Commuters Make One Stop at Traffic.com For Local Traffic and Weather Updates; Useful Relevant Content Gives Drivers Valuable Information They Need Every Day.WAYNE, Pa. -- Traffic.com, Inc., the leading independent provider of traffic data and content, today unveiled local weather information provided at www.traffic.com giving users comprehensive, immediate information to make their commutes easier. The high-quality, detailed weather content is provided by The Weather Channel(R) via a partnership announced recently by both companies. "Our relationship with The Weather Channel enables us to continue to deliver on our commitment to provide the best, most relevant information to commuters and travelers," said Christopher Rothey, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Traffic.com, Inc. "The combination of our accurate and actionable personalized traffic information and The Weather Channel's detailed local weather updates and forecasts gives users even more reason to visit us, and to visit often." The Traffic.com and The Weather Channel partnership enhances the Traffic.com Web site with weather content and extends Traffic.com's Traffic Pulse Traffic Pulse, also known as Traffic.com and Mobility Technologies, is a nationwide provider of traffic information via a number of media, including the Internet, cell phones, radio, satellite radio and television. (R) solutions across The Weather Channel platforms: television, Web, and desktop applications. "The Weather Channel is delighted with the response from consumers to the inclusion of traffic reports in 'Local on the 8s'," said Patrick Scott Patrick Scott (born 1921 in Kilbrittain, County Cork) is an Irish artist. Patrick Scott had his first exhibition in 1944, but trained as an architect and did not become a full time artist until 1960. , President, The Weather Channel Network. "Our research is telling us that viewers find the up-to-date traffic reports we get from Traffic Pulse a valuable addition to our local forecasts and tickers, and they find the information both interesting and actionable." Leading the industry with innovative consumer-focused traffic solutions, Traffic.com(R) recently launched MyTraffic(TM) services in Chicago, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , and Philadelphia. MyTraffic enables Traffic.com users to personalize traffic information by setting up and saving regularly traveled routes and scheduling updates and alerts delivered via e-mail or to wireless devices. With MyTraffic, users easily and conveniently receive exactly the traffic updates they need when, where, and how they want them. A MyTraffic rollout across all Traffic.com cities will occur this summer. The weather links are now available on Traffic.com on all of the Web site's city area traffic pages. About Traffic.com, Inc. Traffic.com, Inc. is the leading independent provider of traffic data, content, and services to broadcast media, consumer, government, and telematics markets. With comprehensive data collection and processing technologies, Traffic.com delivers innovative, actionable, and highly differentiated solutions to independent radio groups and television stations nationwide, including Viacom's CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. owned and operated television stations. Traffic.com is the "traffic inside" XM Satellite radio as well as a traffic information provider for the Acura RL The Acura RL is the top-of-the-line sedan in the range of Honda's North American luxury brand Acura. It is a rebadged version of the fourth-generation Honda Legend and replaced the Acura Legend in 1996. All Acura RLs are built in Saitama, Japan. and the Cadillac CTS The CTS is a mid size entry level luxury car made by General Motors for the Cadillac brand. It was introduced as the replacement for the Cadillac Catera in 2003. Originally, it was created as a direct competitor to the Lincoln LS, before that car was discontinued in 2006 to make . In addition to providing traffic content to terrestrial radio, satellite radio and television stations, Traffic.com provides real-time, personalized and actionable information to consumers via Traffic.com MyTraffic services, diverse Web, in-vehicle, wireless, and desktop applications. In partnership with the USDOT USDOT United States Department of Transportation , Traffic.com has deployed, and is expanding, a proprietary sensor network A low-speed industrial network that is used to connect sensors to actuators. A sensor network implies limited or no controller functions. Multiple sensor networks may be coupled to form device networks. See industrial control network. and data collection infrastructure. The Traffic.com logo and Traffic.com MyTraffic are trademarks and Traffic.com, Traffic Pulse, 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. 2005. |
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