feat: add a traffic flow tool

Add get_traffic_flow over the traffic source's TomTom flow tiles. It
reports average speed as a share of free-flow speed, congested and
closed road length, and a breakdown by road category, stepping down a
zoom level when an area needs more tiles than the source reads at once.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 - Add tools for language-model clients and a local MCP server. `npm run mcp`
   serves earthquake, active-fire, launch, aircraft, ship, satellite, camera, radio,
-  place, routing, bike-share, transit, weather, cyclone, fire-perimeter,
+  place, routing, bike-share, transit, traffic, weather, cyclone, fire-perimeter,
   terrain, installation and map-feature queries, plus a situation brief, over
   stdio to clients such as Claude Code, reading
   from a running app. Tools are defined

docs/CURRENT-STATE.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ area, by identifier, tracks, and type and route lookups), ships (in an area,
 by identifier, and tracks), satellites (next
 pass over a point, and those overhead now), public cameras (including a
 camera's current image), radio stations, place search, routing, bike-share
-stations, transit vehicles, weather, regional briefs, tropical cyclones, fire
+stations, transit vehicles, road traffic flow, weather, regional briefs, tropical cyclones, fire
 perimeters, terrain height, military installations and map features, plus a
 combined situation brief and the app's heads-up display caption. Tools reuse the layers' portable source factories, take a
 shared `area` argument (place name, bounding box, or point and radius) and cap

docs/TOOLS.md

@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ public feeds the sources already use.
 | `plan_route` | `routing` | Walking, driving or cycling route over OpenStreetMap, with a simplified path |
 | `get_bike_share` | `bikeshare` | Live GBFS stations in an area, with bikes and docks available |
 | `get_transit_vehicles` | `transit` | Live GTFS-Realtime vehicle positions in an area, optionally one route |
+| `get_traffic_flow` | `traffic` | TomTom flow in a city-sized area: speed vs free flow, congested and closed road |
 | `get_weather` | `weather` | Current conditions at a place or point |
 | `get_regional_brief` | `regional` | What and where a location is, its weather and recent headlines |
 | `get_cyclones` | `cyclones` | Active NHC/CPHC tropical cyclones, optionally in an area |

server/mcp/services.js

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { createLaunchSource } from '../../src/layers/launches/source.js';
 import { createWfigsPerimeterSource } from '../../src/layers/perimeters/source.js';
 import { createRadioSource } from '../../src/layers/radio/source.js';
 import { createSatelliteSource } from '../../src/layers/satellites/source.js';
+import { createTrafficSource } from '../../src/layers/traffic/source.js';
 import { createTransitSource } from '../../src/layers/transit/source.js';
 import { createApplicationRequestServices } from '../../src/services/requests.js';
 import {
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ export function createLocalToolServices(options = {}) {
       getStations: createBikeshareSource({ fetchImpl }).getStations,
     },
     transit: createTransitSource({ fetchImpl }),
+    traffic: createTrafficSource({ fetchImpl, tileFetchImpl: fetchImpl }),
     weather: requests.weather,
     regional: requests.regional,
     terrain: requests.terrain,

src/tools/index.js

@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ import {
   getVesselTrack,
   vesselsInArea,
 } from './queries/maritime.js';
-import { getBikeShare, getTransitVehicles } from './queries/mobility.js';
+import {
+  getBikeShare,
+  getTrafficFlow,
+  getTransitVehicles,
+} from './queries/mobility.js';
 import { placesNearby, planRoute, searchPlaces } from './queries/places.js';
 import {
   findCctvCameras,
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ export const coreTools = Object.freeze([
   planRoute,
   getBikeShare,
   getTransitVehicles,
+  getTrafficFlow,
   getWeather,
   getRegionalBrief,
   getCyclones,

