AI scheduling tools are gaining significant attention in convenience retail due to the critical challenge of matching staffing levels to volatile demand while avoiding employee burnout and inflated labor costs. Concurrently, advancements in real-time traffic forecasting in transportation have shifted from static counts to dynamic predictions, prompting retailers to consider how external traffic signals can inform better workforce rosters. The solution lies in anchoring workforce planning in quantitative traffic intelligence specific to each site. C-Site Insight offers this foundation by providing reports based on year-round vehicle observations at precise retail addresses, enriched with multi-factor driver behavior analysis to estimate the percentage of passersby likely to become shoppers. This data-driven approach allows AI-driven schedules to be practical and equitable for stores facing daily, weekly, and seasonal fluctuations. Importantly, traffic analytics must be integrated into the scheduling workflow because volatility is highly localized and time-specific. Ticon's methodology reveals intraday traffic peaks lasting from 30 minutes to several hours, with amplitudes significantly exceeding site averages. These traffic patterns recur by daypart, weekday vs. weekend, and season, but vary drastically by location, underscoring the need for localized analysis.