MDOT launches new traffic data Web site

Contact: Bill Shreck, Director of Communications, 517-335-3084
Agency: Transportation

July 9, 2007 - - The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the state's Department of Information Technology (DIT) today announced the launch of a new Web site designed to keep motorists informed about traffic and construction on state highways (M, I, and U.S. roads). Known as "MI Drive" (http:www.michigan.gov/drive), the new site consolidates data from a variety of MDOT sources, including:

• lane closures,
• construction projects, and
• traffic cameras in Detroit and Grand Rapids.

State Transportation Director Kirk T. Steudle noted that the "MI Drive" site is part of an ongoing effort to make Michigan highways safer and easier to drive by providing user-friendly information for Michigan motorists.

"A real team effort went into this project, but we are not finished yet," Steudle said. "Over the next six months, the team will be hard at work so that the 2008 construction season projects will be mapped, in addition to appearing in text form."

A link to the MI Drive site appears under Quick Links on the MDOT Web site at www.michigan.gov/mdot. To view images from Detroit and Grand Rapids freeway cameras, go to www.michigan.gov/drive and click on Construction & Traffic. MDOT also maintains a list of statewide lane closures online at www.michigan.gov/laneclosures.

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