Waze and other phone applications which help commuters cause headaches for residents

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With services like Google Maps, Waze and Apple Maps suggesting shortcuts for commuters out of the narrow, hilly streets of Leonia, New Jersey, the borough has decided to fight back versus congestion which its leaders tell has reached problem proportions. Suddenly, a path to wish presents itself: An alternate route, your phone suggests, could keep time. "In the morning, if I sign onto my Waze account, I find there are 250,000 'Wazers' in the area. Waze defends its practice of rerouting motorists from congested highways out of residential streets in nearby communities. Some inhabitants outside Leonia have chafed at the impending street closings, posting variously snarky and incredulous comments on break news sites like NJ.com: "Terrible, shortsighted idea.

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