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The power of collaboration: How we can reduce traffic congestion

Google Research published a study in Nature Cities showing that coordinating a small fraction of trips via navigation apps can improve traffic speeds and reduce emissions across entire cities.

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In “Urban congestion relief experiments through routing-app interventions”, published in Nature Cities, we present the first large-scale, real-world study into the use of navigation platforms to improve traffic.

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07 Jul 2026 16:42 UTC

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