Road traffic

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), to Traffic alerts 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 Bicycle parking facilities 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 (alpha) (ASTRA)

Bike and car parking

Locations and availability of shared mobility services (SFOE)

Charging stations (SFOE)

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, «Mitfahrgelegenheit», «Fahrgemeinschaft» oder «Fahrdienstvermittlung». A common understanding of Vehice 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: ‘Specific mode of operation of a private vehicle (car, motorcycle, etc.). Expressed by dividing the vehicle for a journey between a defined driver who already is involved in the journey, and at least one other passenger.’ For our purposes, this definition refers to the transport of goods and commercial Expanded services. A detailed description can be found in our documentation.

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, «Mitfahrgelegenheit», «Fahrgemeinschaft» oder «Fahrdienstvermittlung».
A common understanding of Vehice 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:
‘Specific mode of operation of a private vehicle (car, motorcycle, etc.). Expressed by dividing the vehicle for a journey between a defined driver who already
is involved in the journey, and at least one other passenger.’

For our purposes, this definition refers to the transport of goods and commercial
Expanded services. A detailed description can be found in our documentation.

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