King County Executive Ron Sims today unveiled a new e-mail service that will alert county residents of road problems or changes in their bus routes due to bad weather and other major traffic disruptions. Residents can sign up now for the service, which will be available beginning November 9th. Until now, we've had no real tools to directly reach out and alert our customers of travel disruptions. Information will be updated as conditions warrant.
Users can cancel their subscription to the free service at any time.
The service is expected to benefit both individuals and businesses that rely on the county's transportation network. The web site improvements will compliment other King County programs such as recorded road closure and transit information lines for residents who don't have access to the Internet. The service, developed by King County Web and GIS teams, may be expanded next year to alert residents of planned road closures in areas served by the county. On left and right, Harry Clark and Leo Griffin, King County Road Services Division. Until now, we've had no real tools to directly reach out and alert our customers of travel disruptions.