src/tools/queries/mobility.js

@@ -222,3 +222,123 @@ export const getTransitVehicles = defineTool({
     };
   },
 });
+
+const FLOW_ZOOMS = [12, 11, 10, 9];
+const CONGESTED_LEVEL = 0.5;
+
+/** Length in kilometers of a `[lon, lat]` line. */
+function lineKm(coords) {
+  let total = 0;
+  for (let index = 1; index < coords.length; index += 1)
+    total += distanceKm(
+      { lat: coords[index - 1][1], lon: coords[index - 1][0] },
+      { lat: coords[index][1], lon: coords[index][0] },
+    );
+  return total;
+}
+
+async function readFlow(traffic, area, signal) {
+  const box = {
+    west: area.west,
+    south: area.south,
+    east: area.east,
+    north: area.north,
+  };
+  for (const zoom of FLOW_ZOOMS) {
+    try {
+      return await traffic.fetchFlowForBounds(box, { zoom, signal });
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error?.code !== 'TILE_VIEW_TOO_WIDE') throw error;
+    }
+  }
+  throw new ToolError(
+    'invalid_arguments',
+    'The area is too large for traffic detail; use a city-sized area',
+  );
+}
+
+export const getTrafficFlow = defineTool({
+  name: 'get_traffic_flow',
+  title: 'Traffic flow',
+  description:
+    'Live road traffic in a city-sized area from TomTom: average speed as a ' +
+    'share of free-flow speed, congested and closed road length, and a ' +
+    'breakdown by road category.',
+  inputSchema: {
+    type: 'object',
+    properties: { area: AREA_SCHEMA },
+    required: ['area'],
+    additionalProperties: false,
+  },
+  requires: ['traffic'],
+  async run(args, { services, signal }) {
+    const area = await resolveArea(args.area, { services, signal });
+    if (area.west > area.east)
+      throw new ToolError(
+        'invalid_arguments',
+        'The area must not cross the antimeridian',
+      );
+    const status = await services.traffic.getStatus({ signal });
+    if (!status.hasKey)
+      throw new ToolError(
+        'unavailable',
+        'Live traffic needs a TomTom key configured for this server',
+      );
+    const segments = (await readFlow(services.traffic, area, signal)).filter(
+      (segment) => Array.isArray(segment.coords) && segment.coords.length > 1,
+    );
+    const categories = new Map();
+    let measuredKm = 0;
+    let weighted = 0;
+    let congestedKm = 0;
+    let closedKm = 0;
+    for (const segment of segments) {
+      const km = lineKm(segment.coords);
+      const key = segment.roadCategory || 'other';
+      const entry = categories.get(key) || {
+        km: 0,
+        weighted: 0,
+        congestedKm: 0,
+      };
+      entry.km += km;
+      if (segment.closure) closedKm += km;
+      if (Number.isFinite(segment.trafficLevel)) {
+        measuredKm += km;
+        weighted += segment.trafficLevel * km;
+        entry.weighted += segment.trafficLevel * km;
+        if (segment.trafficLevel < CONGESTED_LEVEL) {
+          congestedKm += km;
+          entry.congestedKm += km;
+        }
+      }
+      categories.set(key, entry);
+    }
+    const percent = (part, whole) =>
+      whole > 0 ? Math.round((part / whole) * 100) : null;
+    const speedPct = percent(weighted, measuredKm);
+    const byCategory = [...categories.entries()]
+      .map(([category, entry]) => ({
+        category,
+        road_km: round(entry.km, 1),
+        speed_pct_of_free_flow: percent(entry.weighted, entry.km),
+        congested_km: round(entry.congestedKm, 1),
+      }))
+      .sort((a, b) => b.road_km - a.road_km);
+    return {
+      summary: segments.length
+        ? `Traffic in ${area.label}: ${speedPct ?? 'unknown'}% of free-flow speed on average; ` +
+          `${round(congestedKm, 1)} km congested of ${round(measuredKm, 1)} km measured` +
+          (closedKm > 0 ? `; ${round(closedKm, 1)} km closed.` : '.')
+        : `No live traffic is reported in ${area.label}.`,
+      data: {
+        area: area.label,
+        speed_pct_of_free_flow: speedPct,
+        measured_km: round(measuredKm, 1),
+        congested_km: round(congestedKm, 1),
+        closed_km: round(closedKm, 1),
+        congested_below_pct: CONGESTED_LEVEL * 100,
+        by_category: byCategory,
+      },
+    };
+  },
+});

