Google Shows Historic Traffic on Maps

Google just added the ability to look at typical traffic on a particular day and time, in addition to live traffic. It's really an incredible feature. You can zoom into the city you want to look at, then choose any day of the week, and any time from 5am to 9pm to see what the historic traffic pattern has been.

Here's an animated image I put together that shows the traffic around Louisville for a typical Wednesday:

It's like magic!

Looks like traffic delays start around 6:30am, clear up, then there are issues from lunch till about 6:30pm, at which point it clears up. Try it out for yourself!

New Feature: Google Traffic on Every Map

You can now overlay the current traffic conditions on every Metro Mapper map, even within our own traffic map. The traffic info comes from GPS devices that Google tracks nationally.


It's not as accurate as our local Louisville traffic map. but it can provide a comparison and show some areas we can't cover. Now you won't be late to your restaurant reservation or home appointment.