Crowdsourcing Visual Road Traffic Conditions

September 22, 2009 by  

Traffic jam

Have you been stuck in a jam that crawled to a complete standstill on an expressway? It could have been because of an accident one of the lanes, or more often than not, it is because of a jam on the lane in the opposite direction. (Clarification: ‘cuz vehicles slow down to look at the accident..) If that’s the case, listening to the public radio stations might not help you effectively guess which route to take to work. A new crowdsourced traffic information update feature in the mobile app Foyage allows you to immediately see in real-time the actual traffic condition on various roads, as uploaded by your fellow users. Read more