Missouri/Special roads/Main

Driveways in Rural Areas

In rural areas, it may be helpful for a driver to see driveways mapped in the client app or even necessary for Waze to determine how to reach the destination. In those cases, it may be prudent to add a segment. See the article on Driveways for more information. In rural areas outside of city limits, driveways may be mapped as Parking Lot Roads, even if shorter than the general Driveways recommendation of 50 meters. This offers a number of benefits:

• When traveling at high speeds on rural/county highways, the turn guidance onto the driveway provides advanced warning of their upcoming destination.
• Where roads may stretch for miles with no landmarks or other features in the landscape, driveways provide a sense of location and orientation, especially at night.
• When it's not mapped, a user driving on the driveway may instead be mistakenly locked to the main road, causing bad speed data and unwanted or confusing directions.

Alleyways

Alleys are drivable roads passing between or behind buildings and are not intended for thru-traffic. They can be an important component in routing when primary access is not on a local street or drivers start or end a route on an alley. However, their existence also presents many routing problems. Please avoid mapping alleys unless they meet the criteria set below:

Alleys should only be considered for mapping when one of the following criteria is met:

a) the main access to a business entrance is on an alley,

b) a parking lot entrance is in an alley,

c) current GPS tracks support a residential alley that is frequently used and would benefit from being added to the map, or

d) a UR indicates an alley should be added.

Please do not add every alley in a residential neighborhood.

All alleys should have their road type set to  Parking Lot Road  and should be named "Alley".

Please consult with an AM or SM before adding or removing alleys to verify whether a certain alley would meet the criteria to be mapped.