• Cnet, Tuesday, January 10, 2017 4:13 AM

Uber has revealed plans to share the ride and traffic data it has amassed from the billions of rides taken, in order to help urban planners make decisions about cities. "Uber trips occur all over cities, so by analyzing a lot of trips over time, we can reliably estimate how long it takes to get from one area to another," the company wrote in the blog post. "Since Uber is available 24/7, we can compare travel conditions across different times of day, days of the week, or months of the year -- and how travel times are impacted by big events, road closures or other things."

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