I'll throw a proposal out here and we can fine tune the wording/wiki grammar:
-- Occasionally, it may be necessary to name a railroad segment with display or navigational value. These cases should be reviewed by an SM. If used, commercial names should consist of the owner's (not operator's) full legal name (e.g. "CSX Railroad", "New Orleans Public Belt Railroad"), while transit lines should be combination of the transit operator and specific line if applicable (e.g. "MBTA - Green Line", "Detroit People Mover").
- By default, select "None" for the street name of every railroad segment.Use the following guidelines when mapping railroad segments:
- By default, enter "Railroad" for the street name of every railroad segment. (See more below on Naming railroad segments.)
-- Occasionally, it may be necessary to name a railroad segment with display or navigational value. These cases should be reviewed by an SM. If used, commercial names should consist of the owner's (not operator's) full legal name (e.g. "CSX Railroad", "New Orleans Public Belt Railroad"), while transit lines should be combination of the transit operator and specific line if applicable (e.g. "MBTA - Green Line", "Detroit People Mover").
This could all just be removedUse the following guidelines when naming railroad segments:
For commercially-controlled right-of-ways, rather than apply the default "Railroad" name, you may optionally use the owner's full legal name spelled out without acronyms or abbreviations (e.g. "New Orleans Public Belt Railroad"). Some owners' names incorporate what appear to be or once were acronyms but are actually part of the legal name (e.g., "BNSF Railway", "CSX Railroad").
In case of uncertain ownership, do not guess. Use the default "Railroad" name.
Do not name a railroad segment for a passenger operator that uses it, regardless of how many passengers or how little freight it may carry, unless you are absolutely certain that the passenger operator owns the track. For example, do not name a segment "Amtrak" unless Amtrak actually owns the track (it usually does not, except in the Corridor and in a few other areas).
Do not apply "fallen flags" (former owners that no longer exist due to bankruptcy or merger) in the alternate field.
Keep in mind that should the name of the owner change, due to bankruptcy, merger, or other business decision, you or another editor will need to come back and fix all now-incorrect segments. Railroads can change names often; for example, BNSF Railway has been known by that name only since 2005, and its previous name was in use for only eight years.
For urban rapid transit and light rail systems, rather than apply the default "Railroad" name, you may optionally use the name of the transit authority and the name of the line, separated by a hyphen (e.g., "MBTA - Green Line", "RTA - Riverfront Streetcar").
If a system has only one line, of course, use its name alone (e.g., "Detroit People Mover").
If multiple lines share the same track or run on parallel tracks, include all lines (e.g., "Metro Rail - Red/Purple Lines").
However, if a rapid transit system is so complex that including all line names would lead to an absurd result on some railroad segments, use the name of the system alone (e.g., "BART", "MTA") throughout the system.
Remove the middle section or this entire sectionWaze - Support
Railroads should be labeled as such in the editor. For the time being they won't make it to the client indeed, but in the future we might want to use them for display purposes.
The "railroad" road type in the editor is under "non drivable" so it should not cause any issue to the routing.
Re: {USA} [Page Update Proposal] Railroads