BARRIE, ON – CTV News is helping some Ontario cottagers beat the traffic this summer with the new CTV News Cottage Traffic App.
The app uses the built-in GPS technology on smart phones to offer personalized and timely audio traffic information. Powered by users running the app while they drive, traffic information is automatically updated to other users behind them, as drivers are encouraged to report traffic issues that they encounter. The system also uses historical traffic patterns along with weather, time of day and seasonal information to predict the traffic ahead.
The CTV News Cottage Traffic App is geared to drivers from the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario heading through Barrie to cottage destinations such as Collingwood, Wasaga Beach, Midland, Orilla, Brechin, Port Severn, Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Bala, and as far north as Huntsville and Parry Sound.
“The CTV News Cottage Traffic app gives you fast and accurate information on routes north, 24 hours a day,” said Ruth Anderson, news director at CTV Barrie, in the announcement. “It’s free, easy and hands free – as you drive you hear audio alerts about slowdowns or accidents up to 20 km ahead.”
Click here to download the app or for more information.
