App aims to help drivers through LBJ project - Dallas Business Journal
With traffic jams a certainty during the overhaul of Interstate Highway 635 in Dallas, developers of the LBJ Express project are promoting a mobile application to help drivers detect and avoid back-ups.
LBJ Express has partnered with developers of the WAZE mobile application. The free app for smartphones and tablets calls itself “a social mobile application providing free turn-by-turn navigation based on the live conditions on the road.”
WAZE currently has 6 million users worldwide, including 65,000 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, said Michal Habdank-Kolaczkowski, WAZE director of communications.
By using GPS, WAZE tracks users routes and speeds and feeds the information into its databases. The readings are anonymous. Users can also report traffic issues via their phones.
“The community really is the essence behind the application,” Habdank-Kolaczkowski said.
He said WAZE will also update its maps with road closures associated with the LBJ Express project, such as pending bridge demolitions.
Andy Rittler, corporate affairs director for the LBJ Infrastructure Group LLC, said the road builders did not sign a financial contract with WAZE. The parternship is “based on mutual benefit,” he said.
With traffic jams a certainty during the overhaul of Interstate Highway 635 in Dallas, developers of the LBJ Express project are promoting a mobile application to help drivers detect and avoid back-ups.
LBJ Express has partnered with developers of the WAZE mobile application. The free app for smartphones and tablets calls itself “a social mobile application providing free turn-by-turn navigation based on the live conditions on the road.”
WAZE currently has 6 million users worldwide, including 65,000 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, said Michal Habdank-Kolaczkowski, WAZE director of communications.
By using GPS, WAZE tracks users routes and speeds and feeds the information into its databases. The readings are anonymous. Users can also report traffic issues via their phones.
“The community really is the essence behind the application,” Habdank-Kolaczkowski said.
He said WAZE will also update its maps with road closures associated with the LBJ Express project, such as pending bridge demolitions.
Andy Rittler, corporate affairs director for the LBJ Infrastructure Group LLC, said the road builders did not sign a financial contract with WAZE. The parternship is “based on mutual benefit,” he said.
