By Jamie Burch
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Published: Thu, June 26, 2008 - 4:38 pm
Instant traffic updates are just a mouse click away.The Alabama Department of Transportation's traffic cameras in Mobile are now available on wkrg.com, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
ALDOT first began offering Internet feeds of about 12 traffic cameras around the Birmingham area in 2006. Thursday, it made 71 cameras around Mobile accessible online for the first time.
Click here and then pick your camera. It's that easy.
“Technology is allowing us to monitor and manage traffic in new ways, and it’s only natural that we use this technology to provide additional information to the public,” said Transportation Director Joe McInnes. “We take our mission seriously to be accountable and responsive to the taxpayers, and this is an important part of our efforts to provide a safe, efficient transportation network for the people of Alabama.”
About half the departments of transportation in the Unites States have online traffic cameras, but fewer than a dozen offer streaming video like ALDOT.
You can also see the cameras on your cell phone or PDA. Just go to wkrg.com/mobile.
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