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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

Alabama – Department of Transportation
California – Caltrans
California – City of Cupertino City Hall
California – City of Los Angeles
California – City of Sacramento
California – City of San Francisco
California – Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority
California – Paramedics Plus (Genesis Pulse)
California – Town of Los Gatos
Canada – Ville de Montreal
Colorado – City of Colorado Springs
Colorado – Douglas County
District of Columbia – D.C. Department of Transportation
Florida – City of Miami Beach
Florida – City of Tampa
Florida – Florida Department of Transportation
Florida – Paramedics Plus (Genesis Pulse)
Florida – Miami-Dade County
Florida – Sunstar EMS (Genesis Pulse)
Georgia – Bartow County
Georgia – City of Atlanta
Georgia – City of Johns Creek
Georgia – City of West Jackson
Georgia – Georgia Department of Transportation
Georgia – Georgia Emergency Management & Homeland Security Agency
Illinois – City of Evanston
Illinois – City of Naperville
Indiana – City of Bloomington
Indiana – Paramedics Plus (Genesis Pulse)
Indiana – Three Rivers Ambulance Authority (Genesis Pulse)
Iowa – Iowa Department of Transportation
Kentucky – City of Louisville
Kentucky – Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Louisiana – City-Parish of Baton Rouge
Louisiana – Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
Maine – Maine Department of Transportation
Maryland – University of Maryland
Maryland – St. Mary’s Emergency Services and Technology
Massachusetts – City of Boston
Massachusetts – City of Cambridge (Kleinfelder East)
Massachusetts – Capital Strategic Solutions
Massachusetts – Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Missouri – CoxHealth (Genesis Pulse)
Missouri – Mercy EMS (Genesis Pulse)
Missouri – Taney County Ambulance Directory (Genesis Pulse)
National – SeeClickFix (nonprofit partner)
National – United States Department of Transportation
Nebraska – Nebraska Department of Roads
Nevada - Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTCSVN)
New Hampshire – New Hampshire Department of Transportation
New Jersey – City of Jersey City
New Jersey – Jersey City EMS (Genesis Pulse)
North Carolina – City of Charlotte
North Carolina – City of Greensboro
North Carolina – City of Raleigh
Ohio – Town of Dublin
Oregon – Oregon Department of Transportation
Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania Turnpike Authority
Pennsylvania – Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department
Rhode Island – City of Providence
Rhode Island – Rhode Island Turnpike & Bridge Authority
South Dakota – Paramedics Plus (Genesis Pulse)
Tennessee – Tennessee Department of Transportation
Texas – CareFlite (Genesis Pulse)
Texas – Champion EMS (Genesis Pulse)
Texas – ETMC EMS (Genesis Pulse)
Texas – LifeNet EMS (Genesis Pulse)
Utah – Utah Department of Transportation
Vermont – Vermont Department of Transportation
Virginia – City of Arlington
Virginia – Portsmouth Police Department

Latin America - 10 Partners

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

Europe - 14 Partners

Belgium – City of Ghent
Estonia – Tarktee (Smart Roads)
France – Department of Var
France – Northern France, Tollway Authority
Hungary – BKK Center for Budapest Transport
Latvia – City of Riga
Latvia – Latvia State Roads
Lithuania – Lithuania Road Administration
Netherlands – National Data Warehouse for Traffic Information
Portugal – Brisa/Via Verde (Portugal Tollway Authority)
Rome – Rome Center for Mobility
Spain – City of Barcelona
Spain – Government of Catalonia
United Kingdom – Transport for London

Middle East - 2 Partners

Israel - City of Tel-Aviv
Israel - Holon Municipality

Asia-Pacific - 2 Partners

Indonesia - City of Jakarta
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)