I think having traffic reports on the radio are extremely useful. Waze and Google Maps and such are not always as up to date, and I don't get traffic alerts with Google unless I'm navigating - something I don't need to do for the commute I've made 10 years and counting! Just because the national reports that you mention are not helping you doesn't mean they aren't helping thousands of folks every day. Can't you just tune to a different station when the traffic report comes on, or use your "modern age technology" to stream something?