# MapQuest Traffic Incidents by Bounding Box

> MapQuest Traffic Incidents by Bounding Box is a paid API for AI agents from vaaya.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Returns live traffic incidents, construction, events, and congestion within a geographic bounding box via MapQuest.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://vaaya.ai/api/run/mapquest/traffic-incidents?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/mapquest-traffic-incidents-by-bounding-box-a93ae224
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_cJnw4VIMWqpqMz7hnWxe9

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability mapquest-traffic-incidents-by-bounding-box-a93ae224 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull all live traffic incidents and construction zones for the bounding box from 34.05,-118.45 to 34.10,-118.35 — I want to see everything: incidents, construction, events, and congestion.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need real-time, location-bounded traffic intelligence — specifically live incidents, construction, events, or congestion — for a defined geographic area. Prefer this over static map tiles or routing APIs when you need structured incident metadata (type, severity, timestamps, coordinates) rather than just visual traffic overlays. Best for logistics, navigation pre-checks, or real-time monitoring dashboards.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or malformed boundingBox string returns a validation error
- Bounding box that is too large may return truncated or empty results
- Invalid filter enum values cause request rejection
- No incidents in the area returns an empty incident list
- Network or MapQuest API downtime causes service unavailability

## How this service works

MapQuest — live traffic incidents and construction inside a box, 1¢. Params: `boundingBox` ("lat1,lng1,lat2,lng2", any two corners), optionally `filters` (array of construction | incidents | event | congestion). Each incident carries type, severity, a short description, start/end times and coordinates.

## Output

A list of traffic incidents within the specified bounding box, each containing incident type (construction, incident, event, or congestion), severity level, a short human-readable description, start and end times, and geographic coordinates of the incident.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "type": "object",
     "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
     "required": [
      "boundingBox"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "filters": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "enum": [
         "construction",
         "incidents",
         "event",
         "congestion"
        ],
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "inFormat": {
       "type": "string",
       "const": "kvp"
      },
      "boundingBox": {
       "type": "string",
       "minLength": 7
      }
     },
     "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/mapquest-traffic-incidents-by-bounding-box-a93ae224/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from vaaya.ai](https://www.zero.xyz/host/vaaya.ai/llms.txt)