ScoutTraffic

TransCore, LP

About this app

The Kansas City Scout Traffic app provides commuters and travelers with mobile access to information for Kansas City metro area roadways from the Kansas City Scout's of Transportation's Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). The available information includes:

1) A zoomable, scrollable map-based display
2) Current traffic conditions on Kansas City metro area’s freeways and major surface streets
3) Lists of accidents, road construction activities, and other hazards
4) Special events that affect traffic (sports events, etc.)
5) Closed-circuit television (CCTV) traffic camera images
6) Electronic roadway sign messages

Ratings and reviews

This was a decent app for local traffic issues, but it seems to be going downhill. With the most recent update, they removed the option to bring the video up fullscreen, which is crucial - you often can't tell what's going on otherwise. I keep my phone locked in Portrait mode, so it's a totally unnecessary hassle to turn that on just for one DOWNGRADED app. The incompetent still haven't fixed the above DEFECT, so I definitely won't be installing any more updates to this DOWNGRADED app.

Functionally it works great on my Pixel XL. Loads quickly, cameras show live motion feeds, I can see road obstructions, etc. The UX could use some love but the app is very useful.

Samsung Galaxy S22. This updated version works better than the last. Loads quickly, cameras load quickly and the color picture quality is excellent. Well done!

What's new

Removed the no longer supported Push Notifications and Alerts.