iPhone Maps can display traffic conditions which would be really handy.

On our last trip to Washington DC our GPS re-routed us thru the local roads making it not a pleasant experience to drive around. We wondered why it re-routed, just for the sake of curiosity?

iPhone Maps came to the rescue and with the help of displaying traffic conditions over the map we were able to know why and took the pain of navigating thru the local roads (with those 400 traffic lights!)

Here is how you can also get the traffic conditions on your iPhone Map.

Launch the iPhone Maps app.

Once you see the map on your iPhone tap on the button that looks like it’s going to peel off, at the bottom right of the screen. It essentially shows the action pane for the Maps app.

Make sure your map is not displayed as a List and then tap on the “Show Traffic” button. If traffic information is not available for the area that you are viewing the button will be grayed out and will say “Traffic Unavailable In This Area”.

Now your iPhone Map would be redrawn with lines representing traffic conditions.

A Green line indicates that you should be able to travel at speeds more than 50 miles per hour.

An Orange line indicates that you should be able to travel at speeds between 25 to 50 miles per hour.

A Red line indicates trouble and tells you that you should be able to travel at speeds only less than 25 miles per hour.

It’s my personal experience that traffic conditions on iPhone came really handy when in need (to know, at least!) I hope you find it useful as well.

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