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In other GPS thoughts, I've wondered if Google is responsible for a bunch of the seeming grid lock. In the past I feel like people drove down the main streets b
by nox101 3y ago
In other GPS thoughts, I've wondered if Google is responsible for a bunch of the seeming grid lock. In the past I feel like people drove down the main streets but now, when the main street fills, Google Maps, and probably Apple Maps and the rest, redirect cars to streets with less traffic. Those streets then end up pouring cars into the the main streets further down, jamming up the entire system.
I have no data, it's just a thought as I see the grid lock and every small side street full of cars. I see the main streets going super slow as people from the packed side streets push back into the main streets they avoided earlier. That means the main street itself is running 10x slower than it would otherwise, at least toward the start, as each car that enters at the start has to wait for the hundreds of cars merging in from side streets in front of it. Cars that were not doing that from side streets 20 years ago because their GPS maps were not directing them to
- paulb73 3y agoI think you're correct. Looking at the simplest form of this: In traffic jams on motorways google often directs me to come off at a slip road only to immediately rejoin the motorway. These slip roads are fairly empty and thus my journey time improves. The overall implication to the traffic jam is negative though. Everyone rejoining slows down traffic more than leaving it speeds traffic up.
- cafard 3y agoThat was the complaint about Waze from residents of formerly quiet streets.
- ProllyInfamous 3y agoI live on a dead-end street, which has bike/foot paths connecting its cul-de-sac to a new/wealthier neighborhood. Any time I see a "much too nice for this neighborhood" vehicle turning around, I know it's because their mapping software gives the impression of this being "a shortcut" (it is not). Regardless, I loves me roadway to noway.