Generally described, embodiments of the present invention provide systems
and methods for gathering and disseminating travel conditions. These
conditions may include traffic congestion and air quality data such as
CO, NO.sub.x, and Ozone (O.sub.3) concentration levels, or meteorological
conditions. In some embodiments, fleet vehicles already operating within
a given area are equipped with monitoring devices to collect the desired
data. The collected data may be transmitted to a central computer that
associates the data with a road map and disseminates the data to the
public. Dissemination may occur in a variety of ways including providing
the data to radio stations for broadcast, posting the data on a website
or pushing the data to navigation systems in vehicles or mobile
communications devices such as cell phones and personal data assistants
(PDAs).