SYSTEM PINPOINTS TANGLES IN TRAFFIC PLANS TO UPDATE COMMAND CENTER.Byline: JUDY Judy is most commonly a female given name, as well as a shorten form of Judith. It may also refer to:
O'Rourke may refer to several different people: People
SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, -- Motorists frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: by snail-paced commutes may have an eye in the sky they can access via cell phone or online that will help them avoid collisions, construction sites and logjams. The electronic system could measure driving speeds, pinpoint crashes or road work and suggest detours. ``We have a state-of-the-art traffic operation center we're going to be upgrading with this system ... the missing link in the equation is (getting) information to the traveling public so they can make informed decisions as to their travel options,'' said Ian Pari, a senior traffic engineer for the city. The plan calls for modernizing Santa Clarita City Hall's traffic operations command center and tweaking tweaking Vox populi Fine-tuning to produce optimal results the timing on more than 100 traffic signals. The city's Web site could feature maps with color-coded real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. road speeds similar to Caltrans', and folks registered with the city's eNotify service could be automatically updated via e-mail. ``We will have loops in between intersections where traffic is free-flowing, which would be ported to the system,'' Pari said. If the Santa Clarita City Council green-lights the design contract tonight with a local office of North Carolina-based Kimley-Horn & Associates, construction bids could be sought in January. judy.orourke@dailynews.com (661) 257-5255 |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion