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The Waze Connected Citizens program, also known as CCP brings cities and citizens together to answer the questions “What’s happening, and where?” We exchange publicly available incident and road closure reports, enabling our government partners to respond more immediately to accidents and congestion on their roads. In turn, we aggregate our partners' data on the Waze platform, resulting in one of the most succinct, thorough overviews of current road conditions today.

With the addition of city data, Wazers will be even safer on the roads and more knowledgeable about construction, marathons, floods or anything else that can cause delays. And for our government partners, publicly-available Waze data is a powerful tool to build more efficient cities. Real-time information from drivers is essential; no one knows more about what's happening in a city than the people who live there. In an era with smart phones, smart cars and smart homes, isn't it about time we start building smarter cities?

Details

The mission of Waze Connected Citizens is to help Wazers, cities and citizens collaborate to improve their community and answer the question "What's happening on our roads right now, and where?" The program promotes more efficient traffic monitoring by sharing crowdsourced incident reports from Waze drivers. Established as a two-way data share, Waze receives partner input such as feeds from road sensors, adds publicly available incident and road closure reports from the Waze traffic platform and returns one of the most succinct, thorough overviews of current road conditions today.

With the addition of city data, Wazers will be even safer on the roads and more knowledgeable about construction, marathons, floods or anything else that can cause delays. And for cities, real-time information from drivers is essential; no one knows more about what's happening in a city than the people who live there.

The Connected Citizens Program is an ongoing partnership between Waze and various international government agencies to share publicly-available data in order to accomplish two goals:

• Improve the quality of the Waze App
• Utilize Waze data to improve city planning, inform infrastructure decisions and increase the efficiency of day-to-day operations

Waze exchanges publicly available incident and road closure reports, enabling our government partners to respond more immediately to accidents and congestion on their roads. In turn, Waze aggregates the partners' data on the Waze App platform, resulting in succinct and thorough overviews of current road conditions.

Existing Partners

The first ten partners in the program, called the “W10” by Waze, are Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Barcelona, Spain; Jakarta, Indonesia; Tel Aviv, Israel; San Jose, Costa Rica; Boston, Massachusetts; Los Angeles County, California; as well as the New York Police Department and the states of Utah and Florida.

Current Connected Citizen Partners, by Region:

Here is list of Partners as of October 2016

North America – 72 Partners

1. Alabama – Department of Transportation
2. California – Caltrans
3. California – City of Cupertino City Hall
4. California – City of Los Angeles
5. California – City of Sacramento
6. California – City of San Francisco
7. California – Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority
8. California – Paramedics Plus (Genesis Pulse)
9. California – Town of Los Gatos
10. Canada – Ville de Montreal
11. Colorado – City of Colorado Springs
12. Colorado – Douglas County
13. District of Columbia – D.C. Department of Transportation
14. Florida – City of Miami Beach
15. Florida – City of Tampa
16. Florida – Florida Department of Transportation
17. Florida – Paramedics Plus (Genesis Pulse)
18. Florida – Miami-Dade County
19. Florida – Sunstar EMS (Genesis Pulse)
20. Georgia – Bartow County
21. Georgia – City of Atlanta
22. Georgia – City of Johns Creek
23. Georgia – City of West Jackson
24. Georgia – Georgia Department of Transportation
25. Georgia – Georgia Emergency Management & Homeland Security Agency
26. Illinois – City of Evanston
27. Illinois – City of Naperville
28. Indiana – City of Bloomington
29. Indiana – Paramedics Plus (Genesis Pulse)
30. Indiana – Three Rivers Ambulance Authority (Genesis Pulse)
31. Iowa – Iowa Department of Transportation
32. Kentucky – City of Louisville
33. Kentucky – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
34. Louisiana – City-Parish of Baton Rouge
35. Louisiana – Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
36. Maine – Maine Department of Transportation
37. Maryland – University of Maryland
38. Maryland – St. Mary’s Emergency Services and Technology
39. Massachusetts – City of Boston
40. Massachusetts – City of Cambridge (Kleinfelder East)
41. Massachusetts – Capital Strategic Solutions
42. Massachusetts – Massachusetts Department of Transportation
43. Missouri – CoxHealth (Genesis Pulse)
44. Missouri – Mercy EMS (Genesis Pulse)
45. Missouri – Taney County Ambulance Directory (Genesis Pulse)
46. National – SeeClickFix (nonprofit partner)
47. National – United States Department of Transportation
48. Nebraska – Nebraska Department of Roads
49. Nevada - Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTCSVN)
50. New Hampshire – New Hampshire Department of Transportation
51. New Jersey – City of Jersey City
52. New Jersey – Jersey City EMS (Genesis Pulse)
53. North Carolina – City of Charlotte
54. North Carolina – City of Greensboro
55. North Carolina – City of Raleigh
56. Ohio – Town of Dublin
57. Oregon – Oregon Department of Transportation
58. Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
59. Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Turnpike Authority
60. Pennsylvania – Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department
61. Rhode Island – City of Providence
62. Rhode Island – Rhode Island Turnpike & Bridge Authority
63. South Dakota – Paramedics Plus (Genesis Pulse)
64. Tennessee – Tennessee Department of Transportation
65. Texas – CareFlite (Genesis Pulse)
66. Texas – Champion EMS (Genesis Pulse)
67. Texas – ETMC EMS (Genesis Pulse)
68. Texas - City of Fort Worth
69. Texas – LifeNet EMS (Genesis Pulse)
70. Utah – Utah Department of Transportation
71. Vermont – Vermont Department of Transportation
72. Virginia – City of Arlington
73. Virginia – Portsmouth Police Department

