Quantifying the sustainability impact of Google Maps: A case study of Salt Lake City
Abstrak
Google Maps uses current and historical traffic trends to provide routes to drivers. In this paper, we use microscopic traffic simulation to quantify the improvements to both travel time and CO$_2$ emissions from Google Maps real-time navigation. A case study in Salt Lake City shows that Google Maps users are, on average, saving 1.7% of CO$_2$ emissions and 6.5% travel time. If we restrict to the users for which Google Maps finds a different route than their original route, the average savings are 3.4% of CO$_2$ emissions and 12.5% of travel time. These results are based on traffic conditions observed during the Covid-19 pandemic. As congestion gradually builds back up to pre-pandemic levels, it is expected to lead to even greater savings in emissions.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (9)
Neha Arora
Theophile Cabannes
Sanjay Ganapathy
Yechen Li
Preston McAfee
Marc Nunkesser
Carolina Osorio
Andrew Tomkins
Iveel Tsogsuren
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2021
- Bahasa
- en
- Sumber Database
- arXiv
- Akses
- Open Access ✓