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How to Avoid the Worst of the New Zealand Traffic Jams During Horse of the Year this Weekend

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

Horse of the Year is coming up in Hawkes Bay. For commercial travellers and holidaymakers, this generates traffic congestion, with a cortege of horse floats on SH5 from Taupo and SH2 from the south pretty much all day before and … Continue reading →

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You’ve Got To Stop Those Hacking Waze, Baby

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

I was told about a great new route to commute to work by a colleague and it was really good for a while. The 14km trip took about an hour by motorway and not much quicker taking the main arterial … Continue reading →

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Is Google Maps Competing with Waze for Real Time Traffic?

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

“We’re excited about the prospect of enhancing Google Maps with some of the traffic update features provided by Waze and enhancing Waze with Google’s search capabilities.” Continue reading →

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What’s the best nav app in 2016 and New “Uber tab” added to Google Maps

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

Google adds ride-sharing tab to maps to enable more options, faster time to destination. Sourced through Scoop.it from: searchengineland.com When it comes to maps for travelers, Google is making a huge effort to provide lots of options and when it … Continue reading →

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