“Without question, the game changer has been the navigation apps,” said Tom Rowe, Leonia’s police chief. When the primary roads become congested, it directs vehicles into Leonia and pushes them onto secondary and tertiary roads. We have had days when people can’t get out of their driveways.”Even before the proliferation of navigation apps, Leonia was no stranger to traffic. to Fremont, Calif., communities are grappling with the local gridlock caused by well-intentioned traffic apps like Waze, which was purchased by Google in 2013 for $1.15 billion. By the time they are up here, who knows how long they have been sitting in traffic.”

Source: New York Times December 24, 2017 17:37 UTC