{"id":8215,"date":"2011-12-21T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=8215"},"modified":"2011-12-12T21:54:44","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T03:54:44","slug":"travel-safely-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/8215","title":{"rendered":"Travel Safely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plan to drive safely this winter! Look up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weather.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">weather<\/a> ahead of time (another site is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">AccuWeather.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/wintercar.jpg\" alt=\"picture of winter driving\" width=\"25%\" height=\"25%\" \/> Check road conditions ahead of time. The Wis. Dept. of Transportation&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.511wi.gov\/Web\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>511wi Travel Information<\/strong><\/a> web site can provides a map showing driving 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.511wi.gov\/Web\/Links.aspx\" title=\"links to weather sites on this page\" target=\"_blank\">links to weather sites<\/a>. Other states may have similar sites, e.g., <a href=\"http:\/\/wrc.gettingaroundillinois.com\/winterroadconditions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.511mn.org\/default.asp?area=statewide\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/lb.511ia.org\/ialb\/\" target=\"_blank\">Iowa<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michtip.state.mi.us\/rw\/home.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan<\/a> (or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/drive\/\" target=\"_blank\">MI Drive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In WI, <strong>you also can dial 511 from landlines or cell phones<\/strong> for information.<\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t forget to prepare for cold weather by dressing appropriately and having <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bt.cdc.gov\/disasters\/winter\/pdf\/caremergencychecklist.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">winter weather supplies<\/a> in your car, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/gpologo.gif\" alt=\"Government Printing Office logo\" width=\"60\" height=\"58\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"small\">Andersen Library is a federal and Wisconsin depository library with many federal and state government 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 Andersen Library!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plan to drive safely this winter! Look up weather ahead of time (another site is AccuWeather.com). Check road conditions ahead of time. The Wis. Dept. of Transportation&#8217;s 511wi Travel Information web site can provides a map showing driving conditions on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/8215\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2768,35],"tags":[2292,323,2420,322,311],"class_list":["post-8215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-wisconsin","category-infogov","tag-driving","tag-road-conditions","tag-road-construction","tag-travel","tag-wisconsin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8215","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=8215"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8217,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8215\/revisions\/8217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}