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Traffic.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRFC), the leading provider of personalized traffic information for drivers coast to coast, has been named one of Deloitte�s 2006 Greater Philadelphia Technology Fast 50 Companies. This honor ranks Traffic.com among the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in the area based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from 2001-2005. Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation�s leading professional services organizations, runs the Technology Fast 50 program in 16 regions across the country. With powerful, flexible technology at its core, Traffic.com is the traffic industry market�s leader. Delivering the most accurate and comprehensive traffic information available, across multiple platforms including Web, TV, mobile phones and personal navigation devices, Traffic.com continues to develop the advanced, customizable technologies that business partners and consumers demand. Years of technology innovation and an unwavering dedication to superior services strengthen Traffic.com�s market-leading position, as do strategic partnerships with high-profile companies such as AOL, Comcast, Garmin International, Microsoft Corporation, NAVTEQ, The Weather Channel� and more than 65 television stations and nearly 130 radio stations nationwide. Traffic.com is the only company that integrates the breadth and depth of traffic data obtained from a proprietary network of digital roadside sensors, agency data shared by government partners, probe data, and state-of-the-art event and accident information gathered through Traffic.com's local operations centers based across the country. Through its proprietary Traffic Information Management System (TIMS), Traffic.com collects, aggregates, and normalizes data from numerous diverse sources and distributes traffic information across multiple platforms, including hundreds of broadcast clients and millions of consumers via the Web. TIMS, a sophisticated, highly-scalable processing engine which houses the nation's largest database of real-time, historical and predictive traffic data, has many patent-pending technologies and powers the advanced algorithms that supply the only truly real-time, accurate traffic information available in the market today. �It is an absolute honor to have been selected as one of Deloitte�s Technology Fast 50 winners,� said Robert N. Verratti, chief executive officer, Traffic.com. �This recognition is really a testament to our dedicated employees who everyday ensure that our superior technology is leading the industry and allowing us to provide our business partners and consumers with the most accurate and reliable real-time traffic information available.� �To rank on Deloitte�s Technology Fast 50, companies must have phenomenal revenue growth over five years,� said Michael J. Purcell, Greater Philadelphia Marketplace Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Leader, Deloitte & Touche, LLP. �Traffic.com has proven to be one of the fast-growth success stories in Greater Philadelphia, and we applaud their dedication to making their vision a reality.� Winners of the 16 regional Technology Fast 50 programs in the United States and Canada are automatically entered in Deloitte�s Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America�s top 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies. For more information on Deloitte�s Technology Fast 50 or Technology Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com. About Traffic.com, Inc. Through the industry�s most comprehensive data collection infrastructure, Traffic.com offers consumers real-time custom traffic reports in 50 metropolitan areas. These reports are personalized to meet the needs of every driver and are complete with predictive traffic trends, vehicle speeds, congestion levels, travel times, and delay times delivered via Web, wireless device, radio, television, and in-vehicle navigation systems.�Traffic.com�s ability to distribute traffic information via specialized data feeds and across multiple platforms creates unique and powerful branding opportunities for advertisers, enabling them to expand their reach and target consumers with useful, relevant content multiple times per day. Traffic.com's business partners include AOL, Comcast, Garmin International Inc., Microsoft, NAVTEQ, The Weather Channel�, and XM Satellite Radio. About Deloitte Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, its member firms and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. As a Swiss Verein (association), neither Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu nor any of its member firms has any liability for each other�s acts or omissions. Each of the member firms is a separate and independent legal entity operating under the names �Deloitte,� �Deloitte & Touche,� �Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu� or other related names. Services are provided by the member firms or their subsidiaries or affiliates and not by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Verein. Deloitte& Touche USA LLP is the U.S. member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. In the U.S., services are provided by the subsidiaries of Deloitte & Touch USA LLP (Deloitte & Touch LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Deloitte Tax LLP and their subsidiaries), and not by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. Forward-Looking Statement This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Because these statements apply to future events, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including Traffic.com�s history of operating losses, risks associated with its recently expanded business model, the substantial competition it faces, its ability to maintain advertiser relationships and attract additional advertisers, its dependency on government contracts, possible failure of its traffic information management system, and failure to protect its intellectual property or to defend against intellectual property claims of others. These and other risks are described in greater detail in Traffic.com�s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Traffic.com may not actually achieve the goals or plans described in its forward-looking statements, and investors should not place undue reliance on these statements. Traffic.com disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this press release. trfc-g The Traffic.com logo and Traffic.com are registered trademarks. All other product or service names or marks are the property of their respective owners. � 2006 Traffic.com, Inc. Traffic.