RTA Live Traffic website - was F3 traffic snarl

[CommuRider]

Another reason why I love being on the bike.

F3 traffic snarl this arvo.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/petrol-tanker ... 18phe.html

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeedommmmmmmmmm.

[CommuRider]

It was a short snarl so I didn't think it warranted a thread

BUT just checked the RTA now and there's still debris on the F3 near the Mount White weighing station.

I might create an RTA live traffic thread just to remind myself what I'm missing out on.

http://livetraffic.rta.nsw.gov.au/



Can this thread be renamed to the RTA live traffic? NSW folder?

[Boognoss]

Sure, it wasn't exactly weather-related originally.

Have renamed and there is bicycle-related content on the RTA Traffic site so to NSW this goes.

[CommuRider]

Sure, it wasn't exactly weather-related originally.

I was just being lazy And I didn't want to create yet another thread when there is probably something similarly named in the depths of the forum. But happy for you to be so obliging....

[Boognoss]

It's largely about the mod power!

I use the RTA Live Traffic site fairly often if I'm driving (rarely need to before a ride unless it involves a traffic ferry) and it's pretty good. Not overly useful but a cool feature is to read what the overhead electronics signs are displaying.

[silkishuge]

Another reason why I love being on the bike.

F3 traffic snarl this arvo.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/petrol-tanker ... 18phe.html

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeedommmmmmmmmm.

I pass the F3 twice a day on the over head bridge along Kujring-Gai Chase Rd and it is always bumper to bumper traffic EVERY morning. Bumper to bumper as far as my eyes can see. That is normal.

J

[breezer1]

today was no better, a fuel tanker sprung a leak, that stopped the traffic for quite awhile

[CommuRider]

The site's best feature for me still remains the Incidents.

Oooh 19 incidents today I always watch out when there's an incident on City West as that WAS my normal driving route.

Integrated camera view here:

http://livetraffic.rta.nsw.gov.au/#cameraview

I feel so Zen-ish on the bike. Ommmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Edit: Actually F3 at Mount White looks ok now from the camera.

[silkishuge]

Forgot to mention that the last tanker that had an accident along the F3 caused 12 hour delays. Accident occurred in the morning and wasn't cleared till past midnight. I think some executive with the RTA was "fired" because of it.

J

[sogood]

I use the RTA Live Traffic site fairly often if I'm driving (rarely need to before a ride unless it involves a traffic ferry) and it's pretty good. Not overly useful but a cool feature is to read what the overhead electronics signs are displaying.

I use it all the time before rides to decide which direction I'm headed.
1 - BOM doppler radar.
2 - RTA Traffic cam to check the road condition of my destination (wet or dry etc).

[queequeg]

It's largely about the mod power!

I use the RTA Live Traffic site fairly often if I'm driving (rarely need to before a ride unless it involves a traffic ferry) and it's pretty good. Not overly useful but a cool feature is to read what the overhead electronics signs are displaying.

I wonder....if they display what the signs are saying, it can only be a matter of time until someone figures out how to change them online as well

[CommuRider]

Thought the F3 at Somersby would be closed because of the body found on the road

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/human-remains ... 1bdjb.html

but it's running freely....incident in Greenwich though.

[wombatK]

Thought the F3 at Somersby would be closed because of the body found on the road

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/human-remains ... 1bdjb.html

but it's running freely....incident in Greenwich though.

Scary thought : could they be a cyclists remains ?

[familyguy]

No mention of a bike (damaged or destroyed) in the news, and doesnt look like there's any other junk on the road. Probably just someone wandering up the freeway.

Jim

[Alycat]

....if they display what the signs are saying, it can only be a matter of time until someone figures out how to change them online as well

I am actually working on a computer program at the moment to change data on of these road side signs. You can either SMS the sign or use a LAN. With the first you need the SIM number, and in both cases you need the password, so they have some reasonable security.

(My program is for legitimate reasons, not trying to hack one!)

[CommuRider]

Looks like the M2 is going to be a car park today.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/10-hurt-as-m2 ... 1bkt7.html

RTA states westbound traffic and significant delays. 3 cars, 10 ppl involved.

4 cars at King Georges Rd in Roselands. Gah, M5 looks like a shocker run.

Also Petersham, West St, 2 people trapped (!)

Accident Monday this arvo it seems.

[queequeg]

Looks like the M2 is going to be a car park today.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/10-hurt-as-m2 ... 1bkt7.html

RTA states westbound traffic and significant delays. 3 cars, 10 ppl involved.

I got a call from my wife at about 3:20pm, and she was stuck on the M2 under Pennant Hills Rd and wondering why the traffic was at a standstill. I quickly looked up the RTA site and saw the M2 was closed at Windsor Rd due to said accident, and luckily my wife with toddler on board were close enough to the Pennant Hills Rd exit that she was able to escape. Everyone else was stuck there for a couple of hours!

[CommuRider]

For M5 riders, another reason to gloat from the NSW Police Twitter feed:

Following a car accident on King Georges Road at Hurstville, a contra flow has been set up

http://twitter.com/nswpolice/status/55461062522322944

[queequeg]

For M5 riders, another reason to gloat from the NSW Police Twitter feed:

Following a car accident on King Georges Road at Hurstville, a contra flow has been set up

http://twitter.com/nswpolice/status/55461062522322944

and a four car accident on the Gladesville Bridge that closed 3 of the City-bound lanes. Lots of fun for everyone tonight!

[CommuRider]

Oh dear. And in the rain too. Not too many happy campers amongst the drivers of Sydney today. Oh wait, how would I know since I am totally oblivious to their traffic probs?

[CommuRider]

M4 accident at Prospect with all citybound lanes closed. Carmageddon!

The RTA now has a Live Traffic app. They released it last month

[find_bruce]

I was wondering why it was so quiet on my commute today

[CommuRider]

Tanker smash at SHB (what a nightmare)

5 lanes closed!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-04/h ... sh/3629570



Guess it's going to be a car park throughout all arteries

(more power to the two wheels!)

Not a sight you see too often

[SmellyTofu]

Just watching ch 7 news and yet again the cheap shot about the empty bike lanes in the city.

[CommuRider]

Don't watch C7 but did they take the shots during peak hour? Heaps of cyclists using the lanes between 5-7pm.

My colleague got stuck - 20 minutes to crawl 50m (I kid you not!) so she turned around and is going to have a late night tonight.