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This page is being developed as a template for all USA state pages. Current pages being considered as a guideline for some or all of their content include:


Cities and towns

What is the primary goal of this section? Are there states with cities that are unnamed? Or is this more about when and how to name CDPs? Either way we should explain why this section is here since we are not just listing city names for the sake of listing them. One example is Connecticut/Cities and towns.

There are 169 cities and towns in the state. See STATENAME/Cities and towns for proper naming information.

Major roads

The state specific page for Roads by type (third link below) does not appear to be active for most states and would be removed for states that don't have it. One example is Connecticut/Roads by type

STATENAME follows the general road naming and type guidelines of the USA. See Road names/USA, Road types/USA and STATENAME/Roads by type.

Places

If a state has specific guidelines different from the rest of the country, it would be noted here.

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STATENAME follows the USA standard for Places.

Major construction projects

Some states have a full subpage on tracking construction projects and others just link to the state's DOT.gov page.

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The major construction projects for STATENAME can be found on this DOT web page.

Special roads

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Non-drivable roads

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Cameras

Because many states are different from each other, this section is very important to be covered uniquely for each state.

Not every camera-looking device at an intersection is a speed or red light camera. Be sure to know your cameras before accepting new camera reports. Currently only the Waze client app can add cameras to the map. When adding a camera from the app, be sure to review the camera placement recommendations.

Speed cameras

Speed cameras are (legal/illegal) in STATENAME. These cameras take a photograph of a vehicle when it passes by at too high a speed. Refer to the Cameras page for specific information.

Red light cameras

Red light cameras are (legal/illegal) in STATENAME. These cameras take a photograph of a vehicle that enters an intersection after the light is red. Refer to the Cameras page for specific information.

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To do list

Some states have it and others don't. I recommend we always make it an entire subpage.

If you are an active editor in this state, consider reviewing the "to do" list for the state at STATENAME/To do list.

Mapping resources

Virtually every state has links to other resources

The following links can be helpful when editing STATENAME.

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Forum

Most states have this already, so it should be easy to match for all states.

The Waze forum is a great place to find answers to previously asked questions and also a place to ask new ones. Below is a link to the forum specific to STATENAME as well as the main USA forum page.


Area Managers

Most states already use this same basic format, so we might as well all use it. This is from Connecticut.

The table below identifies the editors with a rank at least that of an Area Manager who participate in editing in STATENAME. If you have any questions, please consider contacting them directly as needed.

Username Area Managed Comments Forum PM
Rank 6 Country Managers
orbitc Region 8 New England Regional Coordinator Rank 6 PM
AndyPoms Statewide Concentrates on Connecticut, but also covers Springfield, MA and Limited Access Highways throughout the North East Region. PM
Rank 5 Area Managers
pumrum Statewide Also covers NYC PM
Rank 4 Area Managers
Jallen +/- Fairfield & New Haven Counties Also covers I-684 & Saw Mill River Parkway corridor in New York PM
Rank 3 Area Managers
BWJSS +/- Fairfield & New Haven Counties PM
Cassio26 +/- Hartford & Tolland Counties Focus primarily on North Central CT and north through Northampton, MA PM
CTGreybeard +/- Fairfield & Litchfield Counties Also covers Northern Westchester, Putnam, and Duchess Counties in NY PM
SaxTeacher3 +/- Fairfield & New Haven Counties Also covers Westchester County, NY PM

If you are an Area Manager that covers the State of STATENAME, or a USA Country Manager that does a lot of work in STATENAME, please add yourself to this list (alphabetical by username).