After five days with the add-on, my thoughts.
Good: routed me off the DVP (and back on again) to successfully avoid a slow-down; it updated a route “en-route” due to new traffic information.
Bad: doesn’t show that the Danforth is closed this weekend for Taste of the Danforth (the image below shows today’s data, Bloor Street / Danforth Avenue closure absent).
In closing: good for knowing about Toronto highway traffic, poor for knowing about city road closures.
The traffic data is provided by Inrix, so the quality of this data is the limiting factor. Inrix, which has its own traffic application for the iPhone, lists the following coverage areas in Ontario: Burlington, Mississauga, Niagara, Ottawa & Toronto.
Hi Gavan,
I’m also a Torontonian and I was thinking about the getting the Traffic Live in-app purchase for my Navigon. Just wondering if a year later your thoughts on this product have changed at all? Would you recommend it?
Thanks in advance,
Adam
Hi Adam. I would say it’s good to know about slow-downs on the 400 series, but knowing about city traffic still sucks. I would suggest trying out Waze—it’s an iOS app and does crowd-sourced traffic. It offers (some) reports on street-level traffic.
Thanks!