Traffic Information Center in Bangkok

The intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Thailand Association and National Electronic and Computer Technology Center (Nectec) is going to implement a pilot project, namely the Traffic Information Center. The Traffic Information Center is to offer travelers real-time traffic information so they can choose the best routes for city journeys. The center pools, analyzes and sells the traffic-related information supplied by partner organizations, including Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT), Don Mueang Tollway, the Traffic Police, and the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP).

The processed real-time information will be disseminated by a group of organizations acting as traffic information distributors.

"For example, Taxi radio stations can be one traffic information distributor. Instead of collecting data and developing their own traffic-information systems, taxi radio stations can partner with ITS Thailand to distribute information to their networks of taxi drivers," Passakon said.

Mobile phone operators are also expected to become partners of the new centre, to provide traffic information via cellphones, and newly-established companies providing paid services to drivers with in-car navigation systems are also expected to join the new system.

as stated in the original report: Real-time traffic information to be pooled, analysed and sold