Loveland drivers worry their privacy will be at risk if the city installs a wi-fi signal-based traffic data gathering system.
But the city says its plan to use the Acyclica RoadTrend system, which uses scanners to detect wi-fi signals from cellular phones to monitor vehicle movement and collect data about traffic congestion, poses no threat to the phone owners’ privacy, according to a city news release.
Loveland’s city council voted unanimously in favor of the agreement, which will allow the city to spend $380,000 in federal money designated for air quality and congestion mitigation to purchase the equipment and software to collect traffic data.
The data collected from highly congested corridors will be used to adjust the timing of traffic lights. Acyclica said using the system can reduce travel times by 10 to 20 percent.
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