Leading the way TravelTIP is part of a master plan for the development of an Intelligent Transportation System for Orange County and Southern California. This system, when fully developed, will help commuters, businesses and visitors manage their travel through Southern California with optimum efficiency. TravellIP is a service of the Orange County Transportation Authority in association with Caltrans, the Federal Highway Administration, Orange County Cities, and the County of Orange. TravelTIP's real-time information can be accessed via telephone, Internet, and kiosk. Additionally, a wide variety of personalized TravelTIP services and products, such as paging and in-vehicle displays, are being developed by a growing TravellIP partner network of electronics, communications, digital mapping and information service companies.
Commuters can plan their trips via cable television and the Internet from their own home or office.
Customized traffic reports could be available through special FM radio receivers. A Commuters and businesses can access travel time estimates to any destination throughout Southern California. A vast network of sensors in area freeways and roads gathers real-time data on traffic speeds, incidents and congestion. Closed-circuit cameras and other communication links monitor actual conditions. Vehicle speed data on key arterial routes is gathered from a fleet of buses equipped with satellite technology that pinpoints their location, predicting arrival and departure times.