Google Maps Adds Real-Time Traffic

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/Google-Maps-Adds-Real-Time-Traffic-145431635.html

Ever use Google Maps to plan a route to your dinner date, then end up twenty minutes late while your thinking-she's-been-stood-up date sadly twirls a swizzle stick around a vodka rocks because you left during rush hour? Oddly specific example aside, Google Maps was helpful with estimated driving times and directions but still forced us to think every once in a while.

That's over.

Google Maps now takes current traffic into account.

According to Google's Lat Long blog, which covers Google Maps and Google Earth, "In areas where the information is available, this new and improved feature evaluates current traffic conditions and is constantly being refreshed to provide you with the most accurate, up-to-date estimate possible."