Our Story

TrafficGauge's mission is to deliver real-time traffic information where it's needed most—in the car, the home, or at the office—to reduce wasted time and unnecessary stress on the road.

According to National Transportation Statistics, the number of automobiles in the U.S. has increased over 60% since 1975, while roads have increased by less than 3%. Building new roads to keep up with this demand is both impossibly expensive and often impractical in metropolitan areas. Giving drivers real-time traffic conditions enables taking alternative routes or changing departure times to avoid traffic, benefiting both the individual driver as well as helping reduce overall traffic congestion in the community.

TrafficGauge's founder, Ryan Peterson, envisioned the concept of TrafficGauge during his own frustratingly long commute between Edmonds and Redmond. Ryan and his team of twenty software, hardware and electrical engineers and human factors specialists spent four years bringing TrafficGauge to life. TrafficGauge Inc. is headquartered in Seattle.