Google Introduces Traffic Information Services Jakarta via Google Maps

With 3.11 million vehicles in the streets of Jakarta each day, commuters and motorists and motorcycles can now plan their trips better in the city with the help of traffic layer in Google Maps, which provide direct information about the congestion the roads in Jakarta .
This layer can be accessed free of charge in Google Maps in http://maps.google.co.id and the Google Maps for Mobile.
"Google has been working to bring ground transportation information is accurate and comprehensive in a global mapping platform that can be accessed easily by people of Indonesia from any device." Says Andrew McGlinchey, Head of Product, Google Southeast Asia.
"Layer traffic to Jakarta in Google Maps is an important step in helping the Indonesian people arrange their travel time with better and easier for them to plan their trips around town and at the same time reducing the burden of traffic areas as a whole." He added .
To view the traffic information within Google Maps layer switch ("Traffic"), the icon can be found at the top right of the display Google Maps. Color that covers the roads according to traffic speed relative to road speed limit. Green means traffic moves fast and red or black means the traffic moving slowly or not moving at all.
Traffic information within Google Maps derived from the data provider PT Neo Fusion Indonesia and supplemented by data "audience" (crowdsourced) of the riders who can provide information about traffic conditions at this time to set their phones in order to provide the data anonymously.
"The Ministry of Transportation was pleased that Google has added traffic information directly (real time) into Google Maps," said Dr. Elly Sinaga, Director of Urban Transport System (BSTP), Directorate General of Land Transportation, Ministry of Transportation.
"It's certainly very useful for people in Jakarta who will now have a tool that will help them plan their trips in the city more efficiently. They can use this traffic information from their computers or cell phones to avoid unexpected delays and get to the destination faster. "He concluded.