Traffic Congestion map

markpb

Linky

I've been watching this from time to time over the last few days and I'm wondering if anyone else has and if they think it's accurate.

Several times in the last few days it shows a road as busy even though I'm just off it and there's not a car in sight. Sometimes you can even look at the cameras on the map and see that its not a busy as it says it is.

Traffic

The data from the Map is taken from the SCATS loops at the junction so for example if the junction at North Circular Road @ Phibsboro is v busy it will show red for all the approach roads it doesnt mean though that traffic is at a standstill along the full lenght of the road

Hope this helps

markpb

Yes, that explains it alright. I just noticed it says that on the site too :rolleyes: Cheers.

egan007

Sweet - this has huge potential
I mean GIANT

crosstownk

Great link. All it needs now more regular updating. Huge potential for my daily collections and deliveries.

markpb

crosstownk wrote:

Great link. All it needs now more regular updating. Huge potential for my daily collections and deliveries.

It's updated every few minutes as far as I know, isn't that good enough?;o)

Tom Dunne

Traffic wrote:

The data from the Map is taken from the SCATS loops at the junction so for example if the junction at North Circular Road @ Phibsboro is v busy it will show red for all the approach roads it doesnt mean though that traffic is at a standstill along the full lenght of the road

Hope this helps

Could you explain what this means?

Looking at the notorious N4, all seems well in SCATS land, though the camera tells a different story...

markpb

One thing to keep in mind is that the cameras are frequently out of date. The current one on the M50/N4 junction is over an hour out by now whereas the data on the map is live.