https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/christmas-traffic-2019

Christmas getaway 2019: Where and when to avoid on roads and rail
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/christmas-traffic-2019

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Christmas getaway 2019: Where and when to avoid on roads and rail

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/christmas-traffic-2019
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2019-12-18T13:07:45.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-12-18T13:17:28.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-27T08:42:17.411Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: christmas, delays, transport
• Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50807966
• Size: 353 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Christmas getaway 2019: Where and when to avoid on roads and rail

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BBC-Data-Unit/christmas-traffic-2019/master/Christmas%20getaway%202019%20%20Where%20and%20when%20to%20avoid%20on%20roads%20and%20rail%20-%20BBC%20News.png)

In December 2019 we [reported](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50807966) on which areas to avoid and what times traffic would be busiest over the Christmas period. 

## Get the data

* XLS: [Worst delays; roads expected to be worst affected](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/christmas-traffic-2019/blob/master/getaway.xlsx)

## Quotes and interviews

* Spokesperson, Inrix

* Ben Aldous, RAC

* Spokesperson, Highways England

* Spokesperson, South Western Railway (SWR) 

## Visualisation

* Infographic: Worst times to drive before Christmas

* Table: Estimated delays on motorways and worst times to travel

* Table: Longest stretches of roadworks that cannot be lifted for safety reasons

## Related repos

This is the fourth year in a row that the data unit has covered Christmas delays.

* In 2016 we first [reported on the best Christmas transport to avoid - and when](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/Christmas-travel).

* 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)

* [All delays-related repos can be found here](https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Adelays+org%3ABBC-Data-Unit&type=Repositories)

* [All transport-related repos can be found here](https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Atransport+org%3ABBC-Data-Unit&type=Repositories)