The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s District 5 Office has joined the rapidly growing number of government agencies (including KIPDA) with a presence on the social networking site Facebook. The District 5 page, available at www.facebook.com/KYTCDistrict5, provides access to highway information in the district’s 8-county service area.
A Facebook account is not required to view the page, but Facebook members who “like” the District 5 page will have updates automatically sent to their Facebook home pages. Visitors can view the District 5 page on their home computers, as well as on Internet-enabled “smart phones” such as BlackBerry, iPhone and Android.
“This is yet another way to allow us to communicate important information to drivers in our area,” said Matt Bullock, Chief District Engineer. “We can use this popular social networking site to provide updates on highway conditions and other basic information on construction and maintenance efforts that may impact the daily commute or cross-country travel through the region.”
The district regularly provides traffic advisories to news media, school transportation officials, police, fire departments, and other emergency agencies via e-mail. Some regular commuters have asked to receive those detailed notices. However, Bullock said basic highway information can be conveyed more quickly through Facebook.
District 5 covers the counties of Bullitt, Franklin, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble. Headquartered in Louisville, the district’s 315 employees are responsible for about 2,400 miles of highway across the eight-county region.
In addition to the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/KYTCDistrict5, information on highway conditions across Kentucky is available at http://www.511.ky.gov/ or by dialing 511 from any phone in Kentucky. Links to highway information in surrounding states are available on the http://www.511.ky.gov/ website.
KIPDA's Facebook page can be found at http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Kentuckiana-Regional-Planning-Development-Agency-Transportation-Division/72956795818.
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Your link to Facebook in the above article does not work! You have to cut and paste www.facebook.com/KYTCDistrict5 into your browser to access the Facebook page.
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