On Mar 13, 3:49�pm, wrote:
BMW announced that a recent engineering demonstration in Philadelphia,
PA has validated the concept of broadcasting advanced traffic
information via HD Radio stations. The exercise, conducted in November
using the Transport Protocol Experts Group (TPEG) protocol, was led by
Munich-based BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH (BMW Group Research and
Technology) and supported by BMW of North America and its technology
partner, Clear Channel Total Traffic Network. The new TPEG protocol
for Traffic Flow and Prediction (TFP) supports real-time, high-speed
broadcast of traffic information and will enable future vehicles to
view current and predicted traffic patterns, speeds, and flows almost
instantaneously. �For the entire article, go to:http://www.bimmerfile.com/2009/03/10...alidates-fast-...

HD radio is not dead. �Dream on, kids.

So, we are to believe a study by the vested interests of BMW and Clear
Channel - LOL! There was a good reason MSN Direct rejected HD Radio:

"Microsoft sticks with analog"
1/14/09

"The company's MSN Direct was developing a new traffic and local
information service using HD Radio signals. But after two years of
investigating how HD Radio could be tapped, Microsoft decides to stick
with its current analog system instead of converting to an HD Radio
data service."

http://tinyurl.com/8unwdu

NAV Traffic has already been done by SATRAD and others - too little
too late. There is no possible ROI for HD Radio - it's just a money-
pit for hardware manufacturers and iBiquity:

"A little feedback on HD Radio"

"Is anyone surprised to see stations shutting off their HD signals
(12/29/08 RBR #250)? It's a flawed technology designed only to line
the pockets of iBiquity. We didn't have to pay Edison to use the
incandescent light bulb...we bought the bulbs but didn't have to pay
to use them."

Maynard Meyer, Chief Engineer/GM
KLQP-FM Madison, Minnesota

http://www.rbr.com/features/viewpoints/12024.html