{"id":332,"date":"2006-06-21T11:18:28","date_gmt":"2006-06-21T17:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjhinton.com\/wild\/?p=332"},"modified":"2006-06-21T11:18:28","modified_gmt":"2006-06-21T17:18:28","slug":"web-site-lets-drivers-check-road-conditions-in-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=332","title":{"rendered":"Web Site Lets Drivers Check Road Conditions in New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/news\/state\/470107nm06-21-06.htm\">ABQjournal: Web Site Lets Drivers Check Road Conditions<\/a> The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>    SANTA FE\u00e2\u20ac\u201d <strong class=\"highlight\">Drivers on New Mexico&#8217;s highways now can check the Internet before they get behind the wheel to find out road conditions, construction projects and weather forecasts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    &#8220;New Mexico motorists need accurate, real-time information on road and weather conditions before they begin their daily commute,&#8221; said state Transportation Secretary Rhonda Faught.<\/p>\n<p>    The information is generated by a traffic-management program called Condition Acquisition and Reporting System, or CARS.<\/p>\n<p>    The department&#8217;s six transportation districts enter and update such things as road conditions, construction, closures or maintenance work. The program sends the information to the travel information Web site at <strong class=\"highlight\">www.nmshtd.state.nm.us<\/strong> or <strong class=\"highlight\">www.nmroads.com<\/strong> 24 hours a day, seven days a week.<\/p>\n<p>    The Web site displays a map that shows warnings, alerts or closures\u00e2\u20ac\u201d and even where there are good driving conditions. It also has a text section that explains what&#8217;s going on in various locations in terms of maintenance, construction or other conditions. Tuesday&#8217;s messages, for example, alert travelers to road closures due to forest fires and grass fires.<\/p>\n<p>    The department also provides road information through a toll-free hotline, <strong class=\"highlight\">(800) 432-4269<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABQjournal: Web Site Lets Drivers Check Road Conditions The Associated Press SANTA FE\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Drivers on New Mexico&#8217;s highways now can check the Internet before they get behind the wheel to find out road conditions, construction projects and weather forecasts. &#8220;New Mexico motorists need accurate, real-time information on road and weather conditions before they begin their &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/?p=332\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Web Site Lets Drivers Check Road Conditions in New Mexico<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newmexico"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ahwilderness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}