Temporary road closure

by **daknife** » Wed May 30, 2012 7:50 am

I agree with some measure being needed. A system for reporting and activating temporary closures that don't require map updates. Here in Utah we have our major N/S interstate I-15 getting a major rebuild through one county. Last month two interchanges were closed for a couple weeks. This month two other interchanges are closed, but the time frames of the closures and the still too random map update schedule makes it unfeasible to close those interchanges with the hopes that the closures and subsequent re-openings go live at a reasonable time. Instead I just mark all the UR's complaining about being routed through the closed exits as solved, but I don't like not being able to give any reason behind my inaction to the Wazer who reported it, or being able to effectively manage those closures.

Let AM's be able to set a closure for up to a week at a time, and have that closure go live. Then if the system detects traffic on the closed route or the time expires or the originating or any other AM revokes the closure and the closure goes away.

As to the accident closing the freeway. An accident report followed by the building traffic should effectively trigger the re-routing automatically. Maybe not at the point of the accident or after it, but at the last exit prior to the accident the traffic will be so severe that Waze will route around it. I've seen it happen to me a couple times. I've been told by Waze to get off the freeway miles from my destination and then hearing about the accident on the radio. One time the back-up was within sight of the exit Waze took me off at. So that part works. It also worked during the last marathon in Salt Lake City.

Construction closures is where we need a bit of a feature fix/add-on.

by **gettingthere** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:06 am

It is unlikely that Waze will allow road closures to be activated via the application. Too much room for people screwing around. You think that ping and chit chat is annoying? Hate to remove hundreds or thousands of speed, red light, and dummy cameras that were misreported in the application (many from the exact location of a home where Wazers were obviously playing around)?

Imagine being routed 60 minutes out of the Waze because someone thought it was cute to close a road. No thanks.

by **gettingthere** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:08 am

mmouse wrote:Also, at this very moment, the CHP has closed a section of I-5 south due to an accident, yet there's no way for me to warn everyone.

Report it as an accident. Put some details such as "6:00pm, I-5 S closed at Exit 123 due to accident".

A Wazer who is paying attention and looking at the reports will have a chance to detour. In addition, as traffic builds and Wazers get stuck, other Wazers will likely be routed a faster way automatically.

by **gettingthere** » Wed May 30, 2012 4:10 pm

Yes, even after multiple promises from Waze about the GPS points being more up to date in WME (USA/Canada) they continue to appear to be out of date. In addition the map problems also appear to reference out of date GPS track data.

by **hebermc** » Thu May 31, 2012 1:08 am

Some GPS programs have an option to report "road blocked ahead", this can be used if a road is actually blocked or if you are in traffic and want an alternate route. Perhaps this is the only feature Waze would have to implement.

Another feature would be after a few "blocks" are reported at the same point, a warning could be sent to Area Managers of that region.

by **henslok** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:29 pm

Yesterday Waze routed me trough flooded road in the middle of country lane, not only had to 'manually' find detour by myself, I couldn't use Waze anymore as it constantly was giving me direction to the same place, not reporting nor alternative routes helped. I think, if I make road closed the Waze for me will not use it for the period of time. Other users will have a prompt like: Proposed route includes road reported as closed. Alternative routes ... Select desire route. And user could decide whichever to try closed road or not.

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by **mmouse** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:01 am

Waze keeps routing me onto a freeway onramp that is closed for construction each night for the next several months, and I keep getting caught.

Also, at this very moment, the CHP has closed a section of I-5 south due to an accident, yet there's no way for me to warn everyone.

In thinking about adding this as a reporting feature — keep in mind that it may require a user to adjust the location of the closure, and not just report wherever you are when you tap the button, since closures often require quick maneuvering to get around, so there are no hands for reporting, and even if there is time, you can't get on the closed part of the road (obviously).

by **OutdoorDad** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:37 pm

It could be from weather - like when a section of road is impassible due to water on the road or downed tree crossing both lanes - but it could also be from festival closures, parades, protests, police action, etc. These are not construction events but still temporary full closures which will make you change your course... best to avoid with advanced warning by others ahead.

by **OutdoorDad** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:19 pm

This weekend, this one put me into a rerouting loop waze couldn't reoute me out of. It kept looping me back to the same intersection. I had to turn it off and pull out a physical map to get around the flooded areas.