Your megaphone to hundreds of millions of Waze and Google Maps drivers

Thousands of partners in more than 40 countries joined forces with Waze for Cities to create smarter, safer mobility for hundreds of millions of drivers around the world.

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Waze for Cities: Your Partner in Safety and Mobility

  • Safer roads, real-time insights

    • Alerts: Notify Waze and Google Maps drivers of hazards, crashes, and traffic in real-time.

    • Safety: Share planned construction and emergency vehicle locations.

    • Updates: Real-time incident reporting on the roads through map tools and automated feeds.

  • Streamline traffic management

    • Guidance: Share planned and real-time road closures.

    • Updates: Update road closures on Waze and Google Maps.

    • Alerts: Notify in advance drivers of major events and projects.

  • Live reports from drivers

    • Proactive monitoring: Detect traffic incidents before emergency calls.

    • Real-time data: Monitor events and traffic conditions through visual tools and live data feeds.

  • Community-Driven Impact

    • Leverage local volunteer map editors for updates on Waze and Google Maps.

    • Receive expert guidance for effective and maximized Waze usage.

  • Crisis management

    • Rapid alerts: Send critical alerts during natural and man-made disasters or emergencies

    • Efficient response: Facilitate communication between cities, drivers, and emergency responders.

  • Build a smarter city

    • Optimize traffic flow with real-time data visualizations and route monitoring.

    • Uncover actionable insights about your city’s traffic network by analyzing years of historical congestion, pothole, crash and other incidents stored in Google Cloud.

    • Make data-driven decisions to improve congestion, reduce travel times, and enhance overall city.

Manage your partnership and access tools through the Waze Partner Hub

  • Monitor traffic in your city to improve traffic flow and enhance road safety.

  • Provide the drivers in your city with the critical information they need to make informed decisions.

  • Easily share incidents and closures to Waze & Google Maps.

  • Use Waze’s mobility analytics to for policy planning.

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Explore proven results in city management

Look through our care studies to see how our collaboration with cities have improved congestion and communication all over the world.

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Frequently asked questions

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who can join Waze for Cities?

Waze for Cities is available to authorities that manage traffic or public infrastructure, including transportation departments, emergency services, road operators and other public agencies.

If you’re unsure whether your organization is eligible to join Waze for Cities, you may submit an application that will be reviewed by our team.

Major event organizers and venue operators are eligible to join our Global Event Partners (GEP) program.

How do I join Waze for Cities?

To join Waze for Cities, you’ll need to create a Waze account and fill out an application here. Make sure to use your work email that is associated with your organization.

Once approved, you’ll receive an email with a link to Waze Partner Hub, where you can immediately start using Waze tools.

What information can I update on Waze and Google Maps?

On Waze: Real time hazards and incidents such as crashes, construction, emergency vehicles and more.

Live and upcoming road closures, lane closures and major traffic-impacting events.

Additional map updates can be made through the Waze editor community.

On Google Maps:

Road closures and supported hazard types submitted to Waze will also appear on Google Maps.

Additional map updates can be made through Google Maps Content Partners.

What is the cost of joining Waze for Cities?

We believe the best mobility solutions come from working together, so Waze for Cities is offered free of charge.

Waze for Cities partners may use BigQuery to analyze up to 1TB of Waze data free of charge each month.

What additional products does Google offer to city partners?

Google Maps, Google Transit, Google Maps Content Partners, Google Maps Platform, Google Environmental Insight Explorer, Google Earth.