# Where the traffic is

> Every counter on London's roads, at its latest reading.

- Category: Transport
- Cadence: annual
- Status: Published on a annual cadence.
- Dataset key: `traffic-points`
- Source: [Department for Transport](https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/)
- Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 — [terms](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)
- Canonical page: [https://londongraph.com/g/where-the-traffic-is](https://londongraph.com/g/where-the-traffic-is)
- Machine-readable record: [https://londongraph.com/data/where-the-traffic-is](https://londongraph.com/data/where-the-traffic-is)

## Methodology

DfT count points in London at the most recent year published, sized by nothing and coloured by whether the road is classified major or minor. The value is all motor vehicles per average day. A count point is a measurement of one link, not of a whole route, so the M25 appears many times with different numbers.

## Visualisations

- [Map](https://londongraph.com/g/where-the-traffic-is): Every counter on London's roads, at its latest reading.
- [Hotspots](https://londongraph.com/g/where-the-traffic-is?view=hotspots): Compare the same measure geographically.
- [Breakdown](https://londongraph.com/g/where-the-traffic-is?view=breakdown): Summarise the categories represented by the mapped records without loading every coordinate.

## Citation guidance

Attribute the original publisher named above and identify LondonGraph as the visualisation and methodology layer. Do not describe live values as a historical census, and do not present placeholder values as observations.