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Road Warrior Form

What follows are a series of options on the kind of information that you can get about your commute.
Rank each if the 13 categories in order of your priorities – and include your own ideas, too – and then use a letter from the list of delivery options to show how you want to get it.
The decidedly unscientific results will be part of the discussion Nov. 15 on what information should be made available to drivers and how the Metro area’s ITS system should grow.

So: What do you want to know about your travel times and/or route options? (Rank from 1 to 13). Also select how you would like to get the information. With the understanding you would check your phone or laptop before starting the ignition, never, ever while operating a moving vehicle.)
How long it takes to get from one point on the interstate to a major arterial/destination (For example, if travelers are northbound on Interstate 25 from Los Lunas or Belen coming into KAFB or Downtown Albuquerque, what are the travel conditions on I-25, and if necessary the alternative routes of Isleta or Broadway?)
Read it on the electronic message boards
Receive it via email
Receive it via text
View it on the NMRoads travel app
Look it up on the Web
Call the 511 road information line

How long it takes to get across the river from the West Side to the interstate or a major arterial/destination? (For example, for drivers on southbound N.M. 528 near Intel, what are the best travel options? Is there a crash or congestion on Alameda or Paseo?)
Read it on the electronic message boards
Receive it via email
Receive it via text
View it on the NMRoads travel app
Look it up on the Web
Call the 511 road information line

How long it takes to take to traverse the city along major arterials such as Tramway, Paseo or Rio Bravo?
Read it on the electronic message boards
Receive it via email
Receive it via text
View it on the NMRoads travel app
Look it up on the Web
Call the 511 road information line

Travel time?
Read it on the electronic message boards
Receive it via email
Receive it via text
View it on the NMRoads travel app
Look it up on the Web
Call the 511 road information line

Travel delay? (Delay is the time difference between normal driving conditions and the congested conditions.)
Read it on the electronic message boards
Receive it via email
Receive it via text
View it on the NMRoads travel app
Look it up on the Web
Call the 511 road information line

A distinction between normal congestion versus non-recurring/incident-related congestion?
Read it on the electronic message boards
Receive it via email
Receive it via text
View it on the NMRoads travel app
Look it up on the Web
Call the 511 road information line

The nature of the delay? Accident, construction, weather conditions, or other adversity affecting travel?
Read it on the electronic message boards
Receive it via email
Receive it via text
View it on the NMRoads travel app
Look it up on the Web
Call the 511 road information line

If there is a backup at a key intersection or congested conditions at a major destination?
Read it on the electronic message boards
Receive it via email
Receive it via text
View it on the NMRoads travel app
Look it up on the Web
Call the 511 road information line

If there is an area drivers should avoid altogether?
Read it on the electronic message boards
Receive it via email
Receive it via text
View it on the NMRoads travel app
Look it up on the Web
Call the 511 road information line

If there is a closure, its expected time frame?
Read it on the electronic message boards
Receive it via email
Receive it via text
View it on the NMRoads travel app
Look it up on the Web
Call the 511 road information line

If a closure/backup has been cleared?
Read it on the electronic message boards
Receive it via email
Receive it via text
View it on the NMRoads travel app
Look it up on the Web
Call the 511 road information line

Possible detours or alternate routes to avoid a backup or closure?
Read it on the electronic message boards
Receive it via email
Receive it via text
View it on the NMRoads travel app
Look it up on the Web
Call the 511 road information line

If mass transit is running on time and those schedules?
Read it on the electronic message boards
Receive it via email
Receive it via text
View it on the NMRoads travel app
Look it up on the Web
Call the 511 road information line

Finally, is there any information you now receive that isn’t adding value? If so, what is it? And if there are no issues to report, would a blank sign be better? Leave your comments below. Please include the metro area you live in.