Messages & Alerts
Messages are found on the main website under the Messages tab on the right hand control panel, or via the link on our mobile app at http://goi70.com/mobile. This gives you access to the most timely information about I-70 right on your phone or desktop.
We use Twitter to share our alert messages with the world and make it as easy as possible for anyone to post a message. You can read the messages without a Twitter account. To post messages you will need a Twitter account and be logged in through our site. Talking about it sounds complicated, doing it is not.
To post a new message, click the ‘Sign in to Twitter’ button under the Messages tab of the main website or click ‘Send a Message‘ on the mobile application. You will be directed to Twitter where you can sign in (if you already have an account) or sign up (if you don’t). In both cases you’ll be sent back to our site automatically after you complete the process. It’s free and Twitter is fun.
Text Alerts sent to your phone!
1. Register with Twitter to receive text messages (more details here) or just:
- From you phone send a text message to 40404 that contains the word, “start“
- Twitter will reply. Follow the instructions and your phone will be registered with Twitter
- Dead simple (30 seconds).
2. Start receiving GoI70 Text Message Alerts:
- From your phone send a text message to 40404 with the words, “follow goi70“
3. Stop receiving GoI70 Text Message Alerts:
- From your phone send a text message to 40404 with the words “off goi70“
Logging on to your Twitter account directly will give you even more options for managing these text alerts. For instance, you can specify time periods that you do not want to receive GoI70 and/or GoI70traffic alerts.
Warning: While neither GoI70 nor Twitter charges you for this service, normal text charges on your phone will apply. You should sign up for an unlimited text message plan with your mobile carrier to use this feature.
5 Responses to “Messages & Alerts”
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I want to stop recieving alerts . How do I do this?
Hi Steve,
You posted this question awhile ago. I am now managing this site and want to make sure you got the info you needed. You turn off alerts by going to Twitter and UNFOLLOW GoI70. I hope that helps, but I also hope that now that ski season is starting up, you will want to receive them! Thanks,
Margaret, info@i70solutions.org
Dont bother with their text message updates. I-70 is currently closed at Vail, Silverthorne and Floyd hill but yet not a single text message. Superb implementation!!!
Hi Jerry,
Take a look at the date and time stamp to verify that they are really the same message. The format we use to report delays is set so often times it looks very similar. If you are truly getting the same message three times, I believe it would be a Twitter issue as that is the service we use for our text messages. Thank you for using GoI70.com!
Hello Steve,
GoI70 text alerts went out at 3:45 to inform I70 was closed from the tunnels to Georgetown, 3:54 closed at Silverthorne, 4:02 closed Copper to Vail, and 4:35 reconfirming that info. The Floyd Hill closure was missed and I apologize. We get our information from CDOT and the county alerts system, but they are far from perfect. The crazy amount of data coming through yesterday from that great storm did help us identify some ways to improve how we deliver information and we are working on that immediately. I appreciate you contacting us and sorry you felt the service wasn’t worthy.