All Traffic, All the Time and Just a Click Away

by Joe Sharkey New York Times, 19 Jul 2005 Wave goodbye to good old Cap'n Bob clattering up there in the clouds in NewsChopper 99, squinting through binoculars and trying to keep track of a world of traffic. Though traffic helicopters are still on the job, an era may well be ending. Because of technological advances in the way traffic can be measured and monitored from roadside digital sensors, there is less and less need for a chopper in the air. Read more