Telvent worked with MTA in NYC and NYSDOT to bring all their various information telephone numbers into 511. They still have 117 numbers but now you dial 511 and work you way through a simple voice tree to get the right number. Here is a picture of the MTA 5-1-1 advertisement on the S train. It really highlights an aspect of 511 that gets lost...One easy number to get to all kinds of info.
This Article was featured on the Traffic Technology.com website. The Transportation Management Center (TMC) in Chattanooga uses the Telvent Active Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) Mist 5.0.
Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) commissioner, John Schroer, has officially opened a new Transportation Management Center (TMC) in Chattanooga, which will use the latest technology to monitor traffic trouble spots and keep drivers informed on real-time road conditions. TDOT staff will now be able to monitor 71 ‘SmartWay’ traffic cameras located along the region’s most heavily traveled corridors. They will also have access to 16 Variable Message Signs (VMS), 175 speed/congestion monitoring stations to spot traffic flow interruptions and a city-wide highway advisory radio station broadcasting on the 1620 AM frequency. Chattanooga television stations also have access to live feeds from the TDOT SmartWay cameras.
November 15, 2011 – Telvent GIT, S.A., a leading real-time IT solutions and information provider for a sustainable world, announced today that it has successfully launched Maryland’s “511” Traveler Information Service for the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration. Maryland’s “511” Traveler Information Service is currently operational and providing information to an average of 14,000 callers and web site visitors each week.
Telvent (NASDAQ: TLVT), the leading real-time IT solutions and information provider for a sustainable world, will have its experts present on programs for revenue generation for traveler information systems at the National Rural ITS Canada Conference on August 31, 2011.
Jorgen Pedersen, Director of Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS), will separate fact from fiction and discuss real opportunities for revenue generation programs for 511 traveler information systems during a roundtable discussion.
The State Highway Administration is introducing the newest member of the state's "1-1" family Thursday as it launches its new three-digit phone line for information on highway delays and other up-to-the-minute transportation news.
Marylanders who now press 411 for phone listings and 311 for nonemergency government services will be able to connect with 511 for the latest on traffic-related news, such as crash-related traffic jams, lane-closing roadwork and weather-related delays. Callers can also choose to receive information about the Baltimore and Washington transit systems and flight information from Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, said SHA spokeswoman Valerie Burnette Edgar.
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The system will be operated by Rockville-based Telvent under a $4.7 million, five-year contract with the highway agency approved by the Board of Public Works last year.
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