Road traffic

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Road traffic data includes all static and dynamic (real-time) data required to map road traffic.

Thanks to close cooperation with the Federal Roads Office (FEDRO), and the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) can be made available.
FEDRO provides data on road traffic, in particular on Traffic volume (traffic meters) incl. underlying Location codes, to Traffic alerts, to Truck parking spaces and to Light signalling systems.
The SFOE provides data on the charging stations for www.ich-tanke-strom.ch (Documentation: Github). In addition, the SFOE provides the Locations and availability of shared mobility services In the interests of intermodal transport, we provide data to Park & Rail Parking facilities and bicycles Parking facilities and to Taxi ranks ready.

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Go to the SFOE website

Services and data

Traffic counters (static/dynamic, FEDRO)

Light-signalling systems (static/dynamic, FEDRO)

Traffic alerts (ASTRA)

RDS-TMC location table (ASTRA)

Truck parking spaces (ASTRA)

Bike and car parking

Locations and availability of shared mobility services (SFOE)

Charging stations (SFOE)

Taxi ranks

IMPORTANT: The following apply to FEDRO data: FEDRO General Terms and Conditions. For further information, see also the general information from FEDRO.

Explanation of terms

Term	Explanation
Light signalling systems	E.g. traffic lights
Vehicle pooling	There are different definitions of vehicle pooling and many synonyms, such as: carpooling, ride-sharing, carsharing, ‘carpooling,’ ‘carpooling’ or ‘journey agent’. A common understanding of vehicle pooling in Switzerland is essential for a central web service that enables a query of all available vehicle pooling offers and demands in Switzerland. In Part 5 of the NeTEx definition, Vehicle Pooling is defined as follows: ‘Special mode of operation of a private vehicle (car, motorcycle, etc.). Expressed by splitting the vehicle for a journey between a defined driver who has already is travelling and at least one other passenger.’ For our purposes, this definition covers the transport of goods and commercial Transport expanded. A detailed description can be found in our Technical document (in English).

Term

Explanation

Light signalling systems

E.g. traffic lights

Vehicle pooling

There are different definitions of vehicle pooling and many synonyms, such as: carpooling, ride-sharing, carsharing, ‘carpooling,’ ‘carpooling’ or ‘journey agent’. A common understanding of vehicle pooling in Switzerland is essential for a central web service that enables a query of all available vehicle pooling offers and demands in Switzerland.

In Part 5 of the NeTEx definition, Vehicle Pooling is defined as follows:
‘Special mode of operation of a private vehicle (car, motorcycle, etc.). Expressed by splitting the vehicle for a journey between a defined driver who has already
is travelling and at least one other passenger.’

For our purposes, this definition covers the transport of goods and commercial
Transport expanded. A detailed description can be found in our Technical document (in English).

Further links

Road traffic

More information about road traffic can be found here.

Go to the road traffic page

Access to APIs

A description of how to access the APIs can be found here

Access to APIs