Railroad Suggestion Idea

I live in an area where there’s a lot of train tracks that are constantly blocking roads. I wanted to suggest a feature that would help countless people.

Currently, when going over a train track, Waze alerts you by a small chime, but doesn’t tell you if there’s a train or not. If there was a quick pop up that asked “is a train there?” And if you press “yes,” then it temporarily acts as a closed road and reroutes traffic to an alternative route. This could be as temporary as a few minutes or until someone else clicks “no.”

I feel this suggestion would help countless people and would help traffic from backing up at closed railroads in order to know which roads to avoid. Where I’m at trains can block roads for hours and it can add up to 15-20 minutes to a trip it you have to turn around and go another route.

So this is a very interesting idea. Unfortunately, this particular forum is for discussion regarding mapping policies in the Waze Map Editor. It is not routinely monitored by staff. Your best place to make this suggestion would be the Waze Suggestion Box https://waze.uservoice.com/forums/59223-waze-suggestion-box

Thank you! I was trying to find it but all the links I saw were inactive

In the meantime, what about just reporting a closure? It will go active immediately and clear as soon as a couple Wazers drive through it (or after it simply expires without anyone else confirming it)

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