Drivers Celebrate Freedom from Traffic Jams with Traffic.com Services

July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Millions of Americans are hitting the road this week for the Fourth of July holiday. Whether driving to a family picnic, the beach or local firework festivities, many road travelers expect traffic to cause frustration. However, there are solutions that finally free holiday travelers from dreaded traffic back-ups. Traffic.com, a NAVTEQ company, and a leading provider of personalized traffic information for drivers coast-to-coast, offers a suite of free traffic solutions for accurate, up-to-the-minute traffic news at www.traffic.com.

Whether online or on-the-go, Traffic.com services give drivers the tools and information they need to make the best decisions about the time to leave and the best routes to take. Site visitors can instantly view real-time traffic information for cities across the U.S. or set up personalized traffic reports for the roadways they plan to drive. To receive personalized information, drivers can sign up at www.traffic.com and then create and save daily commutes or holiday travel routes with MyTraffic free services.

Traffic.com's MyTraffic offerings include custom traffic reports and alerts delivered via phone, e-mail, and text message. When users sign up, they can save up to 20 travel routes and schedule the time and method by which they want to receive the real-time traffic reports for their drives. Also, for traffic information on-demand, drivers can call Traffic.com's free traffic hotline at 1-866-MY-TRAFC (1-866-698-7232) or text their drive name or city code to TRAFC (87232).

Site visitors can also view JamCast real-time traffic video for 30 metropolitan areas across the U.S. This breakthrough in real-time traffic news provides drivers with dynamically generated online traffic updates in fully automated audio and video.

Traffic.com's entire service suite features patented Jam Factor roadway traffic measurements that allow commuters to easily understand the relative congestion level with a number on a scale from 1 to 10.

SOURCE NAVTEQ