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Waze begins rolling out railroad crossing alerts globally – The Verge
Waze is expanding its railroad crossing alert feature to more countries. Federal rail agencies and national railroad companies have been calling for apps to integrate this sort of alert for years. Waze has been piloting railroad crossing alerts in the US for …
Subtler than a train horn, but with more time to react
Alerts about upcoming railroad crossing appear as a banner in the iOS and Android Waze apps.
Image via Waze / Operation Lifesaver
Google-owned navigation app Waze is rolling out a global safety feature that alerts users about upcoming railroad crossings.
The feature is not wholly new, and was quietly launched in the US, Belgium, and Canada earlier this year, but Waze says its now expanding the alerts to more territories. In some countr…
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