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roads expected to be worst affected](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/christmas-traffic-2019/blob/master/getaway.xlsx)\n\n## Quotes and interviews\n\n* Spokesperson, Inrix\n* Ben Aldous, RAC\n* Spokesperson, Highways England\n* Spokesperson, South Western Railway (SWR) \n\n## Visualisation\n\n* Infographic: Worst times to drive before Christmas\n* Table: Estimated delays on motorways and worst times to travel\n* Table: Longest stretches of roadworks that cannot be lifted for safety reasons\n\n## Related repos\n\nThis is the fourth year in a row that the data unit has covered Christmas delays.\n\n* In 2016 we first [reported on the best Christmas transport to avoid - and when](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/Christmas-travel).\n* This was [repeated in 2017](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/christmas-traffic-2017) and [in 2018](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/christmas-traffic-2018)\n* [All delays-related repos can be found here](https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Adelays+org%3ABBC-Data-Unit\u0026type=Repositories)\n* [All transport-related repos can be found here](https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Atransport+org%3ABBC-Data-Unit\u0026type=Repositories)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fchristmas-traffic-2019","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fchristmas-traffic-2019","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fchristmas-traffic-2019/lists"}