Houston ConnectSmart Traffic Download

Avoid traffic and save time and money with ConnectSmart, Houstons first all-in-one, customized commuting and transportation app that improves your daily commute and travel within the greater Houston region.

Customized Travel Options Tailored To Fit Your Needs

Whether youre a Houston driver looking to avoid traffic with real-time GPS navigation and road conditions, a METRO rider looking to improve your trip, or a carpooler in search of a safe ride, ConnectSmart was designed with you in mind.

Every Houston Transportation Option In One App

ConnectSmart empowers you with the following features so you can save time and money, avoid traffic and reduce stress on your daily commute or next trip in the greater Houston area:

- Find better routes, get real time road conditions, traffic updates, and travel times to avoid sitting in traffic.

- Search for restaurants, gas stations, parking garages and other places of interest easily

- Get door-to-door GPS navigation for any mode of travel

- Purchase and redeem Houston METRO transit tickets

- BCycle partnership to help you locate available bikeshares

- Save money on gas with the ability to create public and private carpool groups.

- Find available parking spots

- Roadside assistance with Tow and Go

Find Available Parking Spots -

Stop driving around in circles! Use ConnectSmart to search real-time parking availability near your final destination and pricing. If youre type A and like to plan ahead, you can always search for parking in advance of your trip. Seamlessly navigate from the parking garage to your final destination.

Houston METRO Ticketing -

Theres never been an easier way to take Houstons public transit. In addition to guiding you door-to-door on your route, ConnectSmart allows you to seamlessly buy, store and redeem tickets on METRO including bus and lightrail.

- You can purchase transit tickets at any time through the apps Wallet feature. Digital tickets are safely stored and can be activated and used to board METRO directly through the app.

- Ticket purchases are seamlessly woven into the trip experience. You can plan a trip on Houston METRO, see which bus lines and routes are includes, purchase new tickets or even use tickets already purchased through your wallet.

Carpooling Made Comfortable

Looking to save money on high gas prices and avoid traffic? Form your own private carpool groups with people you know and trust including family, friends, coworkers, and classmates and get alerted when someones trip matches up with yours. If youd like, we can even find the perfect carpool companion for your upcoming trip and pair you up with someone heading your way.

ConnectSmart also has the ability for women to request female-only carpool groups to help ensure a greater level of comfort and security during your trip.

BCycle Integration

You can check real-time BCycle rentable bike availability at stations nearby and the number of empty spots on docking. Once you have your bike, you can enter your destination to view bicycle-specific travel times and routes in trip planner and get turn-by-turn gps directions through the bicycle navigation feature.

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