Which Way, L.A.?
Which Waze LA?
The smartphone app called Waze has been helping more and more LA commuters find alternatives to grinding along at a snail's pace on busy freeways. That sounds great unless you live in a formerly quiet neighborhood of narrow streets now crowded with passing cars.
By Warren Olney • • 27m ListenThe smartphone app called Waze has been helping more and more Los Angeles commuters find alternatives to grinding along at a snail's pace on busy freeways. That sounds great unless you live in a formerly quiet neighborhood of narrow streets now crowded with passing cars. Is it a real answer to heavy traffic or just making it worse in more places?
Also, why shutting down freeways may be the appropriate way to protest racist police and the balkanization of LA and other American cities.
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2 storiesIs an App to Blame for Neighborhood Traffic Jams?
There's a new voice in town, that of the smartphone app called Waze , which crowd-sources GPS signals from moving cars to guide drivers away from heavy traffic. More and more LA commuters are devoted to Waze to find alternatives to busy freeways.
Read the story19 minWhy Are Freeways the Site of Protests?
The non-indictments of white policemen who killed unarmed black men and boys have led to continuing protests across the country. In California, that's taken the form of shutting down freeways. In LA and the Bay Area, Keith James and others have been bringing freeway traffic to a halt…long enough to create havoc for lots of commuters.
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