With Google Maps, you can find:
- Traffic for your commute
- Transit lines in a new city
- Bicycle-friendly routes
- Satellite imagery
- Information about the landscape
- Places nearby
Tip: You can find traffic info, public transit options, and local places of interest in just a few seconds. Learn more about nearby places and travel.
Get traffic, transit, or terrain info
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Maps app
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- At the top right, tap Layers
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- Tap the view that you want:
- Default: The normal Google Maps view
- Satellite: A view from above that shows individual buildings and objects in more detail
- Terrain: A view that shows mountains, lakes, and other landscape features in more detail
- Tap the Map details that you want to include:
- Transit: Public transportation information, like train lines and bus routes
- Traffic: Flow of traffic on the roads
- Bicycling: Bicycle paths that you can take
- Street View: Street View of the area
- 3D: Buildings in 3D
- Air quality: Air quality information
- To turn off a view or hide map details, tap it again.
Tip: Traffic information isn't available everywhere.
Find live traffic for buses
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Maps app
- Search for your destination, then select transit directions. Read more about how to get directions.
- If a bus route has Live Traffic for Buses information available, you can find one of the following:
- Usual traffic
- How many minutes are added for traffic
Learn the meanings of colors & symbols on the legend
Nearby places of interest
To learn more about the mini-pins and what they represent, consult the full legend.
Traffic colors
The color code shows you the speed of traffic on the road.
- Green: No traffic delays.
- Orange: Medium amount of traffic.
- Red: Traffic delays. The darker the red, the slower the speed of traffic on the road.
Tip: Gray or blue lines on the map show your routes.
Traffic incident symbols
Traffic incidents include these types of delays:
- Crashes
- Construction
- Road closures
- Other incidents
To find details about what happened, click or tap the icon.
Tip: You can find road closures marked with a dotted red line where the road is closed.
The lines on the map show bus, subway, and rail routes. To find more information and upcoming trains or buses, choose a station stop icon 
To find station stops, look for transit icons like 
Tip: When possible, the colored lines on the map match the transportation agency's color system. For example, the “A” line in New York City is colored blue by the Metro Transit Authority (MTA), so it's blue on the map.
The colors show you the type of bicycling paths.
- Dark green: Trails that don't have auto traffic.
- Green: Dedicated lanes are roads that are shared with cars and have a separate bike lane.
- Dotted green line: Bicycle-friendly roads are roads that don't have a bike lane but are recommended for cyclists.
- Brown: Unpaved trails are off-road dirt paths.