Traffic reporting

The reports help drivers anticipate and avoid traffic problems.

Traffic reports, especially in cities, may also report on major delays to mass transit that does not necessarily involve roads.

In addition to periodic broadcast reports, traffic information can be transmitted to GPS units, smartphones, and personal computers.

There are several methods in use today to gather traffic speed and incident info, ranging from professional reporters, to GPS crowdsourcing to combinations of both methods.

NAVTEQ's media services was spun out to form Radiate Media in 2011, which subsequently merged with Global Traffic Network in 2016, forming US Traffic Network (USTN).