Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Is Waze a Game Changer for Local Traffic Managers?
I'm reading more and more about how route finding apps are helping to write a new chapter in rat-runnig.
Time was when only locals knew all the wiggling little short cuts through a neighbourhood. Then came Google Maps and now social route finding app Waze. Together they have changed all that.
Today a Waze swarm can bring a sudden deluge of jam-avoiding traffic to a particular street as this Maryland householder found to his chagrin.
So, what's an appropriate response from Councils? Should they just allow traffic to flow where it will or is a fresh approach to traffic management called for?
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Permalink Reply by AndrewAW1 on
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There was a similar article in the Guardian about Strava influencing city planners for cycling http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/may/09/city-planners-c...
I guess the real value will be if road planners can access (I imagine buy) the data. Rather than a week of traffic counts every five years there will be ongoing data allowing overall evaluation but also the effect of something like a festival at Finsbury Park, etc
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Permalink Reply by matthew cuthbert on
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Is it's like Candy Crush? there are a few MP's who may like it, to pass time in the odd Government committee meeting.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N1OGOgPRZ7I
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Permalink Reply by Ruben on
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think about it another way.
The fact that you have the closures indicated means that a number of drivers will alter their routes well in advance and not end up in GL/TL to find the road signs.
This will happen even miles in advance and avoid the area completely. So Waze could be helping to contain congestion derived from the bridge closure.
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