TravInfo project to be powered by ESRI software

REDLANDS, Calif. - Geographic information system software developer ESR has been selected to join a group that will design, build and operate TravInfo: the San Francisco Bay Area's real-time traffic and transit information source.

Last month, PB Farradyne Inc. was awarded a $38 million, six-year contract to complete the project by the Bay Area's Metropolitan Transportation Commission. The TravInfo contract calls for PB Farradyne to provide the systems and services to collect, disseminate and market timely, comprehensive, accurate and reliable travel information on major roadways and public transportation in the nine-county Bay Area. The information will be accessible via kiosks, a Web site, a toll-free telephone number, cell phones and handheld computers.

ESRI will provide software and services support to PB Farradyne for map display functionality and develop two map display applications for two different environments: one operating independently on each TravInfo workstation, the other an Intranet-enabled application that gives other agencies access to TravInfo data without installing the application locally.

The workstation application will have display and edit functions, which enable users to navigate maps and add or correct events in the database using the map interface.