Comment by nightpool
1 day ago
Unfortunately, I just had this experience with Google Maps last month—I wanted to go to downtown to buy cheese at Pike Place, but I didn't realize that 6th avenue was closed off for the annual Pride Parade. Traffic was horrible, and Google Maps kept telling me to turn right onto closed off streets until I just had to abandon my trip entirely. Definitely some lack of communication between Seattle city planning and the Google maps team, but even the existing Google Maps systems weren't able to react fast enough to give me any warnings and the time estimation was laughably incorrect.
SPD close off certain directions of traffic after Mariner's games. It's always the same layout, always after Mariner's games, and Google still tries to send me through the area the wrong way every time
A couple years ago Apple Maps did not know that roads in downtown SF were closed for Bay to Breakers. Thankfully the cops were still setting up barriers and I was able to weave around them to reach the Bay Bridge.
This kind of thing happens regularly.
I had the same experience trying to see the 4th of July fireworks in an unfamiliar city. It doesn't help that there was very little information online about which roads were closed.