"Information Highways" 
San Jose Mercury News (06/08/03) P. 1; Reang, Putsata 

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Caltrans will oversee 
implementation of the 511 Driving Times system, which will eventually 
estimate travel times throughout most of California's Bay Area. Some 
150 sensors will be installed along Interstate 80 and parts of Highway 
101 and Interstate 880 to track speeds of vehicles equipped with 
FasTrak devices.  

The first stage of the program is scheduled to begin in roughly 90 days. 
Information gathered from the sensors will be sent to a government 
database. Drivers can call the 511 travel information line to hear 
the latest updates on travel conditions, while legislators can use 
the information to plan future road improvements.  

However, privacy advocates are concerned that the information could be 
used to track individual vehicles and issue speeding tickets. Electronic 
Privacy Information Center executive director Marc Rotenberg says 
safeguards are needed to ensure information obtained from the system 
is not misused, given the climate of expanded government access to 
databases following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.   
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