How Waze kills dead zones in tunnels for all commuters

Just because you're underground doesn't mean you have to drive blind. 

For commuters who depend on or maximize their drive with a navigation app, heading into tunnels and other low-service areas defeats the whole purpose of using GPS-enabled directions. 

Waze, Google's handy driving directions app, has been zapping dead zones with Beacons, the small battery-operated devices it debuted in 2016. On Tuesday, Beacons that transmit 10 pulses every second went up in New York City. 

More than 700 Beacons are now stuck to the walls of the Holland, Lincoln, Queens-Midtown, and Hugh L. Carey (Brooklyn Battery) tunnels. The devices, which cost $28.50 and can be installed quickly, are already sending out radio signal to drivers in Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; Pittsburgh, PA; Rio, Brazil; Paris, France; Florence, Italy; Haifa, Israel; Jihlava, Czech Republic; and Oslo, Norway. Read more...