SMART ONE. Make way for the summer school holidays from this weekend… and the first big traffic jams. Bison Futé is planning a difficult weekend on the roads with even black locally on Saturday July 9th.
[Mis à jour le 5 juillet 2022 à 15h02] Red and even black for the first weekend of the summer 2022 school holidays. Bison Futé is already hoisting the black flag from Saturday July 9, a sign of a summer that promises to be particularly busy on the roads! The black will concern the entire Rhône-Alpes region but the rest of France will be classified as red. And this is only the beginning since the big weekend of July 14 was already particularly feared by the agency responsible for delivering detailed traffic forecasts. With the possibility of crossing the bridge (the National Day holiday falls on a Thursday this year), this weekend promises heavy traffic
Another period to dread, the first weekends of August announced as the busiest of the summer. Saturday July 30 will be the day to avoid according to Bison Futé, which has provided its first traffic info forecast calendar for the summer 2022 period. As a reminder, school holidays will begin in all areas on July 7 and end on August 31. Here is the detail of the forecasts axis by axis followed by the first estimates for the entire period of summer 2022, from July to the last Saturday of August preceding the start of the school year.
What is Bison Futé’s forecast for Saturday, July 9, 2022?
July 9 will mark the first big weekend of summer holiday departures. Bison Futé thus predicts a sharp increase in road traffic compared to previous weekends, in particular on the A7 motorway in the Rhône Valley. The roads will be loaded in Ile de France, from the beginning of the morning, in particular towards the tolls of the A6 and A10 motorways but also on the A13 with slowdowns and difficulties expected until the afternoon.
- In the direction of departures, red over the whole of France and black in Auvergne-Rhône Alpes.
- In the direction of returns, orange in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and the PACA region.
What are the Bison Futé forecasts for the weekend of July 14?
In this year 2022, July 14 falls on a Thursday and many French people should make the bridge. Orange is expected on Thursday July 14 in the direction of departures before a busy weekend and heavy road traffic on Saturday July 16:
- In the direction of departures, red all over France on Saturday July 16. In the direction of returns, orange across the country.
- Sunday July 17, it will be the opposite, orange in the direction of departures, red in the direction of returns.
What are the Bison Futé predictions for Saturday, July 23?
For this last weekend before the crossover of the July and Augustians, traffic will also be busy.
- In the direction of departures, we expect red throughout the country and black in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- In the direction of returns, orange and red in the PACA region.
What are the Bison Futé predictions for Saturday, July 30?
Attention black weekend in sight! If you plan to hit the road this last weekend of July, you will have to be patient, the road to vacation or back home could be very long.
- In the direction of departures, Bison Futé provides black throughout France.
- It will be red on the whole of France in the direction of the returns.
What are the Bison Futé predictions for Saturday, August 6?
No noticeable improvement on Saturday August 6! Bison Futé is planning another busy weekend on the roads.
- Red in the direction of departures and even black in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and PACA.
- Red in the direction of returns throughout France.
What are the Bison Futé predictions for Saturday, August 13?
The weekend of August 15, with a holiday Monday, also promises to be very busy. Bison Futé gave his first predictions:
- In the direction of departures, red everywhere and black in PACA.
- In the sense of returns, red everywhere!
What are the Bison Futé predictions for Saturday, August 20?
For the weekend of August 20, and as the start of the school year is fast approaching, Bison Futé is of course planning an increase in traffic in the direction of returns.
- Orange in the direction of departures, red in PACA and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- Red everywhere in the direction of the returns.
What are the Bison Futé predictions for Saturday, August 27?
For the weekend of August 20, and as the start of the school year is fast approaching, Bison Futé is of course planning an increase in traffic in the direction of returns.
- Orange in the direction of departures, red in PACA and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
- Red everywhere in the direction of the returns.
Is there a Bison Futé app?
Bison Futé has been offering a smartphone forecast service since summer 2016. The application is directly downloadable on Android and Apple platforms. It is completely free and includes, in particular, a live visualization of the state of the traffic as well as detailed forecasts.
Bison Futé was created in 1976 after record traffic jams recorded on the holiday route in the summer of 1975. Real-time maps, readings, Bison Futé has improved its forecasts over time, based on data recorded at each peak period, especially in summer thanks to thousands of counting stations, small chips integrated into the roadway which count the number of vehicles passing through this summer. Mathematical simulations are then carried out.