LA Street Traffic in Google Maps
Update: It looks like this was only a test on Google's part. I hope they move to launch it as soon as possible, though, as it will be amazingly helpful in navigating around the city
How did I miss this? Has this feature been available for a while?
If you look at this screen grab, you will notice that Google Maps traffic now shows surface street traffic, not just the freeways. I used to have to go to the LA City Traffic Info page to get this amount of detail.
Unfortunately, the iPhone Maps application doesn't show this data yet. This would be so cool and so useful to have in the palm of your hand when driving about the city, like I do.
4 Comments:
wonder if this feature has been pulled. I only get freeway speeds, no surface streets data.
But I do like the change all the big brothers are doing, traffic is no longer red/yellow/green , now all are nuancing additional states of Red. why can't we have green (speed limit) red (less ).
Boolean would probably be better for street level anyway with a smaller speed range.
T
wonder if this feature has been pulled. I only get freeway speeds, no surface streets data.
But I do like the change all the big brothers are doing, traffic is no longer red/yellow/green , now all are nuancing additional states of Red. why can't we have green (speed limit) red (less ).
Boolean would probably be better for street level anyway with a smaller speed range.
T
Yes, Google said it was only a test. I updated this post on TechnologyIQ but forgot to do it here.
I agree. I would also like a more nuanced picture.
You can get traffic info for some local LA streets (the ones that are part of the city's ATSAC traffic-signal system) at http://trafficinfo.lacity.org
One caution, though: it will show a road with no traffic at all as green, even if the reason there's no traffic is that the road is closed.
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