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[azurelunatic]

A precognitive knowledge of construction & traffic conditions would be so useful. I wish there were a website that had planned road downtimes.

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[corruptflame.livejournal.com]

Omg, but that would make things EASY on us. It is forbidden!

[the-cynic.livejournal.com]

Actually, here in Chi-town the planned construction updates are on the Dept of Travel website. [http://www.gcmtravel.com/gcm/constructions.jsp] if you really care.

Now whether the construction workers keep to the schedule is a whole separate rant.

[hcolleen.livejournal.com]

We are familiar with the "construction worker" calendar/watch thing. They run on...hmmm...at least one timezone away time. Pick your poison as to whether it's later or earlier. They also have rather long days, sometimes stretching into what mundanes (as in those not in the Elite Construction Universe) would call weeks, or perhaps even months. It is mind boggling.

[azurelunatic]

This would be not just a construction calendar, but any planned "I'm going to be blocking your road" calendar, updated as it changes or happens. If it were done properly, all roadblock equipment (cones or other barriers) would have RFID tags or something, receivers would be in say traffic lights and other infrastructure, and when the roadblock position overlapped a road's known position, the receiver would contact the server and update the roadblock status of that stretch of road. It wouldn't necessarily be good for "this is closed" vs. "this is open but under heavy construction", but that's what human oversight is for.

Then you'd subscribe to a road or roads, at all times or only at certain times, and you'd get a text message or e-mail when the roadblock status of, say, Central Avenue from McDowell to Glendale has changed -- or, in the case of time-specific subscriptions, an initial text message at 4pm saying "Central has a(n) EXTREMELY HIGH roadblock concentration from Camelback to McDowell" and then at 4:35pm: "Central has 1 roadblock at Bethany Home" as it showed up.

[http://users.livejournal.com/chas_/]

You mean something like this?

[azurelunatic]

Except more real-time, more detailed, and with subscription possibilities.