#No more celebrity voices on waze how to

But itвЂ™s not great at tracking things in real time, and at the street level. Right now the county uses information from a Florida Department of Transportation program called SunGuide which collects traffic data using cameras on major state roads and freeways. Reducing congestion: At different times of the day, we have bottlenecks on the roads that cause massive delays due to travel congestion, according to Carlos Cruz-Casas, the assistant director of the Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works.

#No more celebrity voices on waze how to

The South Carolina Department of Transit and FEMA used the Waze data to figure out how to get resources where theyвЂ™re needed. When Hurricane Joaquin hit South Carolina in 2015, WazeвЂ™s volunteers who use the app and edit the maps so that theyвЂ™re current aggregated more than 1,000 notifications of road closures, flooding, and blocked roads.

It can also help during natural disasters. TheyвЂ™ve used that information to, for example, optimize garbage routes - no more jams caused by garbage stops at rush hour - and relieve traffic congestion. In Rio de Janeiro, the Waze API has been embedded into the cityвЂ™s traffic control center to help with real-time traffic monitoring. The Waze data is sent straight to the traffic management center and lights react to the current road conditions - so if thereвЂ™s a jam officials can adjust the lights to ease up the flow. In Boston, Mass., city officials used Waze data to adjust traffic signals in real time to help ease current traffic congestion. вЂњWe are working to use technology and information to improve mobility across Miami-Dade, with projects like Waze, our new Transit Tracker app, and mobile ticketing,вЂќ says Alice Bravo, Director of Miami-Dade Transportation and Public Works Where itвЂ™s worked before and what itвЂ™s done: WeвЂ™re one of 75 entities (cities/counties) trying this out. In return, Waze shares its real-time data about traffic so the county can optimize traffic light timing and public transit. The county gives the Waze app its data on things like road closures and construction.

Basically, the two are trading informationВ to improve traffic and commute times. A few weeks ago Miami-Dade Transit announced a new partnership with the Waze Connected Cities program.