The Missouri Department of Transportation will spend $3 million annually on a program to monitor the movements of individuals on highways via their cell phones — without their knowledge or consent.
A pilot program in Baltimore only tracks Cingular cell phones on 1,000 miles of road. AirSage Inc. has contracted with Sprint to spy on motorists in Norfolk, Virginia and Atlanta and Macon, Georgia.
Our software converts wireless phone signals into real-time traffic information. Our patented technology delivers travel times, speeds and other performance measurements at a fraction of the cost of traditional sensor-based solutions.
With over 125 million subscribers carrying wireless devices wherever they go, wireless carriers are uniquely positioned to deliver real-time traffic and other travel information to those that need it when they need it the most.
In partnership with wireless carriers, AirSage’s software solution can blanket the nation with critical data that has never before been available. In a matter of months, the AirSage system can be implemented to monitor nearly every priority travel corridor in the country, scanning for heavy traffic volumes, irregular movements, network capacity, alternate routes and other critical transportation related intelligence.
Oh, and then there’s this.