In the area where I live traffic planners have shored up all the inefficiencies that led to those apps saving you time in the past. Road diets. Right turn only

In the area where I live traffic planners have shored up all the inefficiencies that led to those apps saving you time in the past. Road diets. Right turn only out of side streets with a hardened median preventing a left or straight route. Speed bumps. Downright punitive light cycle timing (I’ve seen almost 5 minutes before). You often fare far worse in fact taking those labyrinthine google maps/waze circuits through these residential side streets and shed time just sticking on the major arterials and highways.