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World Wide Web provides
interactive freeway map
□ Travel time to Houston and Dallas
can be reduced by studying the
freeway conditions through the In
ternet before leaving town.
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.
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