New gadgets make it easier to find your Waze through Boston's tunnels

Boston is often dubbed one of the country's most challenging cities to navigate but thanks to the popular traffic app Waze and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, that may be changing.The two organizations are teaming up to install beacons inside Boston's tunnels to help GPS connection stay strong underground. Around 850 beacons are being installed, free of charge, as a part of an ongoing partnership between the state and the traffic app. "Anybody who's driven into a tunnel has been annoyed by the fact that their GPS has dropped signals," Jonathan Gulliver, acting highway administrator, told WCVB.Installation is scheduled to be complete by the end of July, according to MassDOT and some beacons have already been installed in parts of Interstate 93 and the eastbound side of the Mass Pike. Not a Waze user? The beacons are not limited to improving their own app's signal. As long as you are using Bluetooth, they are able to help improve any traffic app's connection.

Boston is often dubbed one of the country's most challenging cities to navigate but thanks to the popular traffic app Waze and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, that may be changing.

The two organizations are teaming up to install beacons inside Boston's tunnels to help GPS connection stay strong underground. Around 850 beacons are being installed, free of charge, as a part of an ongoing partnership between the state and the traffic app.


"Anybody who's driven into a tunnel has been annoyed by the fact that their GPS has dropped signals," Jonathan Gulliver, acting highway administrator, told WCVB.

Installation is scheduled to be complete by the end of July, according to MassDOT and some beacons have already been installed in parts of Interstate 93 and the eastbound side of the Mass Pike.

Not a Waze user? The beacons are not limited to improving their own app's signal. As long as you are using Bluetooth, they are able to help improve any traffic app's connection.