About the Traffic Report site.
This page contains information on various aspects of the website.
Guide to Traffic Icons
The icons used on the site are based on the triangular UK Warning Signs:
Abnormal Load
Accident
Barrier Repairs
Boat Show
Bridge Repairs
Broken Down Vehicle
Congestion
Cricket Match
Debris
Emergency Roadworks
Entertainment Event
Exhibition
Flooding
Football Match
Fuel Spill
Grass Cutting
Gully Cleaning
Heavy Traffic
Incident
Jack-knifed Lorry
Moderate Disruption
Multi-vehicle Accident
Overturned Vehicle
Resurfacing
Roadworks
Serious Accident
Shed Load
Sports Event
Vehicle Fire
Vehicle Recovery
Wind
Website Updates:
| 16-Feb | - Added mouseover floaty thing to the Map Key. - Added guide to Traffic Icons |
| 12-Feb | - Added more Twitter accounts for M1, M6, M180 and A180 - Added Twitter logo link for roads with accounts. |
| 11-Feb | - Added shorthand to messages sent to Twitter, so more information is displayed in the tweet. - Moved from Base32 to Base36 for packing Lat/Lng (breaks older shortlinks) - Routed Twitter links through http://lk8.me (locate me) to save another 12 characters. |
| 10-Feb | - Added this page - Implemented tweeting, currently testing on M25 only. - Added shortlinks. |
| 09-Feb | - New roads automatically made active and available on the Full Road List. |
| 08-Feb | - Added pages for individual roads. |
| 06-Feb | - Completed new site design using "J.Rod Ministries" palette from http://kuler.adobe.com. |
| 05-Feb | - Basic Google Map and incident markers uploaded and made live. |
| 04-Feb | - Domain Registered. |
Data Sources:
All Traffic Report information on the website is supplied by the Highways Agency via RSS.
Author:
Written and maintained by Richard Dolby. webmaster@trafficreport.org.uk