Instant traffic update service to freeway users in Taiwan

The National Freeway Bureau (NFB) of Taiwan has launched a new service that delivers instant traffic updates via mobile messaging system to freeway users in Taiwan. The new service is enabled by a Graphic Display System (GDS) that provides a communications link with government units and the Directorate General of Highways. Real-time road information, tracked by 4,000 speed monitors along the freeways, is transmitted to the GDS, the new Taipei city-based Taishan control centre for traffic monitoring and cont
May 18, 2012 Read time: 1 min
RSSThe 4974 National Freeway Bureau (NFB) of Taiwan has launched a new service that delivers instant traffic updates via mobile messaging system to freeway users in Taiwan. The new service is enabled by a Graphic Display System (GDS) that provides a communications link with government units and the Directorate General of Highways. Real-time road information, tracked by 4,000 speed monitors along the freeways, is transmitted to the GDS, the new Taipei city-based Taishan control centre for traffic monitoring and control purposes.
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