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> [...] Waze, a navigation app that alerts motorists to alternative routes on residential roads, away from the clogged and congested highways. > Last week City
by rootlocus 8y ago
> [...] Waze, a navigation app that alerts motorists to alternative routes on residential roads, away from the clogged and congested highways.
> Last week City Councilmember David Ryu imploring the city's attorney to take some form of unspecified legal action against the app.
So they want to take legal action against an app that tells people they can use public routes which they didn't know about because the locals along those routes don't like the additional traffic?
Sounds like they're saying "We don't want you to know you can use this road because we don't like having additional traffic". And they want to take legal action to enforce it.
What a joke.
- dfxm12 8y agoThis is probably 99% NIMBY complaining, but there are legit concerns that 1. Some side street isn't designed to handle the volume of traffic caused by this and is likely to wear out the roads much quicker 2. People coming off the highway might not know they're entering a residential street and don't respect the slower speed limit 3. Increased traffic in a residential neighborhood in general leads to less safe streets, poorer air quality, etc. Of course, the fixes should probably be along the lines of a speed trap, additional public transportation, putting some forethought into city planning, etc. and not a lawsuit.
- rootlocus 8y agoThose are sensible concerns, thank you for pointing them out.
- lolsal 8y agoRoads are designed with a capacity and traffic patterns in mind. It's not a joke that these routes are being abused. It's not just NIMBYism.