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    "title" : "New NHTSA App Uses Yelp API |Digital.gov",
    "description": "New NHTSA App Uses Yelp API",
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    {"title" :"New NHTSA App Uses Yelp API","summary" : "The U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently unveiled a new mobile app to help people who have been drinking get a safe ride home. The ‘SaferRide’ mobile app, gives holiday revelers an easy way to find a ride home when they’ve had too much to drink instead of getting","date" : "2015-01-26T10:00:16-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"glaceria-mason" : "Glaceria Mason"},"topics" : {
        
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      "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/01/2015-01-26-new-nhtsa-app-uses-yelp-api.md",
      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/01/2015-01-26-new-nhtsa-app-uses-yelp-api.md","slug" : "new-nhtsa-app-uses-yelp-api","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/01/26/new-nhtsa-app-uses-yelp-api/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/01/22/saferride-app-could-save-your-life/\" title=\"SaferRide App Could Save Your Life\"\u003erecently unveiled a new mobile app\u003c/a\u003e to help people who have been drinking get a safe ride home. The \u003ca href=\"https://one.nhtsa.gov/About-NHTSA/Press-Releases/SaferRide%E2%80%93app%E2%80%93and%E2%80%93new%E2%80%93data%E2%80%93highlight%E2%80%93holiday%E2%80%93drunk%E2%80%93driving%E2%80%93crackdown\"\u003e‘SaferRide’ mobile app\u003c/a\u003e, gives holiday revelers an easy way to find a ride home when they’ve had too much to drink instead of getting behind the wheel. The app encourages potential drunk drivers to stay off of the road by helping them contact a close friend, find their location, and connect directly to a taxi company to secure a safe ride. The taxicab information that the app uses will be generated by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/about\"\u003eYelp\u003c/a\u003e API so users can have the best possible experience as they head home. The app is available for \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nhtsa.SaferRide\"\u003eAndroid devices on Google Play\u003c/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/saferride/id950774008?mt=8\"\u003eApple devices on the iTunes store\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2015/01/600-x-490-NHTSA-uses-Yelp-API.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Side-by-side screenshots of the Safer Ride mobile app. The left one is the home screen with 3 buttons, Get Taxi, Call Friend, and Where Am I. The right one is the Get Taxi screen, which displays a list of nearby cab companies with phone numbers and the distance from your location shown in miles.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eNHTSA took the lead to negotiate a \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/05/13/what-is-a-terms-of-service-and-how-do-i-get-one/\" title=\"What Is a “Terms of Service” and How Do I Get One?\"\u003eTerms of Service\u003c/a\u003e (TOS) in order to use the Yelp API for the SaferRide App. GSA, Dept of State and \u003ca href=\"http://www.yelp.com/about\"\u003eYelp\u003c/a\u003e are now collaborating on a federal compatible TOS so all federal agencies can use Yelp in other applications that connect people to great local services.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou can download this and other cool mobile government apps with just a few clicks from our \u003ca href=\"http://www.usa.gov/mobileapps.shtml\"\u003eUSA.gov Federal Mobile Apps Directory\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFederal agencies can get their apps in the directory by \u003ca href=\"https://touchpoints.app.cloud.gov/registry\"\u003eusing the Federal Mobile Products Registry\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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