Traffic and Road Conditions

Weather causes road closings in Prosper

10 Feb 2012

The Town of Prosper has issued a traffic alert. Due to dangerous road conditions caused by thunderstorms, the Dallas North Parkway between Prosper Trail and U.S. Highway 380 is closed in both directions. Also Richland Street, west of Coit is also closed.

Waze for iOS gets hands-free traffic reporting

9 Feb 2012

Waze, an Israel-based mobile-apps start-up has issued a new release of its iOS version of its app to let drivers report traffic conditions while still staying focused on the road (free, App Store). The app makes use of the iPhone's proximity detector to activate voice recognition by waving a hand. It then asks a series of questions which helps the driver create and send a traffic report....

Somebody Do Something: One-lane travel on Kromer Road bridge in Plainfield Township

9 Feb 2012

Lack of lights and scattered traffic barrels can make travel tricky, especially at night.