road conditions – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:59:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg road conditions – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Ottawa City Councillor Wants a Map of Road Conditions Like Los Angeles’s https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/04/ottawa-city-councillor-wants-a-map-of-road-conditions-like-los-angeless/ Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:59:52 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1785430 More]]> An Ottawa city councillor wants take a page out of Los Angeles’s playbook and create a real-time interactive map of the city’s road conditions. L.A.’s street assessment map rates road conditions as good, fair or poor. Since Ottawa’s roads are on balance between fair and poor, it might be revealing, if uncomfortable, to have all that road data easily accessible; at the moment it can only be accessed by asking city officials about the state of a given street.

]]> 1785430 More Snow Removal Maps https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/01/more-snow-removal-maps/ Sun, 24 Jan 2016 16:21:49 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=513 In addition to New York City’s PlowNYC website (previously), there are snowplow maps for Washington, D.C., the State of Pennsylvania, and various counties in the State of Maryland. Now be careful out there. [via]

]]> 513 Mapping Snow Removal in New York https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/01/mapping-snow-removal-in-new-york/ Sat, 23 Jan 2016 17:49:51 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=508 More]]> plow-nyc

PlowNYC is the City of New York’s official snow removal website. It allows New Yorkers to, in real time, “(1) track the progress of DSNY spreader/plow vehicles; and (2) confirm the snow designation of City streets (i.e., primary, secondary, tertiary, or non-DSNY).” [via]

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