Waze and TfL collaborate to help ease congestion in London

6897 Waze, the free, real-time crowd-sourced traffic and navigation app powered by the world’s community of drivers, is to partner with 1466 Transport for London (TfL), which will provide its real-time government-reported construction, collision and road closure data from its open API to Waze for the app to confidently and accurately provide information to drivers to enable them to plan their journeys.  It is hoped that this will be the first of many British collaborations.

The Waze Connected Citizens Program is designed as a free, two-way data exchange that empowers municipalities to harness real-time driver insights to improve congestion, make better-informed planning decisions and reduce emergency response times.

Phil Young, head of Online at TfL, said getting the latest traffic information direct to drivers when and where they want it is key to enabling them to avoid delays. “We have a wealth of open data available and by working with Waze and joining the global Connected Citizens programme, we can not only ensure London’s road users have the information they need to plan their journeys, but we can also draw in more data to help us manage London’s busy road network.”