Brazilian Gov’t Makes Use Of Waze And Moovit To Control World Cup Traffic

July 8, 2014 | Two Israeli-founded navigation applications, Waze and Moovit, have been working hard to provide users at the World Cup in Brazil with all of the information on how to arrive at the games on time. According to a “Forbes” report, now the government of Brazil is making use of the popular navigation applications to discover information about the passengers and drivers on the roads. According to the Brazilian government, the goal is to manage traffic on the roads and between pedestrians using Waze, the Google-owned automobile navigation application, and Moovit, a public transportation navigation application. The Brazilian Government is also considering tracking a cycling application called Strava to monitor how bikers are traversing the city.