Where does Traffic.com get traffic information?
We get our information from four types of sources: digital traffic sensors, gps/probe devices, commercial and government partners, and our traffic operations center staff members.
Our own network of sensors is already deployed in many major metropolitan areas, and is rapidly expanding to additional cities.
Where local or state government agencies have available data from their sensors or systems, we integrate as much of that data as possible as well.
Finally, we maintain traffic operations centers for each of the cities we serve, staffed with employees who consistently monitor traffic conditions.
The traffic operations staff use a variety of means (such as listening to police and fire scanners, monitoring traffic cameras, driving cars, and flying helicopters or fixed wing aircraft) to collect information and enter into our systems. All of the information we obtain from these varied sources is combined together to provide you with the most complete, accurate, and timely traffic information possible.
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