Waze, the platform bringing together communities on
and off the road, today announced Waze for Cities Data made available on the Google Cloud
Platform for ready analysis. This program allows more than 1,000 global partners to seamlessly
access Waze for Cities traffic data, to review and analyze transportation patterns, and create
visualizations using Google Cloud tools for the first time.
Waze for Cities Data, formerly known as Connected Citizens Program, launched in October
2014 with 10 city partners and has grown to more than 1,000 partners globally. This free,
collaborative program , leverages mobile technology and crowdsourced traffic data to empower
municipalities and first responders to improve their existing city infrastructure.
“Waze has been a pioneer in sharing data with cities and working with them to improve
infrastructure and fight traffic. But over the past five years, the landscape has changed. Cities
have more data than ever, but they want better tools to analyze it and be able to put it to use to
improve their streets. We are thrilled to provide this integration with Google Cloud that will make
it even easier for our Waze for Cities partners to more seamlessly organize, store, interpret and
share transportation data and insights,” said Dani Simons, Head of Public Sector Partnerships
at Waze.
“Waze for Cities Data partners will no longer need to build their own tools or have different
systems for different data sources. The integration with Google Cloud will make it easy to view
Waze for Cities Data and layer in other transportation-related data sources to see the full picture
of mobility trends in one place,” explained Sudhir Hasbe, Director, Product Management at
Google Cloud.
With the availability of Waze’s Cities Data, Waze for Cities partners will have access to
best-in-class data warehouse tool BigQuery and data visualization tool Data Studio. These tools
will make the data even easier to interpret and communicate to non-technical audiences.
Partners can analyze up to 1TB of data and store up to 10 GB of data for free each month. With
this program, partners can also securely and privately store and analyze their own data and
perform their own analytics buttressed by Waze’s Cities Data. As with all Google Cloud partners
and customers, Waze for Cities partners will remain in complete control of their data .
Any public agency is eligible to apply for the program by clicking “Apply Now” on the Waze for
Cities homepage . Current Waze for Cities partners will receive more information on how to
integrate their existing account.
