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New York - What began five years ago as a group of friends updating each other on traffic conditions to and from the Catskill mountains during the busy summer season has now evolved into Road Inform, a vast network with a membership of over 25,000 members members accessing their online traffic updates.  Road Inform was created in 2005 to keep travelers heading to the mountains aware of road conditions and within one year had evolved into a revolutionary sophisticated service, providing current traffic updates.  As in past years,  Vos Iz Neias has teamed up again this year exclusively with Road Inform to keep VIN readers up to date on the latest road conditions.
Using today’s technology to pinpoint trouble spots on the road with information obtained from commuters, media outlets and traffic cameras, among other sources, Road Inform provides the Jewish community with the information needed to facilitate a smooth and hopefully trouble free trip up to the Catskills.  Not only does Road Inform keep the public aware of traffic conditions, it also offers alternate routes to and from the Catskills.  Travelers can obtain the latest information either by phone, text message, Road Inform’s mobile site or Twitter.  As of last year, Road Inform had over 6,000 members signed up to receive text messages alerts in case of traffic tie ups.
“Minimizing traffic delays for commuters is our primal goal,” said Yechiel Reinhold, Executive Producer at Road Inform, in an exclusive interview with VIN News.  New for this summer is m.roadinform.com , Road Inform’s mobile site, which can be easily accessed by a mobile browser.  As always Road Inform’s traffic alerts are posted on vosizneias.com on the home page yellow bar.

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