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Re:Google Maps and Waze by 1gn1t10n on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @12:21PM (#5862772)
I wonder if providing this kind of information to the public can lead to worse performance (commute time).

This reminds me of Braess's Paradox [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braess_paradox

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Re:Google Maps and Waze by joosters on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @12:37PM (#5862920)
I recommend the excellent book 'Traffic' - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Traffic-drive-what-says-about/dp/014... - it covers this pretty well.
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