I find once you know traffic patterns, picking your own path is generally the same or faster. All the traffic mapping apps tend to send people down the same core routes even if they aren’t actually the best/fastest. Tons of streets are completely ignored by mapping apps.
For those that do need maps, an old Garmin, or sometimes cars have built in maps that can be updated. Even old maps are generally useful unless you live in a city that redoes their entire road network every 20 years.
I find once you know traffic patterns, picking your own path is generally the same or faster. All the traffic mapping apps tend to send people down the same core routes even if they aren’t actually the best/fastest. Tons of streets are completely ignored by mapping apps.
For those that do need maps, an old Garmin, or sometimes cars have built in maps that can be updated. Even old maps are generally useful unless you live in a city that redoes their entire road network every 20 years.