I would like to build an app that alerts me when road traffic is high or low. Where can I get the r
- by MedicineMan
I'm sitting at work, waiting for traffic to die down.  The thought occurred to me.  I know when I want to go home, why don't I have an app that watches traffic for me?  I also know that there are a lot of smart people on stackoverflow.
Where can I get live traffic data for the san francisco bay area region?  The data source should be timely, accurate, and as high resolution as possible.  I would like to build an app on top of a service, rather than watch google maps or watch another website.  I would prefer that I not have to scrape the data, but I have been know to do this in the past when no other option exists.