Data Download for Traffic Speed Map, Journey Time Indicators and Special Traffic News

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This webpage contains the raw data of traffic speed map, journey time indicators and special traffic news. If you want to get traffic snapshot images, click the link below.

Access and download traffic snapshot imageshttp://www.gov.hk/en/theme/psi/datadownload/traffic_cctv.htm

Type of Raw Data	Updating Frequency	Metadata	Source File	Schema
Traffic Speed Map The traffic speed map provides you with the average traffic speed of the main roads in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories (South).	Every 5 minutes	http://data.one.gov.hk/wsdl/td/speedmap.wsdl	http://data.one.gov.hk/others/td/speedmap.xml	In PDF format http://www.gov.hk/en/theme/psi/Data_Specification_for_TSM_Eng.pdf (Last Update : 31.3. 2011) In XML format http://data.one.gov.hk/xsd/td/speedmap.xsd (Last Update : 31.3. 2011)
Journey Time Indicators The journey time indicators provide you with average cross-harbour journey time between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.	Every 2 minutes	http://data.one.gov.hk/wsdl/td/journeytime.wsdl	http://data.one.gov.hk/others/td/journeytime.xml	In PDF format http://www.gov.hk/en/theme/psi/Data_Specification_for_JTI_Eng.pdf (Last Update : 31.3.2011) In XML format http://data.one.gov.hk/xsd/td/journeytime.xsd (Last update : 31.3.2011)
Special Traffic News The special traffic news let you know the latest special traffic and transportation arrangements through the territory in times of traffic incidents.	As and when necessary	http://data.one.gov.hk/wsdl/td/specialtrafficnews.wsdl	http://data.one.gov.hk/en/td/specialtrafficnews.xml	In PDF format http://www.gov.hk/en/theme/psi/Data_Specification_for_STN_Eng.pdf (Last update : 31.3.2011) In XML format http://data.one.gov.hk/xsd/td/specialtrafficnews.xsd (Last update : 31.3.2011)

Other technical details for the use of the traffic speed map, journey time indicators and special traffic news -

Response format	XML
HTTP method	GET
Request path	Traffic Speed Map (http://data.one.gov.hk/others/td/speedmap.xml) Journey Time Indicators (http://data.one.gov.hk/others/td/journeytime.xml) Special Traffic News (http://data.one.gov.hk/en/td/specialtrafficnews.xml)
Parameters	No parameter required
Usage note	If the information is not found, an HTTP status code of 404 (Not Found) will be returned along with the following HTTP status codes and error XML message. HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Exception> <Message>Not Found</Message> <Detail>The requested file does not exist</Detail> <Status>404</Status> </Exception> If the information is unavailable, an HTTP status code of 503 (Service Unavailable) will be returned along with the following HTTP status codes and error XML message. HTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Exception> <Message>Service Unavailable</Message> <Detail>The service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.</Detail> <Status>503</Status> </Exception>
Sample Programs	This example program codehttp://data.one.gov.hk/code/td/samplecode.zip illustrates the use of the services.

The real-time traffic data on this webpage are intended to be downloaded for your further processing. If you just want to browse real-time traffic information, please click the link below.

Visit the Road Traffic Information Service of the Transport Departmenthttp://tis.td.gov.hk/rtis/changeLanguage.do?language=en&destroy=Y

Last revision date: March 2011