Take the Labor Out of Holiday Roadtrips with Free, Real-Time Traffic Services from Traffic.com; What's the Best Time to Leave f
August 23 2006 - 2:24PM
Business Wire
Traffic.com (NASDAQ:TRFC), the leading provider of personalized
traffic information for drivers coast to coast, is empowering Labor
Day weekend travelers with a full range of solutions to help
drivers manage the roadway congestion they will encounter during
holiday weekend travel. As the #1 source for drivers who want to
take control of the roadways, Traffic.com offers free, real-time
traffic services available online, on-demand, and on-the-go in 50
U.S. metropolitan areas. Before millions of people hit the roads
for the last hurrah of the summer, drivers in select cities can
review pre-Labor Day traffic trends from recent years. To help 2006
Labor Day weekend travelers decide the best time to leave for their
holiday roadtrip, Traffic.com gives drivers a view of past traffic
congestion patterns in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Diego
for the Fridays before the Labor Day weekend. Based on its
proprietary Traffic Information Management System (TIMS) technology
and its incomparable database of real-time and historical traffic
data, Traffic.com has produced exclusive, easy-to-read charts that
show the Jam Factor(R) ratings throughout the Friday before Labor
Day for 2004 and 2005 in Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia and for
2005 in San Diego. Traffic.com's customizable traffic services give
drivers exactly the traffic information they need - whenever,
wherever, and however they want it - completely free of charge.
Users can create and save their daily commutes or weekend travel
routes by visiting www.traffic.com. Following registration and the
set up of custom traffic reports and alerts, users receive
mytraffic.com(TM) personalized traffic services, which include
phone alerts, mobile e-mail alerts, and desktop e-mail alerts. For
traffic information on-demand at any time, all drivers can call
Traffic.com's traffic hotline at 1-866-MY-TRAFC (1-866-698-7232).
Traffic.com's Jam Factor combines real-time speed and travel time
measurements calculated from digital traffic sensors with
information from state-of-the-art operations centers to provide a
user-friendly, yet comprehensive, measure of the traffic intensity
on a roadway. This color-coded, numerical system clearly and
consistently identifies traffic conditions and delays on a scale
from 0-10 with 10 representing the worst traffic conditions along
the driver's route. A Jam Factor of 7 means the commute time for a
given distance will take approximately double the drive time it
would take at a roadway's normal speed. The city Jam Factor Charts
will help Labor Day holiday drivers determine the best (and worst)
times to start their holiday travel. "Millions of people already
depend on free, real-time information from Traffic.com to plan
their daily commutes in 50 metropolitan areas," said Christopher
Rothey, chief operating officer, Traffic.com. "By combining our
leading suite of mytraffic.com consumer services with a look at
historical traffic congestion patterns, drivers hitting the road
this Labor Day weekend will be empowered with the information they
need to make better decisions before they leave and while en route
to their holiday destination." About Traffic.com Traffic.com(R) is
the leading provider of personalized traffic information for
drivers coast to coast. Through the industry's most comprehensive
data collection infrastructure, Traffic.com offers consumers
real-time customized traffic reports in 50 metropolitan areas.
These personalized consumer reports are complete with predictive
traffic trends, vehicle speeds, congestion levels, travel times,
and delay times delivered via web, wireless device, radio,
television, and in-vehicle navigation systems. Traffic.com's
ability to distribute traffic information via specialized data
feeds and across multiple platforms creates unique, cross-platform
branding opportunities for advertisers, enabling them to expand
their reach and target consumers with useful, relevant content
multiple times per day. Traffic.com's growing list of business
partners includes AOL, Microsoft, The Weather Channel(R), Comcast,
Garmin International Inc., Motorola's VIAMOTO(TM) Solutions, and XM
Satellite Radio. trfc-g The Traffic.com logo and mytraffic.com are
trademarks and Traffic.com and Jam Factor are registered trademarks
of Traffic.com, Inc. All other product or service names or marks
are the property of their respective owners. (C) Traffic.com, Inc.
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