Commute Times with Traffic

Live traffic commute times for your saved routes (Work to Home, Home to Work) with the best time to leave.

Commute Times with Traffic shows how long your regular journeys actually take right now — including live traffic — without opening a maps website. Save any number of routes once, then click the toolbar icon to see them all at a glance. WHAT IT SHOWS • Live travel time with traffic, plus the normal (no-traffic) time and distance • A traffic badge per route: Light, Moderate or Heavy • One click to open the route in Google Maps • A toolbar badge with your commute time, so you can read it without opening anything • Choose what the badge shows: closest route to you, first route, shortest or longest trip CHOOSE YOUR TRAFFIC SERVICE Use Google Maps, TomTom or Mapbox — whichever suits you. Add a key for one or more, pick a main service and, if you like, a fallback that takes over automatically if the main one fails or reaches its daily limit. TomTom and Mapbox both offer a free tier, so a personal commute can cost nothing. KEEP COSTS UNDER CONTROL • A daily call limit per service, so the extension stops before it can run up a bill • A usage table in Settings showing how many calls were made today and this month • Background refresh only during the hours you choose (default 6 AM to 10 PM), every 30 minutes by default • Recent results are reused when you reopen the popup, so repeated clicks don't cost extra calls BEST TIME TO LEAVE When a route is jammed, the extension looks at historical traffic for the hours ahead and tells you when to leave to hit light traffic — for example "Leave at 8:45 PM, about 58 mins, saves ~12 mins vs now". You choose how far ahead to look (1 to 12 hours). Available with Google and TomTom. WHERE AM I Click the locate button and the extension works out which saved route starts nearest to you, puts it at the top and highlights it. At work you see Work to Home first; at home you see Home to Work first. For routes saved as coordinates this is calculated on your device, with no extra service calls. SETUP (ONE TIME, ABOUT TWO MINUTES) 1. Get an API key from at least one service: Google Maps Platform (enable the Distance Matrix API), TomTom (enable the Routing API) or Mapbox. 2. Open the extension's settings, paste the key and press Test to confirm it works. Choose your main service and optional fallback. 3. Add your routes: a label such as "Work to Home", Point A and Point B, and a travel mode. With Google, addresses, place names and coordinates all work. TomTom and Mapbox need coordinates (latitude, longitude). PRIVACY Your routes and API keys are stored in your own Chrome storage and stay between your browser and the traffic service you choose (Google, TomTom or Mapbox). Nothing is sent to the developer — there is no developer server, no analytics and no tracking. The extension requests your location only when you press the locate button, and compares it on your device. NOTES • Live traffic applies to driving. Walking and cycling show the normal duration; transit is available with Google only. • Mapbox does not support best time to leave. • You need your own API key, because the traffic service bills usage to that key. The daily limit in Settings helps you stay within your plan. • Available in English.