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by Steve Young, sxyoung@argusleader.com,
3 January 2015
Sioux Falls traffic planners and engineers are interested in that passenger riding down the road beside you.
No, not the kids or the dog. Your cell phone.
Cellphone towers pinging phones as motorists travel in and around Sioux Falls are producing valuable information on the routes drivers take and how fast they get to their destinations.
It’s data transportation planners are increasingly using to help predict future road use and demands — how long to make access ramps on and off the interstates, for example, or how many turning lanes to include on those ramps.
Whether it’s an invasion of privacy is another question.
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Sioux Falls traffic planners and engineers are interested in that passenger riding down the road beside you.
No, not the kids or the dog. Your cell phone.
Cellphone towers pinging phones as motorists travel in and around Sioux Falls are producing valuable information on the routes drivers take and how fast they get to their destinations.
It’s data transportation planners are increasingly using to help predict future road use and demands — how long to make access ramps on and off the interstates, for example, or how many turning lanes to include on those ramps.
Whether it’s an invasion of privacy is another question.