{"id":159,"date":"2007-12-20T08:24:05","date_gmt":"2007-12-20T14:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/2007\/12\/20\/travel-safely\/"},"modified":"2008-04-09T15:37:16","modified_gmt":"2008-04-09T21:37:16","slug":"travel-safely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/159","title":{"rendered":"Travel Safely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re traveling this season, please be safe. There are websites (usually from a state&#8217;s department of transportation) that can help you make decisions about when and where to drive.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/wintercar.jpg\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"picture of winter driving\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dot.wisconsin.gov\/travel\/driving-cond.htm\">Driving Conditions<\/a> (Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation)<br \/>\nThis site provides a map showing conditions on interstates and other major highways in Wisconsin, info on work zones, links to traffic cameras and congestion maps for Madison and Milwaukee, and links to weather sites.<\/p>\n<p>Other states may have similar sites, e.g.,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wrc.gettingaroundillinois.com\/winterroadconditions\/\">Illinois<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.511mn.org\/default.asp?area=statewide\">Minnesota<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowaroadconditions.org\/roadConditions.asp?area=IA_statewide&amp;textOnly=False\">Iowa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohsp.state.mi.us\/rw\/home.htm\">Michigan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are often toll-free phone numbers to call also, e.g,. for Wisconsin&#8217;s road report call 1-800-ROADWIS (762-3947).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/gpologo.gif\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Government Printing Office logo\" height=\"58\" width=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University Library is a federal depository with many federal, state, local, and international documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in print, microfiche, CD-ROM, and electronically. Come check out your government at the University Library!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re traveling this season, please be safe. There are websites (usually from a state&#8217;s department of transportation) that can help you make decisions about when and where to drive. Driving Conditions (Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation) This site provides a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/159\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[783,323,322,232],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infogov","tag-government-info","tag-road-conditions","tag-travel","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}