Starting Oct. 18, the Seattle Department of Transportation is adding electronic signs on five city arterials, including one in Crown Hill, as part of its Intelligent Transportation System. The dynamic message signs will show the actual times it takes a vehicle to travel between two points, not estimates or averages, according to the department.

“We are excited by this new phase,” Mayor Mike McGinn said in a press release. “This real-time information will help people make better travel decisions.”

The five dynamic message sign locations displaying travel times are:

• Holman Road Northwest near 14th Avenue Northwest.
• Fauntleroy Way Southwest near Southwest 38th Street.
• 35th Avenue Southwest near Southwest Snoqualmie Street.
• First Avenue South near South Bennett Street.
• Fourth Avenue South near South Spokane Street.

Travel times will be added to a dynamic message sign on Admiral Way Southwest by the end of October and to three signs on SR99 and one on East Marginal Way South by March, according to the Department of Transportation.

Also beginning Oct. 18, travel times will be available on the Seattle Department of Transportation's Traveler’s Information website and on iPhones seven days a week, 24-hours a day for the following eight corridors:

• 15th Avenue Northwest/Elliott Way/15th Avenue West.
• Airport Way South.
• Denny Way.
• First Avenue South.
• Fourth Avenue South.
• East Marginal Way.
• West Seattle.
• Aurora Avenue (will be available by March).

The department's ongoing development of an Intelligent Transportation System enables the department to better manage traffic and helps the public make informed travel decisions, according to the department press release.

“By making more efficient trips, travelers can reduce pollution, fuel consumption and commuter times,” Department of Transportation Director Peter Hahn said in the press release.