INRIX

INRIX, Inc.

INRIX, Inc. logo as of Dec 2012
Type	Private
Industry	Traffic Information
Founded	July 2004
Founder	Bryan Mistele, Craig Chapman
Headquarters	Kirkland, Washington, United States
Key people	Bryan Mistele
Number of employees	450 (July '16)
Website	www.inrix.com

INRIX is a global SaaS and DaaS company which provides real-time traffic information, state-wide traffic analytics, traffic collisions, parking data and analytics, connected car services, traffic count and population movement insights. INRIX works with automakers and government agencies to understand how people and commerce move across the world’s transportation networks. As Big Data and the Internet of Things influence where people travel, INRIX is attempting to help by connecting cars to smarter cities. INRIX solutions attempt to reduce congestion, decrease CO2 emissions, increase safety on roads and bring innovative experiences to drivers. Government and business licensees use INRIX Data to improve the mobility of people worldwide. INRIX DaaS products are sourced from 300 million (as of March 2017) real-time vehicles and devices from hundreds of sources in 65 countries.

As of June 2016, INRIX collects trillions of bytes of information about roadway speeds and vehicle counts from 300 million real-time anonymous mobile phones, connected cars, trucks, delivery vans, and other fleet vehicles equipped with GPS locator devices. Data retrieved from consumer cellular GPS-based devices including the iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone phones, Ford SYNC and Toyota Entune. The data collected is processed in real-time, creating traffic speed information for major freeways, highways and arterials across North America, as well as much of Europe, South America, and Africa.

The company keeps a database of variables that affect traffic, including weather forecasts, special events, school schedules and road construction, and combines them with the real-time probe data collected to turn those variables into traffic predictions.