{"id":2961710,"date":"2026-04-02T15:28:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2961710"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:29:15","slug":"whats-new-with-esris-world-traffic-service","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/announcements\/whats-new-with-esris-world-traffic-service","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New With Esri&#8217;s World Traffic Service"},"author":8632,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37101,22941],"tags":[780052,775112,42641,779912,781042],"industry":[],"product":[36581,761642,37021,36551,36561,37041],"class_list":["post-2961710","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-data","tag-arcgis-location-platform","tag-arcgis-online","tag-arcgis-routing-service","tag-world-traffic","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-platform","product-network-analyst","product-arcgis-online","product-arcgis-pro","product-streetmap-premium"],"acf":{"short_description":"Esri's World Traffic Service has improved depiction of traffic congestion, incidents and road closures.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Esri&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=ff11eb5b930b4fabba15c47feb130de4\">World Traffic Service<\/a> has been updated in several ways to provide an enhanced view of traffic conditions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">The congestion values at which road segments change color have been revised to best reflect reality.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additionally, the scale ranges at which road segments are rendered have also been adjusted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are new icons for traffic incidents to reflect a category instead of a severity.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">The symbol for road closures has been updated to indicate direction of travel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2961894,"id":2961894,"title":"Traffic congestion","filename":"adobestock-26282305-scaled.jpg","filesize":920584,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adobestock-26282305-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/announcements\/whats-new-with-esris-world-traffic-service\/transportation-2","alt":"Traffic congestion","author":"8632","description":"Traffic congestion","caption":"Traffic congestion","name":"transportation-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2961710,"date":"2026-04-01 22:46:25","modified":"2026-04-01 22:46:56","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":1706,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adobestock-26282305-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adobestock-26282305-scaled.jpg","medium-width":392,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adobestock-26282305-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adobestock-26282305-scaled.jpg","large-width":1621,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adobestock-26282305-1536x1024.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adobestock-26282305-2048x1365.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1365,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adobestock-26282305-698x465.jpg","card_image-width":698,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/adobestock-26282305-1620x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1620,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Traffic Conditions<\/h2>\n<p>You can see these new improvements in\u00a0the <strong>World Traffic<\/strong> layer from the ArcGIS Living Atlas.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2961712,"id":2961712,"title":"Traffic Map Add Layer","filename":"Picture1-1.png","filesize":25238,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture1-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/announcements\/whats-new-with-esris-world-traffic-service\/picture1-168","alt":"Add Layer: World Traffic","author":"8632","description":"Add the World Traffic layer","caption":"Add the World Traffic layer","name":"picture1-168","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2961710,"date":"2026-04-01 00:27:58","modified":"2026-04-01 21:25:03","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":308,"height":328,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture1-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture1-1.png","medium-width":245,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture1-1.png","medium_large-width":308,"medium_large-height":328,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture1-1.png","large-width":308,"large-height":328,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture1-1.png","1536x1536-width":308,"1536x1536-height":328,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture1-1.png","2048x2048-width":308,"2048x2048-height":328,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture1-1.png","card_image-width":308,"card_image-height":328,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture1-1.png","wide_image-width":308,"wide_image-height":328}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>For every region, you can enable the visibility of \u201cLive Traffic\u201d to see traffic information for streets that support live traffic.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2961714,"id":2961714,"title":"Traffic Map Layer Visibility","filename":"Picture2-1.png","filesize":22470,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture2-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/announcements\/whats-new-with-esris-world-traffic-service\/picture2-104","alt":"World Traffic Service layer visibility","author":"8632","description":"Setting the layer visibility for the World Traffic Service","caption":"Set the layer visibility for the World Traffic Service ","name":"picture2-104","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2961710,"date":"2026-04-01 00:32:26","modified":"2026-04-01 21:24:47","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":304,"height":449,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture2-1-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture2-1.png","medium-width":177,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture2-1.png","medium_large-width":304,"medium_large-height":449,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture2-1.png","large-width":304,"large-height":449,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture2-1.png","1536x1536-width":304,"1536x1536-height":449,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture2-1.png","2048x2048-width":304,"2048x2048-height":449,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture2-1.png","card_image-width":304,"card_image-height":449,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture2-1.png","wide_image-width":304,"wide_image-height":449}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Alternatively, you can enable the visibility of the \u201cTraffic\u201d layer to draw traffic information for streets that support either live or historic traffic. For countries without live traffic, the \u201chistoric\u201d depiction provides substantial value. To learn more about traffic coverage for individual countries, please visit this documentation <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/rest\/routing\/network-coverage\/\">page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To explore the layers programmatically, review this <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/rest\/routing\/traffic-service\/#work-with-the-traffic-map-service\">topic<\/a> to determine the layer IDs specific to your region.