eli5 How does google maps show traffic congestion in real time? (and other related questions)

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1. Do they use satellite images?
2. are there other services that do the same thing?
3. How do they get the data about public transits?

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There was a guy who caused it to show a traffic jam by slowly walking across a bridge with a bunch of mobile phones in a cart.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-04/man-creates-fake-traffic-jam-on-google-maps-by-carting-99-phones/11929136

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