KITV on Monday will launch a new online, cell-phone and television alert system that monitors traffic flow using global positioning systems in vehicles.

By monitoring GPS positions of commercial vehicles and others that are on the road all day, the system will allow the station's new full-time traffic reporter, Yasmin Dar, to provide real-time travel times "rather than someone watching a traffic cam and getting information from the city and state and guessing how long the commute is going to take," said Mike Rosenberg, KITV president and general manager.

KITV will launch the new system Monday on its morning news show, Web site and a free cell-phone system.