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Texas A&M/TxDOT team wins advisory committee support to deploy border wait‑time sensors at Laredo bridges
Summary
Daniel Radolf of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute told the Laredo Bridge Advisory Committee that a TxDOT‑funded system of RFID and Bluetooth/Wi‑Fi sensors will provide real‑time and historical wait‑time and crossing‑time data at the city’s international bridges.
Daniel Radolf, a researcher with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), described a TxDOT‑sponsored Border Wait Time Measurement System (BWTMS) that uses RFID readers, Bluetooth and Wi‑Fi sensors to estimate commercial and passenger vehicle wait and crossing times at international bridges. Radolf said the system re‑identifies vehicles across up to four station locations and updates wait‑time metrics every 10 minutes.
Radolf told the committee the system provides both real‑time displays for operators and a historical database that can be used by planners and policy makers. He said Texas is funding the installation and that…
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