An Interactive Traffic Information System

With real time traffic information, drivers on our highways can adapt and take action when encountering congestion. They can reschedule appointments or choose an alternate route. Existing systems that provide real time traffic information rely on infrastructure and human resources. These techniques are inaccurate, slow and require expensive infrastructure that provide limited coverage. We propose a new and unique form of traffic data collection that provides accurate real time data without relying on any existing techniques. A vehicle containing a global positioning system receiver reports the speed and direction of the traffic for a specific location and time along the highway it is traveling. A central server gathers and processes this data from all such vehicles through an internet connection and reports this information in real time. Through this server, vehicles traveling all highways globally can share traffic information with each other in real time.