featured a series of high-tech orange trailers. The trailers fed real-time traffic information to flashing message signs and a Web site. It was a driver’s heads-up on lane closures and congestion. Now all the orange trailers are gone.

Source: WRAL.com
Publication Date: January 24, 2006
Notes: The clearinghouse has a copy of this item.
Publication Types: News and Other Non-research Articles
Topics: Intelligent Transportation Systems; Work Zones

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