Latin America - 10 Partners

1. Brazil – City of Petropolis
2. Brazil – City of Vitoria
3. Brazil – Juiz de Fora Secretary of Transport and Transit Secretaria de Transporte e Transito
4. Brazil – Rio de Janeiro Center for Traffic Operations (COR)
5. Colombia – Bogata Instituto de Desarrollo Urbano
6. Costa Rica – Ministry of Transport
7. Mexico – City of Puebla
8. Mexico – Delegacion Miguel Hidalgo (Mexico City)
9. Mexico – La Sultana de Norte (Monterrey)
10. Peru – Muncipalidad de Miraflores

Europe - 14 Partners

1. Belgium – City of Ghent
2. Estonia – Tarktee (Smart Roads)
3. France – Department of Var
4. France – Northern France, Tollway Authority
5. Hungary – BKK Center for Budapest Transport
6. Latvia – City of Riga
7. Latvia – Latvia State Roads
8. Lithuania – Lithuania Road Administration
9. Netherlands – National Data Warehouse for Traffic Information
10. Portugal – Brisa/Via Verde (Portugal Tollway Authority)
11. Rome – Rome Center for Mobility
12. Spain – City of Barcelona
13. Spain – Government of Catalonia
14. United Kingdom – Transport for London

Middle East - 2 Partners

1. Israel - City of Tel-Aviv
2. Israel - Holon Municipality

Asia-Pacific - 2 Partners

1. Indonesia - City of Jakarta
2. Australia - Transportation Management Centre of New South Wales

How to Join

Currently Waze offers data exchange programs with government entities and private road owners and operators. Please fill out the Waze Data Exchange Interest Form to share data with Waze and to apply for participation in Waze's Connected Citizens program.

Who can Join

Local Government Agencies, Municipalities, Cities, States, Departments of Transportation, Departments of Public Works, Utility Companies, 911 Emergency Dispatch Centers and Police Departments

Several qualifications:

• Waze aims to work with partners who have additional sources of data, such as road closures, street cameras or road sensors, not found within the Waze app
• Geographical diversity
• Technical capability
• Eagerness and readiness to innovate
• Waze needs in the market (need more data or want to grow focus markets)

References

Word Doc: Connected Citizens Program Summary

Waze CCP Homepage:Waze Connected Citizens Program

Waze CCP Blog post: Waze Connected Citizens Program Blog Post

Waze Data CCP: Introducing the W10 And The New Connected Citizens Platform

Video: Waze Connected Citizens Launch Highlights | Waze (1:25)

Video: Waze W10 10/1/14 Launch Event Panel, hosted by Baratunde Thurston (46:44)

Video: NYPD Partners with Waze for Road Safety (1:13)

Video: Waze navigation app teams up with cities, states to share traffic data (4:11)

Article: Waze Launches Connected Citizens Program, Debuts Inaugural "W10"

Press Release: Kentucky Transportation Cabinet among first partners with Waze

Press Release:FDOT, The Waze Connection

Press Release:The Genesis Group Joins Waze CCP

Forum: CCP Forum Post

Forum: Canned CCP Template

Message format: CIFS: Connected Citizens Partner Feeds Specs