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Want to report a pothole, abandoned vehicle, broken streetlight or illegal dumping to the city?
Now you can through a new smartphone app.
The city launched the "Honolulu 311" application Tuesday to give the public a new tool to alert officials about problems.
The free app is available for iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile and BlackBerry devices.
"The Honolulu 311 system will help Honolulu become a lean, clean, smart city through the use of technology," Mayor Peter Carlisle said at a news conference. "This is one of the goals this administration had envisioned to make city government more user-friendly."
The public can submit to the city photographs to illustrate the problems, as well as pinpoint the location of the problems using Global Positioning System technology on their smartphones.
The app allows users to submit photos, video or audio clips.
"The information submitted through the system will be reviewed and forwarded to appropriate departments for action," the city said in a news release.
The app was designed and built in Los Angeles by CitySourced Inc.
Code for America, a nonprofit program that brings together volunteers and local governments to work on innovative information technology projects, selected Honolulu as one of eight U.S. cities to receive help for this project.
