https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/easter-getaway
Easter getaway: When is busiest by road, rail and air
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/easter-getaway
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Easter getaway: When is busiest by road, rail and air
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/easter-getaway
- Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
- Created: 2017-04-12T09:11:22.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2018-04-16T11:21:11.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-27T08:30:54.863Z (9 months ago)
- Topics: delays, easter, flights, rail, roads, transport
- Homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39503740
- Size: 1.95 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# Easter getaway: When is busiest by road, rail and air
The busiest day for the great Easter getaway will be Thursday, [we reported in April](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39503740), with drivers being warned some journeys could take 90 minutes longer than usual.
## Get the data
We almost always store data in spreadsheet format. However, for this story it was supplied in a Word document, which we shared in the story:
* [Highways England - Roadworks staying in place over Easter 2017](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ySm32Z92c-WwJ7pCJrdukkgjlwV8vRFO6TKSUvSIi54/pub)
## Visualisation
* Multiple bar chart: Predicted worst delays on Thursday
* Table: Easter getaway - When to travel
* Bar chart: Longest stretches of roadworks staying in place for Easter
## Related repos
* [Easter travel: Where to avoid on roads and rail (2018)](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/easter-travel)
* [All data unit repos tagged 'easter'](https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Aeaster+org%3ABBC-Data-Unit&type=Repositories)