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRFC), the leading provider of personalized traffic information for drivers coast to coast, has been named one of Deloitte's 2006 Greater Philadelphia Technology Fast 50 Companies. This honor ranks Traffic.com among the 50 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in the area based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from 2001-2005. Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services organizations, runs the Technology Fast 50 program in 16 regions across the country. With powerful, flexible technology at its core, Traffic.com is the traffic industry market's leader. Delivering the most accurate and comprehensive traffic information available, across multiple platforms including Web, TV, mobile phones and personal navigation devices, Traffic.com continues to develop the advanced, customizable technologies that business partners and consumers demand. Years of technology innovation and an unwavering dedication to superior services strengthen Traffic.com's market-leading position, as do strategic partnerships with high-profile companies such as AOL, Comcast, Garmin International, Microsoft Corporation, NAVTEQ, The Weather Channel(R) and more than 65 television stations and nearly 130 radio stations nationwide. Traffic.com is the only company that integrates the breadth and depth of traffic data obtained from a proprietary network of digital roadside sensors, agency data shared by government partners, probe data, and state-of-the-art event and accident information gathered through Traffic.com's local operations centers based across the country. Through its proprietary Traffic Information Management System (TIMS), Traffic.com collects, aggregates, and normalizes data from numerous diverse sources and distributes traffic information across multiple platforms, including hundreds of broadcast clients and millions of consumers via the Web. TIMS, a sophisticated, highly-scalable processing engine which houses the nation's largest database of real-time, historical and predictive traffic data, has many patent-pending technologies and powers the advanced algorithms that supply the only truly real-time, accurate traffic information available in the market today. "It is an absolute honor to have been selected as one of Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 winners," said Robert N. Verratti, chief executive officer, Traffic.com. "This recognition is really a testament to our dedicated employees who everyday ensure that our superior technology is leading the industry and allowing us to provide our business partners and consumers with the most accurate and reliable real-time traffic information available." "To rank on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50, companies must have phenomenal revenue growth over five years," said Michael J. Purcell, Greater Philadelphia Marketplace Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Leader, Deloitte & Touche, LLP. "Traffic.com has proven to be one of the fast-growth success stories in Greater Philadelphia, and we applaud their dedication to making their vision a reality." Winners of the 16 regional Technology Fast 50 programs in the United States and Canada are automatically entered in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America's top 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies. For more information on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 or Technology Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com. About Traffic.com, Inc. Through the industry's most comprehensive data collection infrastructure, Traffic.com offers consumers real-time custom traffic reports in 50 metropolitan areas. These reports are personalized to meet the needs of every driver and are complete with predictive traffic trends, vehicle speeds, congestion levels, travel times, and delay times delivered via Web, wireless device, radio, television, and in-vehicle navigation systems. Traffic.com's ability to distribute traffic information via specialized data feeds and across multiple platforms creates unique and powerful branding opportunities for advertisers, enabling them to expand their reach and target consumers with useful, relevant content multiple times per day. Traffic.com's business partners include AOL, Comcast, Garmin International Inc., Microsoft, NAVTEQ, The Weather Channel(R), and XM Satellite Radio. About Deloitte Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, its member firms and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. As a Swiss Verein (association), neither Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu nor any of its member firms has any liability for each other's acts or omissions. Each of the member firms is a separate and independent legal entity operating under the names "Deloitte," "Deloitte & Touche," "Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu" or other related names. Services are provided by the member firms or their subsidiaries or affiliates and not by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Verein. Deloitte& Touche USA LLP is the U.S. member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. In the U.S., services are provided by the subsidiaries of Deloitte & Touch USA LLP (Deloitte & Touch LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Deloitte Tax LLP and their subsidiaries), and not by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. Forward-Looking Statement This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Because these statements apply to future events, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including Traffic.com's history of operating losses, risks associated with its recently expanded business model, the substantial competition it faces, its ability to maintain advertiser relationships and attract additional advertisers, its dependency on government contracts, possible failure of its traffic information management system, and failure to protect its intellectual property or to defend against intellectual property claims of others. These and other risks are described in greater detail in Traffic.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Traffic.com may not actually achieve the goals or plans described in its forward-looking statements, and investors should not place undue reliance on these statements. Traffic.com disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this press release. trfc-g The Traffic.com logo and Traffic.com are registered trademarks. All other product or service names or marks are the property of their respective owners. (C) 2006 Traffic.com, Inc.