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"blockquote","content":"<p>For a limited time, Esri will continue to support the prior generation of the rendering engine for traffic information. Enable the visibility of the layers with (Legacy) in their name to see a different presentation of traffic information.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Traffic Incidents<\/h2>\n<p>When you\u2019re looking for details about traffic congestion, it is important to understand why there is a slow-down in traffic. With new icons in place, you can quickly tell the difference between an accident and congestion. Whether it&#8217;s construction or a planned event such as a concert, these icons provide context for traffic congestion.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2961723,"id":2961723,"title":"Traffic Incident Icons","filename":"Picture3-1.png","filesize":19020,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture3-1.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/announcements\/whats-new-with-esris-world-traffic-service\/picture3-92","alt":"Traffic Incident Icons in the World Traffic Service","author":"8632","description":"Icons for traffic incidents in the World Traffic Service","caption":"Traffic Incident Icons in the World Traffic Service","name":"picture3-92","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2961710,"date":"2026-04-01 00:47:38","modified":"2026-04-01 00:48:50","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":143,"height":264,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture3-1-143x200.png","thumbnail-width":143,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture3-1.png","medium-width":141,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture3-1.png","medium_large-width":143,"medium_large-height":264,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture3-1.png","large-width":143,"large-height":264,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture3-1.png","1536x1536-width":143,"1536x1536-height":264,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture3-1.png","2048x2048-width":143,"2048x2048-height":264,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture3-1.png","card_image-width":143,"card_image-height":264,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Picture3-1.png","wide_image-width":143,"wide_image-height":264}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h2>Road Closures<\/h2>\n<p>The key aspect of a road closure is knowing the lanes impacted by the closure. With new symbology to indicate the direction of travel, you can easily understand how traffic is changed by the closure. Pairing this symbol with the icon for a road closure provides a complete overview of traffic conditions.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2961853,"id":2961853,"title":"Road closures","filename":"Picture6.png","filesize":1147,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Picture6.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/announcements\/whats-new-with-esris-world-traffic-service\/picture6-62","alt":"Symbol for road closures in World Traffic service","author":"8632","description":"Symbol for road closures in World Traffic service","caption":"Symbol for road closures in World Traffic service","name":"picture6-62","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2961710,"date":"2026-04-01 20:26:36","modified":"2026-04-02 18:59:57","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":54,"height":37,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Picture6.png","thumbnail-width":54,"thumbnail-height":37,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Picture6.png","medium-width":54,"medium-height":37,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Picture6.png","medium_large-width":54,"medium_large-height":37,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Picture6.png","large-width":54,"large-height":37,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Picture6.png","1536x1536-width":54,"1536x1536-height":37,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Picture6.png","2048x2048-width":54,"2048x2048-height":37,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Picture6.png","card_image-width":54,"card_image-height":37,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Picture6.png","wide_image-width":54,"wide_image-height":37}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Learn More About the World Traffic Service<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ready to explore World Traffic service? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=ff11eb5b930b4fabba15c47feb130de4\">here<\/a> for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Additional Resources available:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:225,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/rest\/routing\/traffic\/\">Overview<\/a> of the traffic data<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/rest\/routing\/traffic-service\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Syntax<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and description for the REST API<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:75,&quot;335559739&quot;:75,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/rest\/routing\/network-coverage\/\">Coverage<\/a> of the traffic service<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/c\/product\/share-road-closures\">sharing<\/a> road closure data with Esri<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"3\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Discover the Road Closures <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-solutions\/latest\/reference\/introduction-to-road-closures.htm\">solution<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">To learn how to use the ArcGIS Routing service, please visit our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/rest\/routing\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:225,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":8632,"user_firstname":"Robert","user_lastname":"Jensen","nickname":"Robert Jensen","user_nicename":"rjensen","display_name":"Robert Jensen","user_email":"rjensen@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-12-04 23:55:08","user_description":"Robert is a Senior Product Manager for Esri's Data &amp; Location Services. Robert is focused on Geocoding, Routing and the ArcGIS Network Analyst solvers, as well as basemap services. 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