The horse has left the barn on this one guys. See http://www.deploy511.org/. While Wisconsin is a little bit behind the curve, a good deal of the nation has already implemented some form of 511. While working (very thankfully short period) at WisDoT I got wind of this project and did what I could to raise the alarm about the hazards of promoting a system that would encourage cell phone use by motorists. To no effect.
I'd say we best think of ways to make lemonade from this lemon. Does Wisconsin's 511 incorporate information on all transit modes? Everyone realizes, of course, that all of the 511 systems are co-branded with 511 websites? And you can bet the advertisers are taking their content to in-dash consoles, wireless PDAs and cell phone web browsers. Just what we all need, motorists surfing the web while speeding down the Interstate. It's already happening, folks. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
