Hi, I'm Liz Andrews... proud to by your co-host and traffic reporter on CD101.9 in the morning. One thing we all know is that getting wherever you have to go in the metropolitan area can be a time-consuming and sometimes frustrating experience. I try to highlight as many of the trouble spots as time will allow, but I know that you sometimes need even more information than that. No one wants to be stuck in traffic or miss a train because of a service change and I can't be at the station 24/7 to make sure whenever and wherever you are going is riding smoothly! That's why our new Traffic section is such a great thing. If you're going somewhere, just log onto our website CD1019.com and click the traffic button. You'll get up-to-the-minute traffic information, including New York, New Jersey and Connecticut roadways as well as how mass transit is running. We'll even give you some of the alternate routes, so you can avoid posted detours.
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The Traffic.com Jam Factor is like a "Richter scale" for traffic. (as seen above)It's an overall measure of the traffic conditions on a roadway, or on a section of a roadway. Because the Jam Factor calculation uses real-time speed and travel time measurements from our sensors and those of our partners, as well as our detailed accident, construction and congestion information, it's a comprehensive measure of the state of traffic on any roadway. The Jam Factor is measured on a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the worst traffic conditions. It is designed to give you a quick, at-a-glance picture of conditions on the roadways or personal MyTraffic Drives you care about, whether you're on our web site, looking at an emailed Traffic Report, or listening to a Traffic Report call to your phone. If you see (or hear) a high Jam Factor, you can then delve into the detailed information in the Traffic Report or on the Traffic.com site to find out more.
Jam Factor Trending When you look at the Jam Factor bar in our traffic reports, you might notice small arrows pointing to the left or right like this.
These Jam Factor Trend arrows tell you if traffic is getting better or worse. Arrows pointing to the left mean traffic is moving toward a lower jam factor, an arrow pointing right means things are getting worse. A single arrow means it's changing slowly, two or three arrows indicate that conditions are changing more rapidly. No arrows mean that conditions have been the same for a while. You can use the Jam Factor Trend to tell if you should get on the road now, or wait a while. If the trend is getting worse you might want to wait until it starts to get better. If the trend is getting better rapidly, you may want to head out even though the jam factor is still fairly high.
