Editors’ Feb Newsletter: Map school zones 
It's time for the monthly Editors' Community Newsletter!
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The Waze Communities Team
What’s new in Waze
School Zones and Scheduler
Two major features are now live in WME and the Waze App: School Zones and Scheduler! Editors can now map school zones to alert drivers as they enter, promoting safer driving near schools. With the Scheduler, editors can set specific timeframes for alerts, ensuring they appear when most relevant. Learn more.
Junction Boxes and Paths Course
Our advanced editor training course, Junction Boxes and Paths is live! Sharpen your editing skills to create more accurate maps, and earn a cool badge for your forum profile.
Meetups and More
Localization Online Meetup
Over 160 localizers and staff from 57 countries joined us for the 2025 Localization Community Online Meetup! Together, we deepened our knowledge about localizing Waze and learned about exciting plans for voices. Special thanks to Polish Localizer BrightMatter for presenting creative ideas for localization! Become a localizer.
March Office Hours
Join us for Office Hours on March 16th to learn more about School Zones and the Scheduler! Product Managers Tom and Alona will take us through a feature demo and will be on hand to answer your questions live! Register now.
Community Achivements
Supporting NYC new Congestion Relief Zone
Our amazing NYC community members collaborated with Waze’s routing team and local partners to ensure the app supports the city’s new Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ). Over many months, phases, changes, and delays they mapped and tested the zone’s toll routes and rates structure, including adding new functionality to the Toll Tool. Huge shoutout for the complex efforts you made to help reduce traffic in the busiest part of Manhattan!
LA Fires
Community members in Los Angeles sprang into action during the LA Fires, even while some were evacuating, themselves! Editors from Hawaii jumped in to assist and together, with Waze partners, they mapped ±5,000 closures, 195 evacuation zones, and 32 emergency shelters, alerting over 2.5M drivers. A huge thank you for providing drivers real-time updates during this devastating crisis. Become a Waze First Responder.
Star of the Month
Meet McLarenMCL38, an L6 editor, GC, Coordinator for India, Localization and Mentoring Coordinator and Booster for Vietnam! His contribution to India’s growing community is immense, from creating guidelines and editor profiles with roles and responsibilities. He’s also made significant contributions to the Thai community, including recently launching their toll prices. Not only is he a mentor for editors, but he has also mentored staff in Project Eagle. Thank you McLarenMCL38 for always being there to provide feedback, join pilots projects, lead MapRaids and so much more! Nominate a Star of the Month.
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