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Since I got to Missoula last week I’ve been listening to Montana Public Radio in the mornings before class. (We have no class today.) This morning I used iTunes and the internets to tune in KQED, the NPR station from San Francisco and noticed one difference immediately between the Montana morning news and the “big city” morning news: If you listen to morning (or evening, or any time, really) radio in a big city you’ll hear traffic updates at least every half hour, and generally every 10-15 minutes during peak commute hours. Those reports always talk about accidents and construction and the family of geese that has slowed traffic to a crawl on I-7692, or whatever big, congested highway is in your area. soon, unless you’re driving on those roads, you learn to tune out the traffic reports; they’re on so often and they always say the same thingÃ¢â‚¬â€ťdriving in this city stinks.

In Montana? No traffic reports. Ever. Because no one needs them.

Just one of the reasons I’m glad to be here. [tags]moving, montana, radio[/tags]

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6 Responses to “Traffic Reports”

  1. kristine Says:
    June 16th, 2006 at 12:30 pm

    To be fair, Austin Public Radio never had traffic reports, either. In fact, I’d never heard traffic reports on public radio till I was driving through Houston listening to public radio and caught a traffic report. While some of it is a lack of need (e.g., Montana), some of it is, I’m sure, funding related. Because, honestly, Austin could definitely use traffic updates on KUT. (And I mean real traffic updates, not the occassional notices from the station about the incredibly bizarre syrup truck that overturned on the interstate.)

  2. ti Says:
    June 16th, 2006 at 1:31 pm

    That’s true about the budget; I’m sure it’s expensive to provide those reports. In D.C. they were just on all the time! The station I listened to most had recently started this thing where apparently there were sensors on major traffic routes that timed the speed of traffic and could tell you how long a commute would take from A to B and how much faster or slower that time was compared to the average. They could also send you customized traffic reports/commute routes on your email or cell phone. Pretty high tech and very useful if you had to commute by car in D.C. I’m just glad I didn’t and I’m happy to live in a place where no one really would benefit from such services. At least for the time being.

  3. monica Says:
    June 16th, 2006 at 5:05 pm

    Don’t all the traffic reports on all the different stations come from one central Transportation center in DC? The 501 Traffic Center or something?

  4. moneypenny Says:
    June 19th, 2006 at 8:51 pm

    As a SF Bay area resident, I can say that the KQED traffic reports are a lifesaver!

  5. Sanchovilla Says:
    June 20th, 2006 at 5:02 pm

    I agree…the KQED traffice reports are definitely a lifesaver but I would trade my left leg for not have to NEED them!

    I’m so jealous.

  6. divine angst » Blog Archive » Weekly Law School Roundup #23: Balancing Work, Family, and Life Says:
    March 14th, 2007 at 9:25 pm

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