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My third hand information frmo a coworker who is friends with people on the maps team is that some percentage of people will get routed into the traffic, and so
by Gene_Parmesan 7y ago
My third hand information frmo a coworker who is friends with people on the maps team is that some percentage of people will get routed into the traffic, and some percentage will get routed to alternate routes, of which there may be a few. Google appears to take a rather active stance on increasing total traffic flow, even at the expense of giving some number of drivers suboptimal routes.
- marriedWpt 7y agoI've noticed this too, and as a result I cannot trust Google maps. Is there any competitor I can check to confirm best routes?
- marton78 7y agoOn average, these are the best routes. There's some chance you'll be that guy routed into traffic today, only to enjoy the faster detour the next ten times. Decreasing total time in traffic for all participants is optimal on the long run for every single participant.