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Clear Channel’s Total Traffic Network, a division of Clear Channel Radio, and Inrix, Inc. today announced that they are extending their existing partnership to now include real-time traffic speed data from Inrix’s Smart Dust Network.
The network combines “the largest GPS-enabled vehicle probe network in the world with speed information from conventional road sensors and numerous other sources,” according to Clear Channel.
Clear Channel will deliver enhanced, real-time traffic information via its Total Traffic Network in U.S. cities beginning at the end of first quarter 2007. The integration enables Clear Channel’s automotive and portable navigation customers including BMW, Garmin, Tom Tom, Mio/Mitac, NAVIGON, Cobra Electronics, Siemens VDO and others to provide higher quality, traffic-influenced dynamic routing and traffic congestion maps incorporating the broadest coverage of speed information available anywhere.
Total Traffic Network’s real-time traffic data, covering 49 major metropolitan areas across the U.S., is included as part of the cost of the BMW navigation system. Other customers currently using Total Traffic Network’s real-time reports include Garmin International, Nextel, Verizon SMS, Kenwood Electronics, Tom Tom Navigator GPS, MSN Autos, MapPoint, Cingular QPass, ATX, AAA, Rand McNally, Weatherbug, Microsoft SPOT, Siemens VDO, Mio Technology, and Cobra Electronics.
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