Company to provide navigable map database, real-time traffic integration and distribution, Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) prototype applications and More
CHICAGO, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NAVTEQ (NYSE: NVT), a leading
global provider of digital map data for vehicle navigation and location-based
solutions, has been selected by the California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) to support deployment of the 'Connected Traveler' program as part
of Caltrans' award of the SAFE TRIP-21 contract by the US DOT. California's
program, which will enable SAFE TRIP-21, is termed the 'Connected Traveler'.
Caltrans was recently awarded $2.9 million by the U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), as part of Caltrans' $12.9 million program to test
various ITS technology applications designed to reduce gridlock, improve
traveler safety and enhance public transportation services.
The program is intended to accelerate deployment of Vehicle Infrastructure
Integration (VII) using consumer mobile devices to deliver various VII
services. Some key services and applications being tested under this program
include collection of real-time traffic data utilizing consumer mobile devices
using various communications protocols (such as DSRC, WIMAX, WIFI, cellular
and satellite); use of commercial and transit vehicles enabled with consumer
devices as collection technology; and implementation of in-vehicle alert
functionality.
In collaboration with UC-Berkeley's Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department and the California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT),
GPS-equipped Nokia mobile phones as probes will be deployed to collect real-
time traffic information. The real-time speed and flow data will be
transmitted to local and remote traffic management centers from the phones of
several thousand volunteer commuters and transit vehicles traveling within a
200-mile radius of the Bay Area. Using its proprietary processing technology,
NAVTEQ will aggregate and process the probe data, integrate it with other
NAVTEQ Traffic(TM) data sources and distribute it back to the travelers who
provide the probe data from their mobile phones. The data will be referenced
to the NAVTEQ map and will also be available for distribution, via a variety
of channels, to multiple consumer devices including personal navigation
devices, in-vehicle systems and mobile phones.
'Congestion and congestion-related problems are some of the largest issues
faced by state DOTs as well as the traveling public.
