How busy is the E50/D1 motorway in Czech Republic?
According to Google maps there is road work on E50 from Prague to Brno.
We are going to drive that route next week, how bad is it?
Would it be better to take a different route? Google maps also show road work on road 12.
Anyone that has any information about the route Prague -> Brno.
Best Answer
Busy - it depends on a day. Friday is bad, everybody gets out of Prague for weekend. There is a reconstruction taking place and you can expect traffic jams.
I like Rodos.vsb.cz service, it shows you traffic information in real time. It is better than Waze as it uses sensors inside the road.
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Czech motorway D1 direction Prague (some sections between kms 90 - 37)
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Answer 2
Now we are back at the campsite after driving Prague->Brno->Prague and it was not as bad as I imagined.
If we had this many road works in Sweden there would be a serious delay and some complete standstills. But here the trafic just moved along as it's supposed to.
I'm impressed.
Answer 3
Google Maps (https://www.google.cz/maps) navigation works very well in estimating the traffic on D1. Even ahead of time you can check the route, set date and time and it gives you reasonable estimates (i.e. 2h10m, 2h40m with usual traffic). If you have mobile-data, use it online while on the road to get alternative routes in case of unexpected accident-related traffic jams. Waze (https://www.waze.com/) also works well.
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