Report: Waze and unintended consequences in LA Traffic


An interesting piece on how Waze causes some unintended consequences. Essentially trying to better route Los Angeles traffic is sending parades of commuters into residential side streets not designed to handle such traffic volumes.

Joe Flint for The Wall Street Journal:

Area resident Leon Sturman abandoned his morning gym trip because of the hassles of getting off his street. Now, he gets up extra early to move his wife's car into the street when there is no traffic, to make it easier for her to get on her way.

"Sometimes people don't let you out and you have to sit here and wait to get out of your own driveway," he said. "That's just really unconscionable."