How is it best to handle not-thru streets? Disallow all undesireable turns?
Also - what about truck restrictions - add to turn or add to segment?
https://www.waze.com/editor/?zoom=7&lat=42.33247&lon=-83.20068&layers=933&env=usa&segments=84714768
Not sure that disabling turn restrictions is the best bet. There are Wazers who have legitimate business here.
Are there complaints that truckers are cutting through? Waze probably won’t stop them unless it’s navigating them through (vehicle types are not implemented in the client last I knew). A short section of private road will stop that.
Did you look at the wiki about installations? That might help.
Is Waze trying to cut through the parking lot in the app, or is this just a hypothetical based on experience, but Waze is not actually recommending the route? I cannot get the LiveMap to cut through from one side of Lundy to another if I’m starting and ending at appropriate points.
https://www.waze.com/livemap?lon=-83.19691&lat=42.33138&zoom=15&from_lat=42.33165&from_lon=-83.20401&to_lat=42.33138&to_lon=-83.19691
The area that you show in the permalink is all Parking Lot Road, which is appropriate. Waze penalizes PLR and Private Road segments heavily upon exiting from those road types to enter another, so going from PLR to Street should already be preventing any cut-through. More background detail would be helpful though.
Vehicle restrictions can be entered to “future proof” segments, but there is no way to specify vehicle type in the app, so restrictions will not take effect. These would typically be segment-based restrictions and not turn-based.
Oooof, I now realize that I have posted the wrong link. I’m having trouble getting the right link.
https://www.waze.com/editor/?env=usa&lon=-83.18727&lat=42.51041&layers=933&zoom=6
I inserted a short private segment on Warick from W Webster, mimicking a Simple Gate. The city is trying to prevent drivers from short-cutting on Warick to Coolidge. The reporter seems to have reported it three times now, so I’ve asked that s/he go out and respond back in a day or two. I’ll ride it in the next couple of days and see how it routes.
Thanks. Typically what’s faster is faster, but there is a precedent for marking a public street as “Private Road” in cases like this. I typically have done it in areas where Wazers have reported police enforcement where it would be considered avoiding a light, but if a Wazer is persistent, it could be Private in more general cases. Private Road will still allowing routing onto it for local non-thru traffic, with a huge exit penalty that should prevent thru traffic.