WSDOT Smartphone App?
All the recent talk of snow in the forecast has us thinking about winter weather driving. We recently noticed that WSDOT has its own iPhone/Android app. We haven’t had a chance to try it out yet, but some of the features sound helpful: “statewide traffic cameras, travel alerts, mountain pass reports, ferry schedules and alerts, northbound Canadian border wait times and more.”
If you’ve got it, and had a chance to explore the functions, what do you think? Is it helpful when the weather’s nasty?
If you don’t have it, but want to give it a try and get back to us, you can get it from the iPhone App Store or the Android Market.
What do you think?
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4 comments
T tacoma1 January 13, 2012
Looks like a handy app. I just got it. Thanks for the tip.
D dolly varden January 14, 2012
The WSDOT app is OK. I like the “Seattle Freeways” one better. That and “One Bus Away” are incredibly helpful for getting around the region.
T tacoma1 January 15, 2012
Yes one busway is my favorite and most used app.
R RichardG January 18, 2012
I’ve used the WSDOT App for about a year, mostly for the traffic map and mountain passes (do the other Apps have the passes and non-urban areas?). Much faster loading than using the browser. It does not have the Traffic Alerts function that the website has so I have to use the browser for that. Right now (during the storm) the regular website is very slow (overloaded?) and I’m unable to get the Tacoma traffic map to display on my computer, but it comes up fine on the App on my phone.