The compass heading associated with the direction of the flow of traffic. This value specifies the side of the road for pickup and drop-off. Heading values can be from 0 to 360, where 0 specifies a heading of due North, 90 specifies a heading of due East, and so on. You can use this field only forDRIVEandTWO_WHEELERRouteTravelMode.
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