This dashboard continuously records real-world travel delays and congestion patterns affecting Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and the surrounding road network. It helps residents, campaigners and decision‑makers understand:
These are real world routes such as Pembury → Tunbridge Wells Town Centre, Pembury → Tonbridge Station, North Farm to Town Centre, school routes and more. They show:
These locations monitor how difficult it is to get through specific bottlenecks, e.g. Woodsgate Crossroads, A21 / North Farm roundabouts, Badsell Roundabout, Hop Farm, Kipping’s Cross and key local choke‑points. Higher delays = junctions under more pressure.
📊 Detailed Journey TrendShows a time‑series graph of a selected journey or crunch point. You can change the time period and display units. The three lines normally show:
Automatic analysis of the selected journey:
You can switch between:
Traffic pressure has increased significantly due to ongoing housing development across Tunbridge Wells Borough, Tonbridge, Paddock Wood and surrounding villages. Road infrastructure has not grown at the same pace.
This project creates a factual, long‑term evidence record of:
Our goal is to support constructive, evidence‑based engagement with Kent County Council, National Highways, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, developers and local representatives.
For questions, feedback or if something looks wrong,
please contact:
📧 info@pemburysociety.org
Thank you for helping protect Pembury and its surrounding communities.
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This dashboard continuously measures real‑world traffic conditions across Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and the surrounding strategic corridors using consistent, repeatable journey‑time analysis. Each monitored journey or “crunch point” represents a fixed, precisely defined road segment so that changes over time reflect genuine network stress rather than shifting baselines.
Free‑flow timing provides a stable, engineering‑style reference condition and the difference between free‑flow and real‑world timing represents measurable lived congestion impact. This produces defensible, auditable and long‑term trend evidence suitable for professional scrutiny, Local Plan argumentation, public accountability and policy discussion.
Interpretation is supported by established transport evidence for Tunbridge Wells, which shows that the vast majority of traffic within the town is destination traffic rather than pass‑through travel. Published studies indicate that only around 10% of traffic is true “through‑town” movement, with approximately 90% made up of people travelling to or from destinations in the town itself.
Supporting evidence from National Highways and TWBC studies also indicates that:
This dashboard does not attempt to guess the reason for travel. Instead, it records:
In short, this system creates a factual, historic record of how people are really affected by congestion. It supports constructive, evidence‑based engagement with Kent County Council, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, National Highways, developers, elected representatives and our community.