Making drives safe and travel simple with real-time traffic alerts
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How Waze helps your city
Waze turns every drive into a more predictable and safer journey by harnessing the power of its community. Before you even leave, Waze tells you the best time to start your trip based on live traffic data. Once on the road, it provides real-time alerts for anything that might impact your drive, from accidents and police presence to road hazards and traffic jams. If conditions change, Waze instantly finds a faster route to save you time and help you avoid delays. Even planning for a pit stop is easier, as Waze can tell you if stopping for gas will make you late.
Key benefits
Safety & real-time alerts
Waze enhances driver safety by providing advance warnings for a variety of situations. This includes alerts for significant speed reductions, which helps prevent hard braking and accidents, as well as notifications for emergency vehicles stopped on the side of the road. The app also alerts drivers to accident-prone areas based on historical data, allowing for more cautious driving.
Hyperlocal community contributions
The Waze map is kept incredibly accurate and up-to-date thanks to a vast network of local map editors and real-time data from drivers. This community-powered approach provides critical safety information during crises and alerts for permanent road hazards and school zones.
Reporting & validating
Waze empowers drivers to become active contributors to the map’s accuracy. Users can easily report and validate incidents such as road closures, crashes, and traffic conditions, ensuring that all drivers have the most current information. Conversational reporting allows drivers to report updates using their natural language.
Safety & real-time alerts
Waze enhances driver safety by providing advance warnings for a variety of situations. This includes alerts for significant speed reductions, which helps prevent hard braking and accidents, as well as notifications for emergency vehicles stopped on the side of the road. The app also alerts drivers to accident-prone areas based on historical data, allowing for more cautious driving.
Hyperlocal community contributions
The Waze map is kept incredibly accurate and up-to-date thanks to a vast network of local map editors and real-time data from drivers. This community-powered approach provides critical safety information during crises and alerts for permanent road hazards and school zones.
Reporting & validating
Waze empowers drivers to become active contributors to the map’s accuracy. Users can easily report and validate incidents such as road closures, crashes, and traffic conditions, ensuring that all drivers have the most current information. Conversational reporting allows drivers to report updates using their natural language.
Impact on users and cities
For the individual driver, Waze provides a safer, more efficient, and less stressful driving experience. For cities, the collective benefit of millions of Waze users is a more optimized and informed transportation network. By providing drivers with real-time information about road closures, accidents, and congestion, Waze helps to dynamically reroute traffic, which can ease pressure on the road network, especially in a growing city where traffic conditions can be complex. This collaboration between drivers and the platform helps to improve travel for both residents and visitors, contributing to a city's overall livability and sustainability.
Because of so many people contributing, it feels like I'm part of something bigger than the navigation app alone.
Bionca Smith,
Wazer, Los Angeles
Wazer, Los Angeles
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