The source & topic bank
Every public reference the road beat runs on — official 511 systems, federal statistics, price and congestion indexes — grouped by cadence, each with its own permanent page. All links are real and public.
Live systems
Georgia's official 511 service — live incidents, closures, and construction statewide. The keyed source behind this site's Georgia incident archive.
Tennessee 511 (TDOT SmartWay) liveTennessee's official traffic map and 511 service — incidents, construction, and cameras statewide.
OHGO (Ohio DOT) liveOhio's official live traffic service — incidents, work zones, and cameras statewide.
Florida 511 (FDOT) liveFlorida's official 511 service — incidents, congestion, and construction statewide.
Daily
Weekly
The federal Monday release on gasoline and diesel prices — the context behind the daily averages.
TomTom Traffic Index weeklyCongestion rankings and travel-time data by city, including the metros covered here.
Waymo — Newsroom weeklyPrimary-source robotaxi coverage-area and ride-volume announcements.
Monthly
The National Safety Council's preliminary motor-vehicle fatality estimates, state by state.
Cox Automotive — Market Insights monthlyNew and used vehicle price movement and sales-pace analysis.
Kelley Blue Book — News monthlyVehicle pricing and affordability reference data.
Quarterly
Quarterly early fatality estimates and the FARS crash-data library.
Uber — Investor Relations quarterlyQuarterly platform disclosures — trips, active drivers, and gross bookings.
Lyft — Investor Relations quarterlyQuarterly platform disclosures — the other half of the rideshare scoreboard.
Annual
The authoritative annual tables — licensed drivers by age, vehicle-miles traveled, and road inventory.
S&P Global Mobility annualAverage-vehicle-age reporting, registrations, and fleet composition data.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics annualThe federal statistical agency for transportation — the deeper cut across every mode.
The access beat
Debt-based license-suspension data with state-by-state breakdowns.
Free to Drive beatCoalition tracking of suspension-reform legislation, with figures by state.
ACLU — Reports beatResearch and case studies on structural barriers to driving legally.
Movement Advancement Project beatResearch on the ID divide — who lacks valid identification, by community.
U.S. Census — data.census.gov beatNon-driver and commuting demographics by income and geography, from the American Community Survey.
Georgia Dept. of Driver Services beatGeorgia's licensing agency — the state-level licensure and suspension reference.
IIHS — Teen / Young Drivers beatLicensure and crash-risk data for the youngest drivers.