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Traffic control systems and the year 2000: Is the sky falling?
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Institute of Transportation Engineers. ITE Journal
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April 1, 1998
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Copyright informationCopyright Institute of Transportation Engineers Apr 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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AS THE MILLENNIUM APPROACHES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ESTABLISHED FORMAL POLICIES AND INTERNAL RULES TO ADDRESS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH SOME TRAffIC CONTROL SYSTEMS.
IS THE SKY FALLING ON TRAFFIC control systems at midnight Dec. 31, 1999?
The year 2000 (also known as "Y2K") may raise a problem for anyone who depends on a computer program in which the year is represented by a twodigit number, such as "98" for 1998. This may include traffic control systems. Most newer traffic control systems will not have a problem. However, there is a potential problem for some of the older systems often referred to as the legacy systems. Many traffic control system computer programs written 10 or 15 ...