SignOnAustin, a coalition of Austin-based employers, law enforcement agencies, and community groups that believes the Texas city needs a network of outdoor advertising befitting its reputation as a hub of digital technology has started a public petition drive to bring digital billboards to Austin.

The group promotes in their web site that SmartDigital outdoor is a new way of networking auto-dimming digital billboards to the benefit of public safety, small businesses, and the visual environment. The police and other public agencies can use SmartDigital free-of-charge to broadcast AMBER and Silver Alerts featuring the faces of missing people, fugitive alerts, and weather and traffic advisories. The site states that the Austin Police Association and the Federal Bureau of Investigation both support SignOnAustin’s proposal to bring SmartDigital to Austin. Reagan Outdoor Advertising also shows as a supporter of SignOn Austin

Their web site states that currently Austin is the only major metropolitan city in Texas without smart digital technology.

A link to that petition can be found on their web site.

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