Traffic: how Bison Futé works

Who says vacation road often says Bison Futé. “It all started with the historic traffic jams of the summer of 1975, in the middle of a heat wave. It was on the National 10, between Paris and the south. The Spanish border, hundreds of kilometers of traffic jams. So in the wake, the authorities organize themselves and create Bison Smart“explains Sophie Lansonon set Saturday July 30. The color code has remained the same from. Green refers to traffic jams below 150 km throughout France, orange between 150 and 350 km, red between 350 and 600 km and black above 600 km.

“The service relies on motorway companies but also on an automatic system: sensors placed on the roadway and cameras installed along the roads“, continues the journalist. Every hour, vehicles in circulation are counted. smart one centralizes this data and deduces two first forecasts in December for the following year, then this is adapted according to the calendar of school holidays, the weather or works.