About Waze for Cities data-sharing tools

As a Waze for Cities partner, you can use the following tools.

Tool name	What it is	Uses
The Waze Map Editor	This tool lets you manually add road closures to the Waze map. Waze won’t route traffic through roads you close. Learn how to use this.	Temporarily block routing from specific sections of roads Identify and remove existing closures
Map Tool	This tool includes two features: Alerts This lets you report incidents, hazards, and traffic jams directly to the Waze map in real time and in advance. Your reports appear as alerts to drivers nearby. Learn how to use this.	Report car crashes Report road hazards Report traffic jams
Map Tool	Traffic View This lets you monitor real-time overviews of traffic in your area, 24/7. It compares historical traffic data in routes previously chosen by you. Learn how to use this.	Create a list of the routes that you want to track Get a quick visual snapshot of traffic conditions Get alerts about unusual traffic View travel times (ETA) in a feed format after you define your routes
Partner Feed	Lets you automatically share real-time and planned road closures and incidents with drivers using Waze. Learn how to use this.	Communicate road closures Alert traffic incidents Communicate location of municipality vehicles, like garbage trucks and snow plows
Waze Data Feed	Waze makes its data available for you through a localized XML or JSON GeoRSS feed that is updated every 2 minutes. Learn how to use this.	Real-time updates that can be collected for analysis
Unusual Traffic Alerts	Automatic messages with a summary of current traffic conditions in your area that fall outside normal traffic patterns for that day of the week and time of day. Learn how to use this.	The cause of unusual traffic Insights and comments based on real-time user road reports The trend to anticipate traffic forecast Alternate routes to bypass the traffic

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