Abstract: An intelligent beacon system captures local, authorized changes to vehicle traffic flow plans for response to anomalous road conditions, obstacles, construction, events, and the like, and wirelessly communicates a new traffic flow plan in a variety of forms to vehicles in the vicinity. The variety of forms include human-readable indicia, such as pictorial maps, text, and audible messages, as well as machine-readable indicia, such as digital maps and other representations of the new traffic flow plan. The system includes a configuration device for the entry of traffic flow plans and one or more intelligent beacons for communicating with vehicles. The system may further include one or more base stations in communication with the configuration device and intelligent beacons. System components may be stationary, mobile, self-propelled, or airborne. Beacons may further incorporate conventional traffic warning and direction signaling components, as well as traffic, weather, and other sensors.