Google Maps can now predict how crowded your bus or train will be

guest · Jun 28, 2019

Google Maps can now predict how crowded your bus or train will be
June 27, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/27/google-maps-can-now-predict-how-crowded-your-bus-or-train-will-be/

Google Maps just got a lot more useful for commuters. The company today announced a pair of updates for its mapping application — one that will offer live traffic delays for buses in the cities where it didn’t already provide real-time updates, and another that will tell you how crowded your bus, train, or subway car will be.

The latter is perhaps the more interesting of the two, as it represents a new prediction technique Google has been perfecting for over half a year. Starting in October, the company began to ask Google Maps users to rate their journey if they had traveled during peak commuting hours of 6 am to 10 am. [...]

Over time, it was able to model this data into a new prediction capability designed to tell transit riders how packed their bus or train would be.
In addition, Google today expanded its ability to alert bus riders to delays.
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guest · Nov 17, 2020

Google Maps no longer has to guess how crowded your transit line is
November 16, 2020
https://www.engadget.com/google-maps-transit-takeout-real-time-data-110005147.html

These days, finding out when a public space or subway car is crowded isn’t just for convenience, it could potentially save lives. That’s why Google is talking up its Maps update which now offers real-time crowding information for your local transit line. In addition, the company says that it’s now providing timing information for 20 million venues worldwide to help you avoid big crowds.

Google has been helping users work out how busy bus, train or subway lines are for over a year, but has served up predictions rather than real-time data.
Today’s update changes that by effectively crowdsourcing movements via supported handsets (when users have opted into anonymized Google Location History sharing).
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