Waze Under Fire from Communities Suffering from Increased Congestion
• The Waze application, which enables motorists to bypass traffic jams, is causing headaches in residential communities.
• Waze is working with the municipality of Southern Shores, which passed a resolution to prohibit through-traffic on its territory. In North Carolina, authorities, residents and legislators in the town of Southern Shores have been grappling with the problem for years. Despite the installation of ‘residents only’ signs, temporary barricades and speedbumps forcing motorists to slow down, the invasion continues. Road closing sign Photo: RCMP In fact, those measures didn’t really solve the issue, because mostly they just diverted traffic to other residential streets, making congestion worse there.
To that end, Southern Shores Mayor Elizabeth Morey met with Waze to discuss how it can stop diverting traffic through residential areas in accordance with the resolution. Waze agreed to take steps so that the resolution is adhered to.
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