Taxis
The Waze app has the ability to set Taxi as the vehicle type.
On road segments restrictions can be set where Taxi is one of the available vehicle types. But...
It is NOT the intention to drive with the Taxi setting and also NOT the intention to edit for Taxi.
The Taxi setting in the Netherlands is reserved for safety regions. For the time being, Amsterdam edits for Taxi are still tolerated.
Local
In different municipalities, taxis with a local permit can use special roads (such as Bus lanes), shortcuts and parking spaces. However, such a local permit is only valid in a very specific area. For example, Taxis with a Utrecht license have no special rights outside Utrecht. Due to the very local effect of those permits, it is very difficult for us to support the use of vehicle type Taxi throughout the country. That is why, as a rule, we do not edit for Taxis in the Netherlands. Taxis that use Waze as their navigation tool should simply set Passenger car as the vehicle type.
Safety Regions
There is one important exception. The taxi setting is used by emergency services in some specific Safety Regions. Here we as Waze Netherlands have a collaboration with these Safety Regions. Restrictions with only allowed for Taxi, here means: allowed for police, fire brigade and ambulances.
Currently, these are the safety regions:
- Friesland
- Zuid-Holland Zuid
- Flevoland
- Gooi en Vechtstreek
- Rotterdam-Rijnmond (Shell area)
- Veiligheids- en Gezondheidsregio Gelderland Midden (VGGM)
Bus lanes
For bus lanes that are indicated on the map, but not as motorable roads, the road type Pedestrian_Boardwalk is used. Bus lanes specific to the vehicle type Taxi are assigned a road type corresponding to the importance of the routing with the restriction Only for Taxis.