Re:Navigation Apps Turn Some Quiet Neighborhoods into Traffi...
by zdragnar on Monday December 25, 2017 @10:06AM
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What, so people should only get jobs in the town they live in? That sounds more Draconian then China's hukou system
Re:Navigation Apps Turn Some Quiet Neighborhoods into Traffi...
by sli on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @11:54AM
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I don't believe OP was implying that at all. Seems more like OP is opining on the rather large barrier some people have to living where they work vs. being forced to commute.
Some folks end up in a situation where they can't afford to move (or, probably more commonly, live) closer to their job, but can't find a well-paying enough job in their own town to survive their either.
If you're commuting and can't afford to live in the city to which you commute, you're being paid below market rate. Probably well below. It's very easy for companies to exploit that to their benefit, and much to the detriment of their employees.
Re:Navigation Apps Turn Some Quiet Neighborhoods into Traffi...
by newfoundglory on Sunday December 24, 2017 @10:06PM
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Start with this work - http://www.wired.co.uk/article/waze-hacked-fake-traffic-jam
I guess the next step is to build a tool that repeatedly creates fake Waze accounts and uses them to report fake accidents in the residential streets that Waze is turning into major commuting roads.
Or maybe the next step is to abandon the whole "people live three towns over from their day job and drive for a half hour" thing. It's pretty horrible and increases misery for a ton of people. Sadly, America's been building suburbs for like sixty years now, changing this is gonna take a lot of time.