src/tools/queries/mobility.test.mjs

@@ -260,3 +260,113 @@ test('transit reports uncovered areas and unavailable feeds', async () => {
     (error) => error.code === 'unavailable',
   );
 });
+
+test('traffic flow aggregates speed, congestion and closures by road length', async () => {
+  // Two 0.01° segments along the equator (about 1.11 km each) and one closure.
+  const segments = [
+    {
+      coords: [
+        [0, 0],
+        [0.01, 0],
+      ],
+      trafficLevel: 1,
+      roadCategory: 'motorway',
+      closure: false,
+    },
+    {
+      coords: [
+        [0, 0.001],
+        [0.01, 0.001],
+      ],
+      trafficLevel: 0.25,
+      roadCategory: 'street',
+      closure: false,
+    },
+    {
+      coords: [
+        [0, 0.002],
+        [0.005, 0.002],
+      ],
+      trafficLevel: 0,
+      roadCategory: 'street',
+      closure: true,
+    },
+    { coords: [[0, 0]], trafficLevel: 1 },
+  ];
+  const zooms = [];
+  const traffic = {
+    getStatus: async () => ({ hasKey: true }),
+    async fetchFlowForBounds(box, { zoom }) {
+      zooms.push(zoom);
+      if (zoom > 10)
+        throw Object.assign(new Error('Zoom in'), {
+          code: 'TILE_VIEW_TOO_WIDE',
+        });
+      return segments;
+    },
+  };
+  const catalog = composeCatalog({ tools: coreTools, services: { traffic } });
+  const result = await catalog.call('get_traffic_flow', {
+    area: { bbox: [-0.1, -0.1, 0.1, 0.1] },
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(zooms, [12, 11, 10]);
+  assert.equal(
+    result.summary,
+    'Traffic in the requested box: 50% of free-flow speed on average; 1.7 km congested of 2.8 km measured; 0.6 km closed.',
+  );
+  assert.equal(result.data.speed_pct_of_free_flow, 50);
+  assert.deepEqual(result.data.by_category, [
+    {
+      category: 'street',
+      road_km: 1.7,
+      speed_pct_of_free_flow: 17,
+      congested_km: 1.7,
+    },
+    {
+      category: 'motorway',
+      road_km: 1.1,
+      speed_pct_of_free_flow: 100,
+      congested_km: 0,
+    },
+  ]);
+});
+
+test('traffic reports a missing key, empty areas and areas that are too wide', async () => {
+  const keyless = {
+    getStatus: async () => ({ hasKey: false }),
+    fetchFlowForBounds: async () => [],
+  };
+  await assert.rejects(
+    composeCatalog({ tools: coreTools, services: { traffic: keyless } }).call(
+      'get_traffic_flow',
+      { area: downtown },
+    ),
+    (error) => error.code === 'unavailable' && /TomTom key/.test(error.message),
+  );
+  const quiet = {
+    getStatus: async () => ({ hasKey: true }),
+    fetchFlowForBounds: async () => [],
+  };
+  assert.equal(
+    (
+      await composeCatalog({
+        tools: coreTools,
+        services: { traffic: quiet },
+      }).call('get_traffic_flow', { area: downtown })
+    ).summary,
+    'No live traffic is reported in 2 km around 30.267, -97.743.',
+  );
+  const wide = {
+    getStatus: async () => ({ hasKey: true }),
+    fetchFlowForBounds: async () => {
+      throw Object.assign(new Error('Zoom in'), { code: 'TILE_VIEW_TOO_WIDE' });
+    },
+  };
+  await assert.rejects(
+    composeCatalog({ tools: coreTools, services: { traffic: wide } }).call(
+      'get_traffic_flow',
+      { area: { bbox: [-100, 30, -95, 35] } },
+    ),
+    /too large for traffic detail/,
+  );
+});