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Traffic in France 2008July

As the summer vacations start so does traffic congestion on French roads. Every weekend in July is either red or orange depending on the direction. With the weekend of the 11th to the 14th will have heavy traffic with the 12th (rated depart black in the Rhône Valley and Alpes access region) and the 14th being the ones to watch out far as there is Bastille Day on the 14th, so many people will be coming back from short vacation. The last weekend of the month is also one to watch out for as Friday 25th and Sunday 27th are orange and Saturday 26th is red.

Traffic Scale
Green - Normal Traffic
Orange - Moderate Traffic
Red - Heavy Traffic
Black - Very Heavy Traffic
Direction of Traffic
Depart - Leaving from urban areas going to vacation destinations.
Return - Coming back to urban areas from vacation destinations.
Date Day Depart
(All France)
Return
(All France)
Selected regions
1 Tuesday Green Green
2 Wednesday Green Green
3 Thursday Green Green
4 Friday Orange Green Depart Red Paris/Ill de France region and the Rhône Valley and Alpes access region.
5 Saturday Red Green
6 Sunday Green Green
7 Monday Green Green
8 Tuesday Green Green
9 Wednesday Green Green
10 Thursday Green Green
11 Friday Orange Green Depart Red Paris/Ill de France region and the Rhône Valley and Alpes access region.
12 Saturday Red Green Depart Black in the Rhône Valley and Alpes access region.
13 Sunday Green Green Depart Orange in the Rhône Valley and Alpes access region.
14 Monday Green Orange Return Red in the Paris/Ill de France region and the Northwest and North regions.
15 Tuesday Green Green
16 Wednesday Green Green
17 Thursday Green Green
18 Friday Orange Green Depart Red in the Paris/Ill de France region.
19 Saturday Red Green Return Orange in the Burgundy and East region and the Rhône-Alpes and Southeast region.
20 Sunday Green Green
21 Monday Green Green
22 Tuesday Green Green
23 Wednesday Green Green
24 Thursday Green Green
25 Friday Orange Green Return Red in the Paris/Ill de France region. Return Orange in the Burgundy and East region and the Rhône-Alpes and Southeast region.
26 Saturday Red Green Return Orange in the Rhône-Alpes and Southeast region and the Southwest region.
27 Sunday Green Orange
28 Monday Green Green
29 Tuesday Green Green
30 Wednesday Green Green
31 Thursday Green Green

For more information see the French transportation minister's web site for traffic.

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