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Navteq real-time traffic for Russia

Navteq has announced the launch of its Traffic service in Russia, delivering comprehensive, real-time traffic information to nearly 16.5 million people in three major cities
February 3, 2012 Read time: 1 min
295 Navteq has announced the launch of its Traffic service in Russia, delivering comprehensive, real-time traffic information to nearly 16.5 million people in three major cities - Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg. The service delivers detailed information about traffic speeds, allowing drivers to make better routing and re-routing decisions.

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