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(WA) State to monitor JBLM traffic congestion with Bluetooth
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/01/31/3022756/state-to-monitor-jblm-traffic.htmlState to monitor JBLM traffic congestion with Bluetooth
By BRYNN GRIMLEY
Staff writer
January 31, 2014
If you drive Interstate 5 from Lacey to Tacoma and have a Bluetooth device, chances are you’re going to be tracked in the next couple of weeks.
No, it’s not the National Security Agency monitoring your every move. It’s the state Department of Transportation.
The tracking of Bluetooth devices — or, more accurately, the unique address they emit — is part of the state’s effort to study congestion on the I-5 corridor around Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
For those unnerved by the idea of being tracked, transportation officials say there’s nothing to worry about. “We cannot track people or hear conversations, nor do we want to. All we know is the signal,” said Jon Pascal, principal at Transpo Group, the Kirkland-based company deploying the readers.