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AirSenze Releases New BC Highways App To Make Driving Safer and Easier, Says BC Government
Friday, November 18, 2016Company Profile | Follow Company
West Vancouver, BC, November 18, 2016--(T-Net)--Easy to access roadway information and maps will make it much easier for motorists planning their daily commute with a new, free BC Highways app that uses information from DriveBC.
Created by AirSenze Solutions, the new BCHighways app provides real-time access to provincial highway information including road closures, planned work and extreme weather conditions.
The free app also features estimated border crossing wait times, traffic camera images and integrates DriveBC's Twitter feed. BCHighways is not intended to be used while driving; anyone wanting to use it, or any other app on the go, must find a safe place to stop their vehicle first.
AirSenze is the first tech firm to build an app using DriveBC's Open511 road event data.
AirSenze Solutions, also known as FreshWorks Studio, is a Victoria-based mobile app development firm founded by University of Victoria alumni Samarth Mod and Rohit Boolchandani in 2014.
The company is making the BCHighways app available on Apple and Android mobile devices and has plans to add notifications.
BCHighways is designed to assist drivers with route planning before driving; using any electronic handheld device while driving is prohibited under B.C.'s distracted-driving law.
“By making DriveBC's Open511 data available to the public, we're helping make driving on B.C. highways even safer for British Columbians and apps like these share our valuable road information system making it more available to more people. The more people who ‘know before they go' — whether they check the DriveBC website, mobile site, phone system or partner apps — the easier it is to make better travel decisions.” stated Todd Stone, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure.
“After getting stuck for two hours driving to Banff because of an accident, we saw the perfect opportunity to develop a native app using DriveBC's open511 data. We think it's super cool that B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has provided the open data and giving companies like ours the data we need to develop easy to use apps that benefit the lives of millions of people. And as a startup, we also wanted to show our expertise to the government to gain trust and credibility. Hence, it results in a win-win situation for everyone.” continued Samarth Mod, CEO and co-founder, AirSenze.
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BCHighways app: http://highwaysapp.com
AirSenze: http://www.airsenze.com/
DriveBC: http://www.drivebc.ca/
Open511-DriveBC: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/open511-drivebc-api
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