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The problem isn't that the road is closed/restricted. The problem is that the app is telling people to use other roads that were not designed for such traffic.
by breischl 10y ago
The problem isn't that the road is closed/restricted.
The problem is that the app is telling people to use other roads that were not designed for such traffic. If not for the app, the majority of them would likely have stuck to major arteries that are meant to handle high traffic, but instead they are flooding into side streets and causing problems.
More succinctly, the problem is that the app encourages using the roads in ways that are inappropriate. It is abusive of the road network.
- Piskvorrr 10y agoNot sure about that; I seem to recall the exact same situation in the 90s, before any apps: major street blocked, adjoining minor streets become clogged with cars trying to get around that. But I think I see your point now: Waze amplifies the problem an order of magnitude. Still not sure that maintaining a list of "undesirable" streets is a good idea, but maybe discouraging the routing algorithm from taking side streets might work? (Seems to work around here - perhaps also a matter of map data quality?)