Traffic apps turned L.A.’s neighborhoods into ”shortcuts”
In LA are these shortcuts worth it?<p>I was surprised to find with Google maps more often than not it suggests to just take that busy highway that is crawling alone because ... it really is faster.   I've tried to defy google maps ... rarely do I win.<p>Granted google maps is wrong at times.  During snowstorms it loves to send me down off streets that haven't yet been plowed or ... worse random county roads you do not want to be on during a storm.  I think it inadvertently interprets "hey nobody is on this road so it must be faster" when nobody is there because that road is terrible with snow and you're far better crawling along the highway where plows will be or may have been ... or other vehicles have made tracks.