The IT Nerd

Waze has some interesting driver data for Canada Day. Now Canada Day will be celebrated on Saturday, July 1st this year but was celebrated on Friday in 2016 which creates the baseline average. For this reason, Thursday – Monday was selected to be studied as the holiday weekend. Whether or not the national holiday is observed on an additional week-day this year (Friday June 30th or Monday July 3rd) is unclear and therefore it might be hard to scope out traffic surges for these days.

TRAFFIC ALERT CHANGES BY METRO

Ottawa
ACCIDENT

• increased by 150 % on Thu
• decreased by -48.3 % on Fri

JAM

• increased by 71.4 % on Thu
• decreased by -78.4 % on Fri

ROAD CLOSED

• decreased by -81.8 % on Thu
• decreased by -54.5 % on Fri
• decreased by -71.4 % on Sat

POLICEMAN

• increased by 56.7 % on Sat
• increased by 61.7 % on Sun

HAZARD

• increased by 28.2 % on Thu
• increased by 27.5 % on Sun

Montreal

ACCIDENT

• increased by 62.3 % on Thu
• decreased by -38.9 % on Fri
• increased by 47.4 % on Mon

JAM

• increased by 53.5 % on Thu
• decreased by -67.1 % on Fri
• increased by 78.7 % on Sun
• increased by 36.9 % on Mon

POLICEMAN

• increased by 15.4 % on Thu
• increased by 32.6 % on Sun

HAZARD

• increased by 17.4 % on Thu
• decreased by -33.6 % on Fri
• increased by 24.3 % on Sun

Vancouver

ACCIDENT

• decreased by -55.6 % on Sat
• decreased by -43.8 % on Sun

JAM

• increased by 57.8 % on Thu
• decreased by -45.7 % on Fri
• decreased by -55.4 % on Sat

ROAD CLOSED

• decreased by -47.1 % on Thu
• increased by 66.7 % on Sat

POLICEMAN

• increased by 33.3 % on Sat

HAZARD

• increased by 54.7 % on Thu

Toronto

ACCIDENT

• increased by 34.1 % on Thu
• decreased by -30.6 % on Fri

JAM

• increased by 26.3 % on Thu
• decreased by -61.1 % on Fri
• decreased by -37 % on Sat

ROAD CLOSED

• decreased by -42.3 % on Fri
• decreased by -41.9 % on Sat

POLICEMAN

• increased by 32.2 % on Sat
• increased by 13.7 % on Mon

HAZARD

• decreased by -45.1 % on Fri

WORST TIMES TO DRIVE BY METRO (compared to baseline average for each day)

Ottawa

• On Thu the worst time to drive is between 8pm and 10pm
• On Fri the worst time to drive is between 9pm and 11pm
• On Sat the worst time to drive is between 10am and 12pm
• On Sun the worst time to drive is between 2pm and 4pm
• On Mon the worst time to drive is between 1pm and 3pm

Montreal

• On Thu the worst time to drive is between 6pm and 8pm
• On Sun the worst time to drive is between 4pm and 6pm
• On Mon the worst time to drive is between 3pm and 5pm

Vancouver

• On Thu the worst time to drive is between 1pm and 3pm

Toronto

• On Thu the worst time to drive is between 1pm and 3pm

 

WORST TIMES TO DRIVE BY METRO (amount of drivers on the road)

“Largest number” = worst time to drive

Ottawa

• On Thu the largest number drivers are on the road between 3pm and 5pm
• On Fri the largest number drivers are on the road between 12pm and 2pm
• On Sat the largest number drivers are on the road between 10am and 12pm
• On Sun the largest number drivers are on the road between 1pm and 3pm
• On Mon the largest number drivers are on the road between 3pm and 5pm

Montreal

• On Thu the largest number drivers are on the road between 3pm and 5pm
• On Fri the largest number drivers are on the road between 11am and 1pm
• On Sat the largest number drivers are on the road between 1pm and 3pm
• On Sun the largest number drivers are on the road between 2pm and 4pm
• On Mon the largest number drivers are on the road between 3pm and 5pm

Vancouver

• On Thu the largest number drivers are on the road between 3pm and 5pm
• On Fri the largest number drivers are on the road between 3pm and 5pm
• On Sat the largest number drivers are on the road between 11am and 1pm
• On Sun the largest number drivers are on the road between 2pm and 4pm
• On Mon the largest number drivers are on the road between 3pm and 5pm

Toronto

• On Thu the largest number drivers are on the road between 3pm and 5pm
• On Fri the largest number drivers are on the road between 12pm and 2pm
• On Sat the largest number drivers are on the road between 12pm and 2pm
• On Sun the largest number drivers are on the road between 2pm and 4pm
• On Mon the largest number drivers are on the road between 4pm and 6pm

 

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