Do the feeds contain specific events on road regulations due to COVID-19?
As movement restrictions are lifted after the COVID-19 lockdown, various local, regional, and national authorities introduce various measures that impact road regulations. Even if these impacts are only on a temporary basis, they can affect traffic in a significant way by creating closures due to change of permitted road use, restricting road access to local residents only, introducing new bike lanes, or reduced speed limits.
TomTom strives to provide up-to-date information about these dynamically changing road conditions through the TomTom Traffic Incidents – Intermediate Service API. During the unprecedented COVID-19 situation, TomTom is working together with our partners and authorities to ensure high-quality, reliable information.
TomTom delivers the following event types related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Event | Alert-C event codes |
|---|---|
| Closed to all traffic. | 401 |
| Closed to through traffic. | 493 + 1854 |
| Closed based on other restrictions/conditions (i.e., the purpose of travel in case of border closures). | 493 |
| Reduced amount and/or width of lanes lane layout (i.e., when increasing space for bikes and pedestrians). | 518 |
Any event in any country related to COVID-19 contains at least "COVID-19" in the comment field. The text may also contain further information.