Traffic

Here at the 680News Traffic Centre we answer hundreds of calls daily. We rely heavily on you, the traffic spotter, to be our eyes in areas where cameras don’t exist yet. We also rely on you for accident or incident details that we might not be aware of. This all helps us give a clearer [...]

We had our extra hour of sleep when we put the clocks back and now it’s payback time. Sure, it’ll be a bit lighter in the morning but the sun will start to set late afternoon and by early evening darkness will have settled in. It is not surprising that this is now the most [...]

Toronto has elected a new mayor! Rob Ford has been chosen by the public and will soon be crowned as leader of our fair city. He has his work cut out for him, there is no doubt about that. Alongside his simple message of respect for taxpayers he also outlined many specifics during his campaign. [...]

This past spring my teenage daughter got her drivers license and, since then, she is in love with driving. She doesn’t even care if she is stuck in a major traffic jam just as long as she is behind the wheel. Since we only have one car I find myself without wheels at times when [...]

We are into the thick of it now!  I am talking about the traffic volume on the roads around the GTA these days. The first week after Labour Day things were busy but by the second week…wow… we were back to the amount of volume we had before the summer started and then some. September, [...]

It’s back to reality for school age kids and for parents. Offices again have a full contingent of employees. Most of the holidays taken during the summer months will soon be a distant memory. And it is especially back to reality for the GTA commuter. Every summer we get a bit of a break with [...]

Over the past few months we have heard talk about changes that are coming to our auto insurance coverage in this province.  The talk is now over and decisions have been made that, according to the auto industry, will help root out fraud and waste.   As of September 1st, the maximum medical and rehab [...]

My how time flies. It seems like only a short while ago we were registering our votes for the worst roads in the province. But it’s been almost a year now since the last CAA/Ontario Road Builders’ Association poll. It’s time again to have our say in choosing the 20 worst roads. This poll was [...]

We are now into our typical summer traffic pattern. Many people take holidays this time of year, the kids are out of school and there is a general easing up of traffic during certain day parts. I work during the morning rush hour and there has been less volume than usual on pretty much all [...]

I have a confession to make. The thought of the G20 weekend scared me. I was scheduled to work a traffic shift on both the Saturday and the Sunday.  I knew there would be times when the traffic cameras that we have access to would be blacked out for security purposes.There would be a number [...]