TomTom Traffic via Smartphone: How's It Working?

[earble]

Hi, all --

I'm considering getting a 60S, in large part because I'm interested in the TomTom Traffic via Smartphone. I'm especially interested in the claim of 99.9% road coverage (http://www.tomtom.com/en_us/services/traffic/#Coverage). We just went through an especially painful road construction season in my home town, and it would have been nice to know which roads were out of service and suggest alternatives.

I didn't see any threads discussing this in depth. Can anybody provide some comment on whether / how well it's working?

Earble

 

[canderson]

The traffic data you see on your 340 Live should indicate the level of coverage for the Live system, which is what also feeds the phone/unit connection if you buy one of these new units.
If you don't have a subscription for your 340, you can see what traffic looks like on the Live system by using Home's "Show traffic" feature, or going directly to http://livetraffic.tomtom.com/

Tearing up 17, are they? Give my regards to Pat Mitchell's!

 

[mvl]

I find the Tomtom traffic to be far better than anything that came before it. It covers 99% of roads. It gets main roads right 99% of the time, and small sidestreets right about 60% of the time. Nothing before it ever came close.

However in the past 6 months I found Google responded by upping their traffic quality. Also covering 99% of roads and getting main roads right 99% of the time. However I'd say google gets small roads right 90% of the time, and they do an especially good job at rush hour.

Tomtom has a much better driving interface than Google, but when comparing traffic accuracy in the USA Google can't be beat.

 

[earble]

Tearing up 17, are they? Give my regards to Pat Mitchell's!

canderson,

They are tearing up 17, in preparation to make it part of I-86. But I'm referring to the reconstruction of Riverside Drive, which has diverted the traffic to Leroy Street. I would hope that a traffic service that covers 99.9% of the roads would notice the jams on Leroy.

And alas, Pat Mictchell's is no more. I'm disappointed that they closed before I had a chance to try them...

Thanks for the input,
earble

 

[earble]

I find the Tomtom traffic to be far better than anything that came before it. It covers 99% of roads. It gets main roads right 99% of the time, and small sidestreets right about 60% of the time. Nothing before it ever came close.

However in the past 6 months I found Google responded by upping their traffic quality. Also covering 99% of roads and getting main roads right 99% of the time. However I'd say google gets small roads right 90% of the time, and they do an especially good job at rush hour.

Tomtom has a much better driving interface than Google, but when comparing traffic accuracy in the USA Google can't be beat.

Thanks, mvl. I do have Google Maps on my Android phone, but find I still prefer the stand-alone GPS. I'll probably give the 60S a go.

earble