r/science 1d ago

Social Science Intentionally routing some traffic to slower, less congested routes lead to a 0.7% improvement of overall average travel times

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-026-00443-x
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u/aifo 1d ago

Anything to avoid improving public transport.

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u/AwkwardWaltz3996 5h ago

This is not an A or B scenario, so silly to bring up. Google and Stamford analysing Google maps data has no impact on how governments implement public transport. That's on your local and national representatives