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Arterial, crowdsourced traffic info comes to Google Maps
Ars Technica —
... As pointed out on the Google LatLong Blog, people who drive on a daily basis not only want to know the status of the highways, they usually would like to see how the roads around the highways are looking, too. Arterial roads—medium or high-traffic roads that are not highways—now show color indicators depending on the current traffic status, which can be helpful in determining a route on the fly. A search for directions around my area shows that the main roads near me are not lookin' so hot at the moment (see image above). ...
Google's Traffic Maps Get More Detailed with Smaller Road Support
Maximum PC —
... "As you zoom in closer to an area of interest, we'll color the arterial roads, in addition to the highways, to show current traffic conditions," Google wrote in a blog entry. "Just as with the highways, the colors correspond to the speed of traffic (relative to the speed limit of the road): green is free sailing, yellow is medium congestion, red is heavy congestion, and red/black is stop-and-go traffic." ...
