Governor Wolf Encourages Travelers to Utilize Online Traffic Tool for Labor Day Travel Planning

Governor Wolf Encourages Travelers to Utilize Online Traffic Tool for Labor
Day Travel Planning

8/30/2017-HARRISBURG

The Wolf Administration is encouraging the public to visit the "Historic
Holiday Traffic" page at www.511PA.com so they can plan optimal travel
times on
major roadways across the state for the Labor Day holiday.

"This is another great opportunity to put our traffic information tools
into
action for the public," Governor Tom Wolf said. "Providing this real-time
information allows travelers to choose the route that best works for them
as
they explore Pennsylvania's many tourism attractions this holiday weekend."

The site, which is compatible with mobile devices, allows users to see how
traffic speeds on the Friday before and day of Labor Day in 2015 and 2016
compare to traffic conditions during a typical, non-holiday week. Users can

choose their region and view an hour-by-hour, color-coded visual of traffic

speeds to help them decide the best times to travel during the holiday.
511PA
also offers real-time, traffic speed information for thousands of roadway
miles
throughout Pennsylvania.

"We aim to help motorists plan ahead by providing them with as much travel
information as possible," PennDOT Secretary Leslie S. Richards said. "We
encourage drivers to check 511PA before they leave so they can be aware of
traffic conditions and adjust plans if necessary."

PennDOT will also remove lane restrictions and suspend construction
projects
wherever possible through the holiday period. Motorists can see remaining
construction projects at www.511PA.com before they travel.

Traveler information is also available through Waze (www.waze.com), a
real-time
crowdsourced navigation app through which drivers share road conditions,
and
with which PennDOT has a free, two-way data-sharing partnership. The
partnership promotes more efficient traffic monitoring by sharing free,
anonymous, crowdsourced incident reports and slow-down data from Waze users

(called Wazers). Waze receives PennDOT's road condition reporting data to
share
with its users, while the department uses data reported by Wazers to
supplement
internal traffic-condition monitoring.

The public can use 511PA to check conditions on nearly 40,000 roadway miles
in
Pennsylvania. The service is free and available 24 hours a day, and
provides
traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and
access
to more than 825 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and
Android
devices. Information can also be accessed by calling 5-1-1 or by following
regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.

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