Fast Company SA rounds up five apps making your daily commute a lot less stressful. WAZE
The Waze navigation and live traffic app does more than just get you to your destination. The app functions as a ‘social network’ on the road, allowing users to actively report live updates of roadworks, police presence, speed trap locations, accidents and more. Now with its new ‘where to park’ feature, Waze directs you to the closest parking spots in a few easy taps.
PARKFIND
As the most traffic-congested city in South Africa, ParkFind offers a solution to Cape Town’s parking woes. Street Parking Solutions (SPS) records daily parking-related transactions in the CBD and has developed the first parking app in Africa aimed to relieve drivers of having to circle blocks looking for an empty bay. Parking bays in Cape Town’s city centre, fitted with a sensor in the ground, detect when a vehicle arrives and leaves the bay. Using this information, as well as an in-car navigation system, the app guides drivers to the closest open parking spots available to them. Users can sign up to the app using their email address and registration number, and select either cash, credit card or Snapscan as a payment method.
TRAFFICSA This app provides traffic information for South African roads. Using your GPS location, the app shows you the traffic according to your region. This service provides you with faster route suggestions when there are delays on your standard route due to traffic jams or road closures.
SYGIC This free GPS navigation app serves several functions and offers real-time traffic information, voice-guided information as well as speed limit warnings. Sygic offers superb traffic information powered by TomTom Traffic, with data collected from more than 400 million drivers. The accurate traffic information is updated every two minutes, so you will always know where the congestion is, how long it will take to get through it and how to avoid it with automatic faster route suggestions.
HERE WEGO With 40 million downloads and more than 250 000 5-star reviews, getting around town is easier and more personal with HERE WeGo. The app offers offline maps so you can navigate without an internet connection. Get directions and other info you need to go from A to B without any traffic, including transit ticket and carsharing prices, departure times and more.
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