US Firm To Acquire Israeli AI Mobility Startup Waycare For $61M
Founded in 2016 in Palo Alto with offices in Tel Aviv, Waycare leverages AI and predictive analytics for proactive traffic management.
August 09, 2021
NoTraffic Raises $17.5M To Expand Its Real-Time Traffic Management Platform
NoTraffic developed a real-time, plug-and-play autonomous traffic management platform to reinvent how cities operate transport networks.
July 15, 2021
Israeli Mobility Firms Launch Collaboration To Tackle Road Congestion, Accidents
The newly formed Israel Smart Mobility Living Lab brings together private and public companies to address transportation challenges.
May 24, 2021
Israeli National Roads And Infrastructure Firm Launches Innovation Division
The new division will seek to solve challenges such as congestion, road maintenance, and traffic management, with an annual budget of NIS 10 million ($2.82 million).
May 18, 2020
Mobility Tech Startup Waycare Raises $7.3M For Traffic Management Platform
Founded in 2016, Waycare leverages artificial intelligence and predictive analytics for proactive traffic management optimization.
October 06, 2019
Twitter Is A Great Source For Real-Time Traffic Information, Study Says
Twitter citizens, your rambling tweets are serving a noble cause! A new study from Israel, Britain and Italy says that collecting information on Twitter related to transportation problems following large events - such as football matches - provides a goldfield of data.
October 20, 2013
Anagog Will Help You Find A Parking Space In The City
Is the next revolution in cellphone apps all about parking? Israeli company Anagog has recently unveiled its algorithm, which supposedly directs you to a parking space using data collected automatically from other smartphone users.
October 08, 2013
Teens Listening To Their Favorite Tunes While Driving Commit More Errors And Violations
Playing your favorite music while driving might not be such a great idea, according to one study. BGU researchers have found that teen drivers are more likely to make mistakes when listening to their favorite music while softer background music increases safety.
October 07, 2013
Google Maps Show First Sign Of Waze Acquisition With Real-Time Traffic Reports
It was only a matter of time until we started seeing the results of Waze being acquired by Google, and here are the first ones. Some users around the world are now able to get real-time traffic reports from Waze straight to their Google maps app.
August 21, 2013
Israeli App Helps You Nail Dangerous Drivers
Israeli startup Nirsham has developed a platform for documenting and reporting traffic violations. Users can record the incident with their camera and send photos to Nirsham's servers.
July 24, 2012
Social Navigation – A New Approach to Driving
A mobile software application is giving drivers a snapshot of what is happening on the roads ahead at any given moment by providing them with other drivers' data, getting them to their destination in the quickest possible way.
January 03, 2011