Is Waze the only navigation app which knows which roads are open to motorcycles but closed to cars?

Post by **YetAnotherMuppet** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 10:52 am

I don't know elsewhere, but in London there are a few crucial roads which are open to motorcycles but closed to cars. I don't mean just bus lanes with another lane for cars next to them, but roads like London bridge, which is closed to cars but open to motorcycles for most of the day.

My experience is that, with Waze, you can tell the app if you are riding a motorcycle or driving a car, and it will plan accordingly: for example it will tell a motorcyclist to go on London Bridge but avoid Bank Junction (closed to both motorcycles and cars), and it well a car driver to avoid both.

TomTom is useless: after many years the restriction has been in place, it still doesn't know that Bank Junction is closed. I'm not even sure their software can distinguish between cars and motorcycles, or that it can distinguish that certain road closures only apply at certain times.

Google Maps supposedly has a motorcycle option (official help: https://support.google.com/maps/answer/11473680?hl=en ) but the official help page doesn't say where, and I have never seen it in London. Also, from the docs it seems the option is meant to redirect motorcycles away from roads open to cars but closed to motorcycles, not the other way round.

What is your experience?

Have you found better navigation apps that know about these different restrictions?

Post by **StephenC** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 7:20 pm

Copilot is a paid for app which doesn't need data for the maps once downloaded (very useful abroad) but traffic is extra. It does have a good motorcycle routing option though.

Saying that, it reckons London Bridge is open to both types of vehicle so that's not great!

Post by **YetAnotherMuppet** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:17 am

By "motorcycle routing options", do you mean options to find twisty roads for country rides etc?

Post by **StephenC** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 3:04 am

I'm not actually sure. It just offers a separate routing option for motorcycles and it usually differs from what is said for cars

Post by **Dave Weller** » Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:09 pm

I started using Waze in the car set to Motorcycle, thanks for the info.

Is Waze the only navigation app which knows which roads are open to motorcycles but closed to cars?

Is Waze the only navigation app which knows which roads are open to motorcycles but closed to cars?

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