February 8, 2018
Traffic expert Alexandre Bayen, ITS Director, has experienced the dysfunction created by apps such as Google Maps and Waze as they guide cars off the freeway onto city streets unprepared to deal with them. Many cities are banning nonresidents from streets during commute hours, while citizens are erecting fake detour signs and trying to trick the mobile apps to prevent them from sending cars into their neighborhoods.
Full article: https://news.berkeley.edu/story_jump/why-traffic-apps-make-congestion-worse/