[...] In mid-January, the borough’s police force will close 60 streets to all drivers aside from residents and people employed in the borough during the morning and afternoon rush periods, effectively taking most of the town out of circulation for the popular traffic apps — and for everyone else, for that matter.
[...] While a number of communities have devised strategies like turn restrictions and speed humps that affect all motorists, Leonia’s move may be the most extreme response.
[...] Borough officials say their measure is legal, although it may yet get tested in court. Some traffic engineers and elected officials elsewhere say the move may set a precedent that could encourage towns to summarily restrict public access to outsiders.
Source: Navigation Apps Are Turning Quiet Neighborhoods Into Traffic Nightmares
Also: New Jersey town will close streets to fight navigation app traffic
(Score: 4, Insightful) by sjames on Wednesday December 27 2017, @02:12AM
Those residents pay taxes to build roads too. They may not have even voted to change the rules. It may be that the extra services to deal with the inevitable accidents were costing the local government more such that this particular mitigation effort simply returns things to the status quo.
You seem to have quite the sense of entitlement to the side streets there.