High-tech traffic monitoring schemes costing �220,000 could be given the green light by council chiefs in York in a bid to cut congestion in the city. The council is considering spending �90,000 on a so-called "wireless mesh network" to speed up the communication of data on traffic problems.
A text service allowing people to have bus times sent to their mobile phones could be expanded at a cost of �80,000.
And �50,000 could be spent on measuring traffic volumes on the outer ring road.
Technology would be installed to assess traffic volumes and pass on the information to drivers via radio bulletins or the council's website.
If the city council backs the plans at a meeting next week the scheme could be launched as early as March.
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