Waze, the GPS app for mobile devices, has been making a gradually larger name for itself over the last few years. While currently used to help drivers get from point A to B, it could also be used to help U.S. cities. The company recently proposed that their crowd-sourced traffic data be used to help local towns with the Connected Citizens program.

The Google-owned company gathers data about the land through a partnership with Esri. This allows them to collect traffic mitigation and geolocation data. Waze believes that this information could help city planners and other officials when developing local infrastructure. This will also allow local officials to know about traffic incidents.

Ideally, this could mean smarter road developments and improved flow of traffic. At the least, this would help cities know which roads are used the most, but possibly ignored. The information available to them could influence everything from police patrol placement to traffic light adjustments.

Interested cities can participate for free through a sign-up procedure. Why not solve problems before they become a problem?