Apple Maps has released traffic information for the Phoenix area in Arizona and Birmingham in Alabama, this being one of the few areas not covered by Apple's mapping and navigation service in terms of information from the public services of area.
As for the Phoenix area, we now know how long it will take to reach our destination, if we have to use Valley Metro or PHX Sky Train. The information on how to go to the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, using the means available for access is also available. But not only the urban nucleus is included in this update of Apple Maps. The suburbs, including Chandler, Mesa, Glendale, Scottsdale and Tempe.
If you use public transport in Birmingham, we can know the frequencies of passage and plan our trips, with the MAX buses. The nearby towns have their space such as: Montgomery and Huntsville, being able to access them from the center or move out of them.
Apple Maps is being intensive in those geographical areas with less deployment. We are talking about Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This feature has recently been launched in areas such as: Las Vegas, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Taiwan and Singapore.
Some Apple users predict which cities will host public transportation information in the near future. These indicate that there is a common pattern: when Apple adds information about stations in a specific area, within a few weeks that area releases public transportation information.
We hope that the implementation of the service will accelerate, to have a larger portion of areas covered, worldwide. It is true that the information on websites is very exhaustive and it is not always necessary to consult Apple Maps. But it does not hurt to have all the information integrated into the Apple Maps application and take advantage of the Apple ecosystem for other actions and among them, in the future, with artificial intelligence.
