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Real-time traffic updates available in 12 more Indian cities: Google
New Delhi, June 30
Starting Tuesday, people
can see traffic information for 12 new cities, including Kolkata,
Thiruvananthapuram and Bhopal, on Google Maps, a company statement here
said.
The other cities for which the facility would now be
available are Coimbatore, Lucknow, Surat, Indore, Ludhiana,
Visakhapatnam, Nagpur, Kochi and Madurai.
This latest update to
Google Maps makes traffic information available for all national
highways and expressways in India, it added.
"We are constantly
working on making Google Maps a more comprehensive, daily tool for
Indians and we hope that this new real-time traffic information for 12
cities and all national highways will help drivers across the country
find the best routes to their destinations with the fewest delays,"
Suren Ruhela, director, programme management at Google said.
This
traffic feature is available on both mobile and desktop versions of
Google Maps. It helps a person to see real-time traffic conditions
across a total of 34 cities in India.
Once the traffic layer is
turned on in Google Maps, commuters can see routes mapped out in
different colours, indicating the different speed of traffic on the
roads.
"Green means there are no traffic delays on the road,
orange indicates a medium amount of traffic and red means heavier
traffic congestion," the statement said.
While in navigation
mode, Google Maps will also use real-time traffic information to more
accurately estimate time of arrival and to provide options for alternate
routes if there are faster options available.