摘要: |
In 1999, the States of Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and Washington joined forces with public partner Castle Rock Consultants to establish the REPORT Pooled Fund Study SPR-3(079) to develop a system tailored to the informational needs of state personnel and the traveling public. During 2001, six additional states (Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico Vermont, Alaska and Kentucky) have joined the pooled fund study to lift the number of participating states to ten. By combining resources, states would be able to pool resources to develop a system that was affordable, could be designed to meet their specific needs and be expanded as states find new uses for the system. The system would allow for states to collect and disseminate vital traffic weather and traveler information on a regional or statewide basis over the Internet. As a result of these efforts, the Condition Acquisition and Reporting System (CARS) program was designed. |