What is it about?
The paper shows how to use Google searches for the German Word "stau" (traffic jam) to forecast road conditions on German highways 2 hours in advance.
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Why is it important?
Two hours advance in forecasting road conditions is the best advance I know of. Google searches fro "stau" are like advance announcements of traveling.
Perspectives
It is a behavioral paper in a elementary sense. People search for traffic jams on highways announcing where they are and what their itinerary is.
Dr Nikolaos Askitas
Institute for the Study of Labor
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This page is a summary of: Predicting Road Conditions with Internet Search, PLoS ONE, August 2016, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162080.
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