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Resolutions Adopted at the
67th Annual Conference of Mayors
New Orleans, Louisiana
June 11-15, 1999 |
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TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
SUPPORT FOR U.S. DOT PETITION ON N11
WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation has submitted a petition to the
Federal Communications Commission requesting a three digit national traffic and traveler
advisory number be assigned for the purpose of communicating up to the minute traffic
information to the traveling public; and
WHEREAS, the national traffic and traveler advisory number is based on the 911
model. Each locality will have an option on how to implement a national traffic and
traveler advisory number, that best reflects each locality’s unique traffic
conditions; and
WHEREAS, traffic congestion has brought many of our cities to a stand still,
reduced the productivity of our work forces and made our cities less livable, a national
traffic and traveler advisory number is a tool we can use to manage traffic; and
WHEREAS, the technical infrastructure is already in place to implement a
national traffic and traveler advisory number and citizens are already using local traffic
and traveler advisory numbers to make travel decisions and to navigate around congestion;
and
WHEREAS, a national traffic and traveler advisory number would allow visitors to
our cities access to the same type of traffic information that they would receive at home,
by simply using the same number; and
WHEREAS, very little public education would be required in that the public is
already accessing, using and benefitting from traffic information; and
WHEREAS, a national traffic and traveler advisory number would be easy for the
public to remember and it would encourage more people to access and utilize traffic
information,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that The U.S. Conference of Mayors supports the
Department of Transportation’s petition and urges the Federal Communications
Commission to grant a three digit national traffic and traveler advisory number.
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