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By Jill Saunders The Battalion Texas A&M students leaving campus for home can study current travel conditions on major Houston freeways through the World Wide Web. Corey Ferrier, assistant research scientist with the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), said a color-coded Houston map showing current traffic speeds can reduce travel time for commut ing students. “If students are taking a trip to Houston, [the map] can help them decide what will be the quick est way to get there, because they will know where the traffic is moving slowly,” Ferrier said. The interactive Houston freeway map is a pro ject of TTI and the Texas Department of Trans portation. The project observes the speeds of mov ing cars by using the automatic vehicle identifica tion (AVI) system. The system uses AVI tags on cars and AVI readers placed along the freeways. The readers record the speed of a passing car and the time it takes the car to reach the next reader.' “The car’s speed is calculated, and we take the average speed of cars traveling down a freeway, color code it, and that is the color you see on the map,” Ferrier said. Dan Hickman, TTI research associate, said more than 40,000 people volunteered to .have AVI tags placed in their cars. “Volunteers were given a tag, and they, put it inside their windshield behind the rear view mir ror,” he said. “People with AVI tags can set up an account with the toll road authority and use 4 tag to pay the tolls.” The idea for the project began a year ago. Tea ing began when the Houston area freeway m; was put on the Internet in December 1994. Mark Coppock, TIT audio and visual special! said the benefit of TTI on the Internet is easy at cess to traffic information. “We wanted to get our research out to people, a we put the Web page up,” he said. “Our goal iatil provide usable, easily accessible information n sources to our audience.” A&M students also can view snapshots she* ing current views of several freeway sights intt Dallas area. The Dallas area Web pages can be accesst: through the TTI home page at httpv/tti.tamu.ee by clicking on More Transportation Web Sites,Uni direct address of the Houston freeway mapontliJ Web is httpv/herman.tamu.edu/houston-real.htrr Fort Hood soldiers ship out for Kuwait □ The deployment for exer cises in the Mideast is known as Operation Intrin sic Action. FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The waiting ended Tuesday for soldiers headed for military ex ercises in Kuwait. About 1,300 soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Division waited their turns to board five planes char tered to take them overseas from Gray Army Air Field. The deployment for exercises in the Mideast, known as Oper ation Intrinsic Action, was orig inally planned for October, but was moved up because of re ports of pending military activi ty by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. “Once again you’ve shown the greatness of the American soldier, and his and her ability to react to any situation,” Gen. John Tilelli, Forces Command commander, told the troops minutes before one plane left about noon. The planes were originally slated to move out Sunday, but a Clinton administration spokesman said anonymously that bureaucratic delays coupled with flight crew rest rules held up the flight plan... The first planeload of mate rials with its advance partyf 80 soldiers has already arrivei in Kuwait, Lt. Col. Rani; Schoel said. The flights leaving Tuesds; were scheduled for a final statf side refueling stop at Dover Aj Force Base in Delaware befe proceeding overseas. Once the soldiers arrive afo 17 hours of travel, they’ll tilt part in the four- to six-week of eration in the desert. Members of the 1st Marini Expeditionary Force from River side County, Calif., will conduc exercises in the Middle East in separate show of force, 1st L Dave Griesmer. How can you stretch your long distance dollar? Easy. Just sign up for Easy Long Distance™, new from TCA Communications, at any of our campus locations or at the TCA Communications office and we’ll give you a half hour of calls. Free. Want more? How about special Student Collegiate Cards, Travel Cards, and Home 800 Services that allow you a host of easy-to-use services and billing options. Or, how about fully digital, fiber-optic quality with no monthly minimum and a savings of up to 25% off AT&T, MCI, or Sprint’s best rates. 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