4 MILES PER HOUR. ERIC? >>Eric: OKAY.
ALEXIS, THANK YOU.
WE ARE OFFICIALLY LESS THAN A
WEEK AWAY FOR THANKSGIVING, FOR
MANY PEOPLE HOLIDAY TRAVEL WILL
BEGIN TODAY.
>> Jacey: TRAVELERS HITTING
ROAD AND SKIES AND FOR THE
PEOPLE IN THE NORTH THE CURRENT
SNOWSTORM MAY IMPACT YOUR PLAN,
LET’S GET STRAIGHT TO LIANE
MOREJON LIVE IN FORT LAUDERDALE
WITH WHAT F-DOT IS SAYING ABOUT
ALL THE BUSY TRAVEL AS THE
SEASON KICKS OFF.
>>> YEAH, TAKE A LOOK AT THE
ROOM I AM IN, RIGHT, PRETTY I
SWEET?
LOOK AT ALL THE TRAFFIC CAMERAS,
PROBABLY PARADISE FOR SOMEONE
LIKE ALEXIS FRASIER RIGHT?
WE ARE AT THE F-DOT REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT CENTER
IN BROWARD COUNTY.
THIS IS REALLY THE NERVE CENTER
OF SORT OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT,
NOT JUST FOR YOUR BROWARD DOWN
TURKS AND CAICOS HERE THEY WATCH
BROWARD BUT OF COURSE THERE ARE
OTHER PLACES LIKE THIS,
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA
SO LET’S GIVE YOU SOME TRAVEL
FORECAST INFO.
THIS IS THE LATEST INFORMATION
FROM AAA, AND OF COURSE WE KNOW
THAT IN FLORIDA IT IS GOING TO
BE ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL
SEASONS, IN FACT, THE FORECAST
TO BE BUSIEST SINCE 2005, MORE
THAN 2.9 MILLION FLORIDIANS ARE
EXPECTED TO TRAVEL MORE THAN
15 MILES THIS YEAR.
THAT IS UP 2% FROM 2021, 91% OF
THOSE WILL BE DRIVING IN
FLORIDA.
NATIONALLY, THE NUMBERS ARE
54.6 MILLION AMERICANS EXPECTED
TO TRAVEL MORE THAN 50 MILES,
AND 89% OF THEM WILL DRIVE.
SO, NO DOUBT MANY PEOPLE WILL BE
TAKING TO THE ROADWAYS THIS
YEAR, BOTH HERE IN FLORIDA, AND
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
I AM JOINED RIGHT NOW BY
ALEXANDRA LOPEZ FROM F-DOT,
ALEXANDRA, WHAT YOU TELL US
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE WORK THAT
GOES ON IN THIS ROOM?
>>> ALL RIGHT, SO AS YOU CAN
SEE WE ARE PRETTY BUSY TODAY.
DURING THE PEAK TIMES THAT IS
ONE OF OUR BUSIEST DAYS SO
PRETTY MUCH JUST TO MAKE IT VERY
SIMPLE WE HAVE A LOT OF
EQUIPMENT OUT THERE, OUT ON THE
FIELD, MOST OF OUR MAJOR
ROADWAYS LIKE I-95, I-75, I-95 5
AND BROWARD COUNTY, AND SO WE
HAVE DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT, THE
MAIN SOURCE OF DATA WE HAVE OUR
TRAFFIC CAMERAS, AND SO WHAT WE
HAVE HERE IS OPERATORS, WE ARE
STAFFED 4/7, 365 DAYS A YEAR,
SO, ON THANKSGIVING WE WILL BE
HERE, THEY WILL BE DOING TRAFFIC
MONITORING AND SO THEIR MAIN
PURPOSE REALLY DO MANAGE EVENTS.
SO, SUCH AS A CRASH, BLOCKING A
LANE OF TRAFFIC ON I-95, THEY
IDENTIFY THAT CRASH, THEY SEND
RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE
FOR EXAMPLE HIGHWAY PATROL, WE
ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH
THEM AND GET TROOPERS OUT THERE,
AND WE ALSO HAVE VARIOUS
RESOURCES THE DEPARTMENT
SPONSOR, SUCH AS RANGER SERVICE
PATROL, A FREE SERVICE, WHAT WE
DO IS WE MAKE SURE THAT THE
RESOURCE TAS ARE AVAILABLE, THEY
ARE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE OF
THE CRASH AND THEN, ALSO,
ASSIMILATE THE DATA AND WE DO
THAT --
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>>>
>>> >>> >>> SO A LOT OF DATA WE COLLECT
WE MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC THROUGH DIFFERENT VENUE,
ONE BEING A WEB SITE AN WE SHARE
DATA WITH WAYZ AND, YOU KNOW,
THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
>>> THAT GREAT.
THANK YOU MUCH FOR EXPLAINING
ALL THAT.
THESE FOLKS, NOT ONLY ABLE TO
WATCH THESE REAL TIME CAMERAS
BUT ALSO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE
THINGS THAT THEY SEE.
I ALSO WANT TO MENTION TO YOU
JUST A QUICK TRAFFIC ALERT.
I KNOW ALEXIS FRASIER MENTIONED
IT A MOMENT AGO.
A NEW LANE ARRANGEMENT ON I-95
SOUTHBOUND FOR SOUTHBOUND LANES
OF THE INTERSTATE, ARE SPLIT,
JUST NORTH OF STATE ROAD HE,
THEY REJOINED SOUTH OF I-95 5,
ALL OF THIS TO ACCOMMODATE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE 95 EXPRESS
LANES FLY OVER, THAT WILL JOIN
DRON TO THE LANES OF 595, THERE
ARE SIGNS IN THE AREA KEEP AN
EYE OUT BECAUSE IT IS AFFECTING
TRAFFIC AND THE PROJECT WON’T BE
COMPLETED UNTIL JANUARY, SO
ALREADY WE ARE SEEING THINGS
THAT WILL AFFECT YOUR COMMUTE IF
YOU ARE OUT ON THE ROADWAY,
AGAIN LOTS OF DRIVERS EXPECTED
DURING THAT HOLIDAY SEASON
TRAVEL PERIOD, WHICH IS
EXPECTED, WHICH IS USUALLY
MEASURED FROM THE WEDNESDAY
BEFORE THANKSGIVING UNTIL THE
SUNDAY THAT FOLLOWS, SO, LOTS TO
EXPECT ON THE ROADWAY, AND FOR
NOW REPORTING LIVE HERE IN FORT