Patent ID: 6845316

Claim:
A method for providing traffic information, comprising: receiving user information from which customized traffic information related to a first geographic area of a first metro area can be provided; obtaining traffic-related data that includes first traffic-related data and second traffic-related data using a plurality of sources, said obtaining including providing automatically said first traffic-related data to a control system having at least one processor and involving manually at least a first human operator with said second traffic-related data, said second traffic-related data being input using an input device by at least the first human operator that has authorized access to said control system, and at least the first human operator making a determination that said second traffic-related data is to be associated with at least a first category related to one or more geographic areas including said first geographic area and, after said determination, at least the first human operator is involved with associating said second traffic-related data with at least said first category; processing using said at least one processor said traffic-related data to provide processed traffic information for storage; storing said processed traffic information using data storage; selecting firstly at least a first subset of said processed traffic information; and sending traffic information related to said first subset of said processed traffic information to at least a first user, said traffic information sent to at least the first user relates to said first geographic area and not to a second geographic area of said first metro area that is different from said first geographic area.