Doing some updating of roads in my town (Millersburg), and I see that “narrow street” is no longer an option (it has been a year or so since I last edited :)). I do see the option to set lane width, but the Apply button is grayed out for me. Is that above my pay grade? What do I need to make that change?
The road width is not for that type of situation. It is for cases where there are parallel roads close to each other so it is easier for it to determine which segment you are actually on.
For narrow roads like an alley where we dont want general traffic to be routed, you can set it to parking lot road. There may be cases where we dont want to do that. Can you provide a permalink of an example road that you would like to change?
Dave
Traffic often gets routed on this narrow road as a “shortcut” between SR 39 on the west and SR 83 on the south.
The parts of S Washington St that I looked at in google street view did not look too narrow. Has the roadway changed since that streetview was taken or is there a section of that road that is narrower? From what I saw, I dont think we would change the road. If it is slower than other routes, Waze should pick the larger faster routes.
Dave
It is true, it’s not incredibly narrow, but when cars are parked on the road (which is often; it’s not as usually bare as it shows on the GSM view), any vehicle, pickup trucks or larger, can’t pass each other at the same time - one needs to pull off to the side to let the other pass. And it is a purely residential street, which as mentioned gets a lot of “cut over” traffic from those who don’t stay on the highway. (Can you guess where I live? ;))
I agree with Dave. Just to explain about the narrow street type: In the US it’s now called passageway, but we do not use it. It is designed for streets that are too narrow for even one car to easily pass through, but where motorcycles have no problems (think old European cities). That doesn’t really describe stuff in America, so we don’t use it.