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Accela Announces New Right of Way Management Solutions Available on the Civic Platform
SAN RAMON, Calif. --(Business Wire)--
Accela (News - Alert), the leading provider of civic engagement solutions for
government, today announced new Accela Right of Way Management
capabilities are now available on the Accela
Civic Platform. Accela Citizen's View helps agencies provide the
public a view of all street activity in an easy-to-use map, list,
calendar and other widgets, available on the web and updated in real
time. The website building tool enables visibility of infrastructure
projects on the streets, right-of-way events and traffic impacts and is
designed to enhance agency transparency by informing and engaging
citizens.
With Citizen's
View, agencies will be able to:
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Build a citizen-facing responsive website using drag, drop and click
functionality with the ability to configure and customize with no
additional coding required by the agency
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Embed the website on a municipality, utility or agency site
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Show projects, events, traffic impacts, street-cut and special event
permit information on a Map, Table/Grid, Calendar, Timeline (News - Alert) or Data
List View
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Help citizens access information quickly with search and filter
capabilities
Publish and expose GIS information to the public and overlay on the
map, allowing GIS investment to directly benefit the public
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Monitor for various analytics to understand website usage (e.g. what
pages citizens view and for how long)
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Leverage for mobile platform to access using iPhone (News - Alert)/iPad and Android
devices
"Citizen's View is designed to help agencies engage with their citizens
by providing a simple, map-based format to display infrastructure
projects, road construction, traffic, events or accidents in real time,"
said Brad Steer, General Manager, Accela Right of Way Management. "By
empowering citizens to search for and view this critical information
online, they can be better informed of the projects and events impacting
their communities."
With Accela
Right of Way Management, agencies can:
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Communicate and coordinate road construction and street activities
with all stakeholders
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Manage and issue right-of-the way permits such as street-cuts permits
and special event permits
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Identify conflicts and opportunities between right-of-the activities
in real time
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Centralize project information to share ongoing paving schedules,
moratoriums and project plans
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Plan and display all street events and traffic impacts in relation to
construction and maintenance work
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Alert and be alerted to unplanned incidents for construction,
maintenance and special events
For more information about Accela Right of Way Management solutions
including Citizen's View visit: http://www.accela.com/solutions/right-of-way
About Accela
At Accela, we believe that engagement makes all the difference. We're
ushering in a new era where democracy thrives when government works
directly with the people, coming to citizens on their terms through
mobile devices, social media and networks, and open data. By
streamlining critical agency functions like land, asset and right of way
management, licensing, legislative management, recreation and resource
management and environmental health and safety, the Accela Civic
Platform bridges the gap between agencies and citizens. We help build
better communities by powering thousands of services and millions of
transactions daily for agencies of all sizes.
Accela is headquartered in San Ramon, California, with offices in San
Francisco, New York, Melbourne and Dubai. For more information, visit www.accela.com.
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