WASHINGTON, DC, Dec. 6 - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its report on real-time traffic information entitled "Efforts to Address Highway Congestion through Real-Time Traffic Information Systems Are Expanding, but Face Implementation Challenges." The report provides extremely relevant information as Congress works to craft a transportation bill that encourages a shift to a more performance-based system.

Among the findings are that the estimated cost to establish and operate real-time transportation information programs in all 50 states and the nation's 50 largest metropolitan areas through 2018 would be approximately $1.2 billion, while the anticipated cost savings due to increased safety, mobility, and environmental benefits from the system is estimated to be $30.2 billion.

The report is available online at http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-121R.

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