QuickMap provides immediate traffic information, including traffic speed, lane and road closures due to construction and maintenance activities, emergency incidents, electronic highway message sign content, rest area locations, camera snapshots, and active chain control requirements. Drivers can use this information to adjust their plans when needed, compare route options, save time and travel safely to their destinations.”Ĭaltrans’ QuickMap is a mobile app and website available to the public at no cost for travel planning. “With this new QuickMap upgrade, Californians now can receive instant traffic notifications based on their location. Sacramento – Caltrans has launched a new push notification feature on its QuickMap app that allows drivers to automatically receive real-time notifications about nearby road closures, emergencies and other traffic updates. Users can also view the terms of service on the app settings screen (found within the QuickMap app).Phone: (916) 956-0633 New App Feature Alerts Drivers to Nearby Road Closures and Emergencies Users who choose to enable Geotargeted Notifications will provided with the terms of service. Where can users view the Terms of Service for push notifications? Note: this feature cannot be activated on the Android version of the application if the user has activated the “Enhanced Location Tracking” feature. When this option is turned on, the mobile device location will be reported less frequently. If additional battery consumption is a concern, the application includes an option known as “Location Tracking Efficiency Mode”. Testing has shown that there should be minimal impact to battery life. How will the push notification feature affect the battery life of the mobile device? The Push notifications can appear on the lock screen, and on the notification center (for phones using iOS) or notification drawer (for phones using an Android operating system). Where will the push notifications appear on a mobile device? Users do not need to enable location services, notifications, or accept Geotargeted Notifications terms of service to use the QuickMap mobile application. Can a user choose to not receive push notifications? Android users will have the option to also enable “Enhanced Location Tracking.” This will allow the device’s location to be tracked more reliably than the default tracking that occurs when “Geotargeted Notifications” are enabled. When a user installs or updates the QuickMap mobile application, they will be prompted to set the “Geotargeted Notifications” setting in the application to “On” to receive notifications. How is the push notification feature activated? The application will not collect any information about users’ travel or any type of personally identifiable information. The location of the device will be checked every 2 minutes and if it is located within proximity of a closure, a notification will be sent. The application will utilize the standard location reporting features that are part of the mobile device. How will the application know where a user is located? Advanced notifications for planned closures will be sent out 30 minutes prior to their expected start time. Notifications will only be sent for closures that are expected to last 30 minutes or longer. Users who choose to subscribe to notifications will be notified of any planned or unplanned full closure of a highway, within a certain proximity (usually 10 miles) of the user’s location. How will the push notification feature work? This service will send out messages regarding planned or emergency closures that impact all lanes of a highway. What improvements are being made to QuickMap?Ī push notification feature is being developed for the QuickMap mobile applications.
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