polon

I think this is covered on the page

"Successfully manipulating a poll which employs this method would require following efforts and resources:

Gaining control over a large number of devices in the target geographic region for submitting votes through those devices"

So yes, it seems like it can be defeated via a remote desktop (or any proxy in the allowed area)

You're right...I was only looking at internal Manhattan, but the bridges and tunnels seem to show a significant reduction in transportation times

Id imagine they're blocking access to the IP, or the endpoints used for certain functionality, like WhatsApp calls

So far, none of the data provided by the linked site would suggest Manhattan will see a reduction in transportation times. This is with the Monday snow however, which I'd imagine caused delays by itself.

I will say, being in Manhattan, their seems to be less traffic on the road. I wonder if Google Maps traffic data is using a rolling average of ~7 days or something