06-19-2019, 07:03 PM
That's 100% because of massive data collection, not any improvement Google has made under the hood.
Cities now need to wrestle with the disruption Waze has caused to traffic patterns. In Los Angeles, Waze regularly directs people off freeways and on to local roads for a detour. It's not just annoying to residential areas -- municipalities are footing bills caused by all this increased wear and tear caused by traffic that is merely driving through their city, no intention of stopping. The costs aren't lessened, but merely shifted. You got off the interstate and it saved you time, but all the Wazers who did that slowed down local traffic. And any effienciency from load balancing is quickly eaten up by induced demand. Those local roads in LA used for detours are becoming just as clogged during peak times, so there are detours to detours. And all these Wazers smile to themselves like they figured out a way to beat the system.
You're not in traffic. You are traffic.
Cities now need to wrestle with the disruption Waze has caused to traffic patterns. In Los Angeles, Waze regularly directs people off freeways and on to local roads for a detour. It's not just annoying to residential areas -- municipalities are footing bills caused by all this increased wear and tear caused by traffic that is merely driving through their city, no intention of stopping. The costs aren't lessened, but merely shifted. You got off the interstate and it saved you time, but all the Wazers who did that slowed down local traffic. And any effienciency from load balancing is quickly eaten up by induced demand. Those local roads in LA used for detours are becoming just as clogged during peak times, so there are detours to detours. And all these Wazers smile to themselves like they figured out a way to beat the system.
You're not in traffic. You are traffic.