Google already does plenty of stuff like this, and has for years (including historical and live busyness). I'm well aware. There's a cousin comment about using

Google already does plenty of stuff like this, and has for years (including historical and live busyness). I'm well aware. There's a cousin comment about using such data with contextual information and AI to use traffic data as a proxy for attributes like popularity and quality, instead of providing the raw data and letting users make their own inferences. This would enable a more Yelp-like UX, and might be easier for lots of users to consume.