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Article #21447Re: Travel Updates on the Radio
From: Tom Jones
Date: Sun, 29 May 1994 16:59
Date: Sun, 29 May 1994 16:59
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In article <2s2i0g$1t9@linus.mitre.org>, Arthur T. McClinton <art@cyclone.mitre.org> wrote: >WRC, WMAL, WTOP and several others all buy their traffic reports from the >same company. The reports are for the most part every 10 minutes. I have >found I can switch around between the stations and find virtually the same >information (or miss information). My understanding is that both WRC and WMAL buy their reports from Metro Traffic Control (as does WAMU), and that WTOP does not, which explains why their reports are IMO substantially more accurate. The accuracy of any traffic reports system seems to be even lower than that of the Washington Post's news reports--probably about 20% of the reported data is repetition of no-longer-true information. -tom jones Greenbelt, Maryland
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,f09bc74d06e51f27 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-05-29 22:29:32 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!rtp.vnet.net!news1.digex.net!access.digex.net!not-for-mail From: tjones@access.digex.net (Tom Jones) Newsgroups: dc.driving Subject: Re: Travel Updates on the Radio Date: 29 May 1994 12:59:33 -0400 Organization: OCR Services, Inc., Greenbelt, Maryland Lines: 17 Message-ID: <2sahll$bvr@access2.digex.net> References: <2rtu3i$909@search01.news.aol.com> <1994May26.110627.27952@srg.srg.af.mil> <2s2i0g$1t9@linus.mitre.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: access2.digex.net