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Traffic information seems to lag

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Probably tou already know this but:

FYI:

Traffic information seems to lag to current situation or inacurate. Therefore virtually useless. It goes around non existend traffic jams and vice versa.

Here-we-go, tomtom and google maps seem to have better data on this.

I drive in europe, NL, DE, AT, IT

Regards,

Guido

Posted by ABRP User #1749708 ·
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  • Katya S. changed status to Awaiting Clarification
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    Mar 20, 2025

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    Hi @Guido,

    We are using data from HERE at the moment so you should see the same result when comparing ABRP and HERE.

    Could you provide a specific example of a place/situation where traffic often is inaccurate?

    • Frederik

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      Jan 29

      Hello, I confirm this is also not working for Belgium, I reported this before but there isn’t really any follow up so far, also in the last version of the app there is no improvement. This is a real deal breaker for me personally.

      Example of just now as there is an accident on my way back, according to ABRP there is no delay (1h30 is normal traffic) although you can see it on the map, according to other apps there is at about 30 to 40 minutes delay. Having inaccurate ETA is one thing, the most annoying outcome is that ABPR does not propose alternatives as there is no delay according to ABPR. I do notice that ABPR start adding time once you have reached the traffic jam. Which is obviously to late.

      Google maps:

  • Frederik

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    Jan 30

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    Merged request

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    Real-time traffic information

    Hello, why does ABRP not take delays into account? I always compare the proposal against Google Maps and ABRP never takes delays into account of traffic jams, works, etc. Is this a feature you don’t support? It seems that ABRP is aware of the information as the roads are coloured in orange or red.

    I also noticed that the arrival time is updated when being actually at or in the traffic jam. Which is nice but too late.

    The arrival time at start is never correct. This is annoying to inform others. This is really a deal breaker in my opinion.

    • Frederik

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      Oct 6, 2025

      Here is an example:

      https://abetterrouteplanner.com/?plan_uuid=a6002a41-cd08-4671-9b11-6f52be331163

      According to ABRP 54 mins, ABRP shows the delay in color, but does not take into account the actual delay:

      And Google Maps (also Apple Maps) does take into account the (this time limited) delay:

      Thanks for looking into that. As you seem to have the data, but it is not “used”?

    • Linda ABRP

      Team•

      Oct 8, 2025

      Hi

      We do include the delay in our plan. We don’t have the same time as Google because we get the information about the traffic from different sources.

      • Frederik

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        Oct 13, 2025

        Hello @Linda ABRP ,

        Then the source is not very reliable I’m afraid. I will provide another example soon where the difference was almost 20 minutes. For my daily commutes this is important. Long term travel I can understand it is less of an issue.

        Aside not being able to communicate a proper ETA to others, the use of alternative routes is not properly working as ABRP does not propose alternatives as it thinks there are no or only little delays while in reality it is much worse.

        I hope you can find a better way to do this.

      • Frederik

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        Oct 15, 2025

        Hello @Linda ABRP - here is another example, this is currently a daily delay as there are works on that road, you can see a difference in timing of almost 25 minutes. On a trip of about 1h30 (without traffic) this is huge. Google Maps will eventually propose alternative routes, while ABRP will not as it thinks the delay is short. So the data you get is rather useless or not correctly taken into account? You also stated that delays are taken into account based on the data you get, but in the below example, the duration of the trip is about what is shown without any traffic jams, given the fact that ABRP shows two delays (in in yellow and on in red) I’m not convinced you have this correctly setup in the app: