Now that I have a web-enabled cellphone, I’ve been bookmarking all sorts of useful mobile websites. One website that I was disappointed to not find was one which can tell me what the traffic conditions are. The government already provides a great system in COMPASS, which covers the 401 and QEW for large stretches (it’s the same system that provides the status on the boards when you’re driving on the highway); but it takes awhile to load up the entire web page and the Google map, let alone navigate to the proper option that I want to see.
So I put together a small mobile webpage to provide traffic details in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) based off of the COMPASS data. It refreshes the data every 5 minutes so the information should be as up to date as the full web site. Although it is a bit unfortunate that lately, COMPASS isn’t providing data for the parts of the 401 under construction across Toronto.
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