NAVTEQ Traffic.com Offers Tips for New Year's Traffic Resolutions

Four ways to reduce traffic related stress and spend more time with friends and family in 2010

CHICAGO, Dec. 30 -- NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data for in-vehicle, portable, wireless and enterprise solutions, provides new ways to lower your stress level, make more time for your family, and even reduce your personal carbon footprint. NAVTEQ Traffic.com(TM) is helping drivers with four traffic-related resolutions for 2010.

Find more time for yourself and your family.

The more time you spend in traffic, the less time you have for the most important people in your life. Let NAVTEQ Traffic.com can help you cut your commute. Sign up for MyTraffic at www.traffic.com and save your favorite routes. Personalized traffic updates are then available from any web-enabled device and on most major carrier portals. Just enter http://mobi.traffic.com/ into your mobile web browser, or through your carrier portals within categories such as: "Maps/Traffic," "Weather" and "Travel."

Show up on time, every time.

Perhaps the only driving experience more frustrating than being stuck in traffic is getting lost. Make sure that you are equipped to find your way, no matter where you are going. In addition to NAVTEQ Traffic.com, use a GPS navigation in your vehicle, and always make sure the maps are up to date. If you haven't updated your navigation maps in the past year, visit NAVTEQ.com to purchase a new map update.

Cope with traffic-related stress.

Do you arrive at work or come home stressed out from fighting through traffic? Give yourself a break. Find the faster moving roads by texting your CITY CODE (NY, CHIC, PHL, LA, etc.) to TRAFC (87232) to get instant traffic updates for the worst city area delays. NAVTEQ Traffic.com city codes can be found at http://bhelp.traffic.com/city-codes-used-for-sms.

Reduce your carbon footprint.

The less time you spend stuck in traffic, the more you reduce your carbon footprint. A recent NAVTEQ® study* showed that cars equipped with GPS navigation systems with real-time traffic info can reduce the time of their average trip by 18% and reduce their car's carbon emissions by 21 percent. Don't have a traffic-enabled system? Check http://mobi.traffic.com/ for real time traffic updates.

NAVTEQ is the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data that enables navigation and location-based platforms around the world. NAVTEQ supplies comprehensive digital map information to power automotive navigation systems, portable and wireless devices, Internet-based mapping applications and government and business solutions. The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has approximately 4,400 employees located in 195 offices and in 44 countries.

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