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Navigation Apps are Turning Quiet Neighborhoods into Traffic Nightmares

posted by mrpg on Tuesday December 26 2017, @11:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-blame-the-internet dept.

Fnord666 writes:

[...] 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

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 27 2017, @03:49AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 27 2017, @03:49AM (#614599)

    Blowing Rock? Was the city founded by crackheads?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 27 2017, @04:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 27 2017, @04:41AM (#614610)

    The town was named for an adjacent geological feature.

    Blowing Rock (land feature) [wikipedia.org]
    The prevailing wind blows through the gorge toward Blowing Rock. There, at the end of the gorge, the wind's path of least resistance is up the steep slopes surmounted by the outcropping, resulting in a nearly vertical and typically strong wind.

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  • (Score: 2) by requerdanos on Wednesday December 27 2017, @12:48PM

    by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday December 27 2017, @12:48PM (#614711) Journal

    You have to wonder about some of these places [facebook.com], I will agree, but Blowing Rock has an explanation in that there is a big rock there sitting in the prevailing winds. When I was last there, it was snowing a few flurries, and they highlighted the wind flow; it was pretty neat looking.