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<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Hello Romanian OSM community,</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">We at <a href="https://bolt.eu/">Bolt</a>  are happy to introduce our company, our</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">mission and, most importantly, our mapping objectives in Romania.</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">As a company, we are more than just another ride-hailing service. We’re on</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">a mission to build cities for people, not cars. Committed to reducing the</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">environmental footprint of mobility, we are fighting for better cities and</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">a greener future by offering a better alternative to every purpose a</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">private car serves.</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">We believe that most trips in the city don’t require the use of a personal</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">car. At Bolt, we’re building a future in which people are no longer forced</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">to buy a car to get around. Where people have the freedom to use</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">transportation on demand, choosing whatever vehicle is best for each</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">occasion -<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space">  </span>including ride-hailing, shared cars and scooters, and food and</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">grocery delivery.</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Building a sustainable future is a goal Bolt and OSM have in common. Just</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">like we care about our customers’ needs, people who contribute to OSM care</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">about their communities' prosperity.</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">OSM members create more than maps, they design a vital tool to improve the</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">quality of life of the community.</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Accordingly, where there is an active OSM community, there is good data</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">coverage. In turn, it means that we can provide better services that make</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">OSM a valuable part of data we use, along with other open and proprietary</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">data sources. Bolt thrives for synergetic interaction with the OSM</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">community. Being passive users of the data is not an aspiration we share,</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">as well as tailoring an already well-functioning ecosystem of OSM to</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">erroneous ends. Instead, we are willing to assist the community and become</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">a part of it by resolving certain set of issues, such as improving road</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">configuration, adding missing roads, one ways and turn restrictions, along</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">with others.</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Members of our Map Production Team are experienced OSM members who have</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">profound knowledge of working principles of OSM and proficient editing</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">skills that allow them to take delicate actions in compliance with</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">community agreements.</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Nowadays, Bolt operates in <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/alba-iulia/">Alba-Iulia</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/arad/">Arad</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/bacau/">Bacău</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/baia-mare/">Baia Mare</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/bistrita/">Bistrița</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/botosani/">Botoșani</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/brasov/">Brașov</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/braila/">Brăila</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/bucharest/">București</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/buzau/">Buzău</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/cluj-napoca/">Cluj-Napoca</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/constanta/">Constanța</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/craiova/">Craiova</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/focsani/">Focșani</a>,</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/galati/">Galați</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/iasi/">Iași</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/oradea/">Oradea</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/piatraneamt/">Piatra Neamț,</a> <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/pitesti/">Pitești</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/ploiesti/">Ploiești</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/rmvalcea/">Râmnicu Vâlcea</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/sibiu/">Sibiu</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/suceava/">Suceava</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/timisoara/">Timișoara</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/tulcea/">Tulcea</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/targoviste/">Targoviste</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/targu-jiu/">Targu Jiu</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/targumures/">Targu Mures</a>, <a href="https://bolt.eu/ro-ro/cities/valeaprahovei/">Valea Prahovei</a>.</p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(220,161,13)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">You might have already noticed edits</span><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">made by members of our team in these cities. Together with developing</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">our operations in Romania, we also aim to lay the foundation for a</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">healthy dialogue, including constructive criticism, and further cooperation</p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">with the Romanian OSM community.</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">You can find more information about our current work with OSM in this</p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(220,161,13)"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://github.com/bolteu/osm_mapping">GitHub repository</a> or on our <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bolt">Wiki</a></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(220,161,13)"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bolt">page</a>.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reach out via</p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(220,161,13)"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">messaging <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Bolt024">Bolt024</a> or <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/Bolt036">Bolt036</a></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Sincerely,</p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Bolt</p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="table-layout:fixed;width:1562px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="100%"><table width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="left" style="width:400px;max-width:200px"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="100%" align="left" style="padding:0px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed"><tbody><tr><td height="100%" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td><table width="200" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><table valign="middle" width="200" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="200px" valign="middle" style="font-size:1em;padding:0px 0px 0px 10px;vertical-align:top"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="padding:0px"><tbody><tr><td height="100%" valign="top"><table width="380" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left" border="0" bgcolor="" style="width:380px;border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;margin:0px 10px"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0px;border-spacing:0px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="table-layout:fixed;width:380px"><tbody></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div>