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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. | |||
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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 16:30, 16 March 2015
The Waze Connected Citizens program 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 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.
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.
Partners
Here is list of Partners as of March 2015
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Barcelona, Spain
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- San Jose, Costa Rica
- City of Boston, Massachusetts
- Los Angeles County, California
- New York Police Department (NYPD)
- Utah Department of Transportation
- Florida Department of Transportation
How to Join
Who Can Join
References
Word Doc: [url=http://goo.gl/Ih78xq]Connected Citizens Program Summary[/url]
Video: [url=
Connected Citizens Launch Highlights | Waze[/url] (1:25)Video: [url=
W10 10/1/14 Launch Event Panel, hosted by Baratunde Thurston[/url] (46:44)Video: [url=http://launch.newsinc.com/share.html?trackingGroup=69017&siteSection=ndn&videoId=27379259]NYPD Partners with Waze for Road Safety[/url] (1:13)
Article: [url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/waze-launches-connected-citizens-program-debuts-inaugural-w10-277867931.html]Waze Launches Connected Citizens Program, Debuts Inaugural "W10"[/url]
Press Release: [url=http://transportation.ky.gov/Pages/PressReleasePage.aspx?&FilterField1=ID&FilterValue1=113]Kentucky Transportation Cabinet among first partners with Waze[/url]
Press Release: [url=http://www.dot.state.fl.us/trafficoperations/Newsletters/2014/2014-Aug.pdf]FDOT, The Waze Connection[/url]
Forum Post: https://www.waze.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=129&t=120169