-- 21 channels of traffic and weather information for the nation's most traffic-congested metropolitan areas
-- 24/7 continuously updated reporting for each market
-- A dedicated channel for each major metro market
-- Travel times for major roadways, provided by Traffic Pulse® technology on the ground in the local markets
-- Average speeds for major roadways, provided by Traffic Pulse® technology on the ground in the local markets
-- Amber Alerts and other important public safety and homeland security notifications on air and printed on the radio display
-- Staff of more than 40 traffic and weather experts supported by a nationwide network of traffic data collection professionals
-- Traffic information available utilizing advanced in-road sensors, aircraft, traffic and local eyewitness reports.
In the first phase of a national rollout of 21 new Instant Traffic & Weather channels, XM launched its Washington, DC channel on February 28th and launched 14 additional channels yesterday with dedicated traffic and weather information for the following metro areas: New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Chicago, Houston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, Tampa, Orlando, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and St. Louis.
Channels for the 6 remaining markets (Boston, Atlanta, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Seattle and San Diego) will be introduced later in 2004.
XM's Instant Traffic and Weather channels are broadcast nationally and available to all XM subscribers at no additional cost.
XM Instant Traffic & Weather is provided by XM in cooperation with Mobility Technologies, and The Weather Channel.
- from an XM Radio Press Release
