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approximately 125M commuters per month. In 2011, TTWN acquired then competitor Metro Networks for $ 125M, about one-tenth of the company's $ 1B sale price to Westwood One a decade earlier. In 2006, TTWN partnered with BMW to become the first company in the United States to bring a product to the consumer market that displayed real time traffic information on an in-vehicle navigation system. TTWN's parent company is iHeart Media Networks.
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is the largest provider of real time broadcast traffic information in the United States. TTWN's broadcast traffic information appears on hundreds of radio and television stations as well on a multitude of automotive and gps navigation systems throughout the United States. TTWN traffic reports reach
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frequencies. Some radio stations have agreements with states' highway patrol that permit a direct connection with a law enforcement computer. This enables real-time information gathering of the latest accident reports to highway patrol divisions
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for many car makers. Most clients use Navteq to provide traffic reports in major metropolitan areas throughout North America. NAVTEQ partners with third-party agencies and companies to provide its services for portable GPS devices made by
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that does not necessarily involve roads. In addition to periodic broadcast reports, traffic information can be transmitted to GPS units, smartphones, and personal computers.
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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).
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the GPS information from phone users. By calculating the speed of users along a stretch of road, Google is able to generate a live traffic map. Its subsidiary,
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uses crowd-sourced data from mobile phone users, along with data from traditional sources such as induction loops and traffic cameras.
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Google Maps uses a variety of governmental and private traffic reporting organizations to provide information, along with its
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data from mobile users as well as the social media to provide users with traffic information of places of interest to them.
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There are several methods in use today to gather traffic speed and incident info, ranging from professional reporters, to
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as its primary means of providing real-time traffic updates to subscribers. The service is delivered free of charge.
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to overfly accident scenes and other areas of high traffic volume. For example, by the company
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uses its network of over 175 million vehicles and devices to gather speed data from
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use NAVTEQ data to show traffic information on navigation systems.
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have a network of sensors on motorways and trunk roads in the UK).
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systems, and provides data used in a wide range of mobile and
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provides data used in a wide range of applications, including
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Subramanian, Karthik; Srikanth, R. (January 21, 2014).
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