noam: correct. been very supportive of our carpooling efforts because they see the same problem. if you think about dot or a musicality, they are challenged, how do we get less cars on the road, so we have cities that are actually sponsoring our service, even subsidizing rides for their citizens. san diego, miami are great examples of cities who started as partners with us for data, but now have gone much deeper to help promote our service together to their citizens. taylor: are there any concerns about privacy in the data sharing? noam: so obviously, you opt into the service. you only share the data you wish to. and our goal is to allow users to make their own choice. we will show you who the users are who could ride in the car for you, but you have to decide who you feel comfortable with. we have a feature that allows you to ride only with people of your own gender. we have a feature that only allows you to ride with people from your own company. it really depends on how you feel in terms of trust

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ceo noam bardin says it's also reducing traffic congestion by connecting commuters for carpools.orld? noam bardin, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> at barron's, you seem to have ways more than google maps which is much more widely adopted, i think's 67% of the market, you've got about 12%, but the pros seem to use you. why is that? >> we only do driving. that's the only experience. if you are a professional driver, commuter, etc., we give you a lot of value you wouldn't necessarily get from wider apps. the map apps have to do lots of different things, public transit, search, it, and we specialize in one thing. >> do you make fun of the google maps people? >> no. we work very well together. [laughter] >> so 130 million active users. how do you monetize that? >> via ads, we have location-based ads, and we specialize in being able to drive foot traffic into your store. our users are on the go, they're driving, is so our platform helps them find specific locations, whether it's restaurants, businesses, etc. and that's kind of a next step in advertising, d

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. >> guest: i'm on twitter,@noam -- i don't do any other social media. i sometimes say about instagram that i'm on twitter so i have thing a go rhythm of hate. i don't knee the algorithm of envy. >> let's go to danny from cookville, tennessee go ahead. >> caller: if have you've noticed there's an activist group in the uk that was preemptively raided. they had a warehouse with signs and what have you, the authorities to prevent them from doing protest, raided them over the weekend. i'm a republican. i'm a conservative. this bothers me because this is like going into a church and taking my antiabortion signs. ... t-mac you comment on that. what you know referring, thank you for that. i appreciate your nonpartisan solidarity there. the group is called extension rebellionn and they are young group. there have been a long the lung. they engage in nonviolent civil disobedience to try express the fact that we are in a climate of emergency. there demanding the government declare clement emergency as we are talking about earlier. they have shut down bridges and r

driving from the suburbs of new jersey into new york city with noam bardin, ceo of waze finding out whatnutes to go1 miles. that's a morning commute. >> reporter: 115 million americans commute each day and it can cost as much as $5,000 a year to drive to and from work. >> our commutes are getting woe, traffic is getting worse. it's getting worse because we have more and more cars on the road. the cars are set to double by 2040. >> reporter: so first hack, to beat the hoards of humid think about when you drive. this tool in waze estimates travel time based on historical averages so for this commute into chicago, leave a little earlier at 7:06 instead of 7:18 and your total drive time would be 18 minutes shorter. remember mapquest. they're still around then they have a network of live traffic cams in their app. pretty helpful. next consider a route rethink. >> taking a different route can save youtime. >> reporter: surface streets can be more stressful. does honking help? >> it helps emotionally. makes you feel better. you're doing something. >> okay. i feel better. i told him. >> reporter

joining me right now is the ceo of waze, no noam bardin. thank you for being here. >> good morning.successful even though you've got competition left and right. tell us about the evolution and growth of waze many users you have today. >> waze is about improving your daily commute and traffic and traffic is the illor your healt, terrible for the economy, terrible globally, 30% of emissions come from traffic. that was our mission from day one. we started by opted micing existing -- optimizing infrastructure. the short cuts we find you with waze and are known for is a way of using more roads that haven't been used. now the second phase of our business, we're moving into car pooling. we're looking into your car. there's four empty seats in your car. 75% of americans commute alone. by allowing some of our drivers to leave their car at home once or twice a week and finding another driver who lives close to them, works close to them and allows them to take that ride, we can actually take cars off the road. and this is crucial because we all feel that traffic's getting worse. it is. like we