Iowa 511

Last winter '21/'22, I was able to see the plows cams and road conditions on the non-major roads. This year, I can't. I live on a rural road and hoping to be able to use those app like last year but since the app has changed to don't look at as much. Plus plow cams aren't as available to see. -edit whoever reads these reminded me that I also had been looking at my county's track-a-plow page. Oops. So I am changing my rating from a 2 to a 4.

The only thing I would add, is a past 24-hour record hour by hour And a future prediction hour by hour. This way people who drove a road early in the morning and it was awful can check the app and see what it was labeled as. Then view what its current status is and even see if the road is predicted to be cleared by the time they are going to be reusing the road. ohh and a lifetime tracker would be really cool for the plow trucks showing if they're braining, sanding/salting, or just plowing!

I use this app in the winter to check my commute route, so I haven't used it in a year. I must say, the current version's UI is awful. I don't want to use this for GPS, I want to see the road conditions with the legend visible without having to open a side window. Last year's version was much easier to use, and you didn't need to mess with it while driving. You also cannot back out of the app to close it, you have to force close it.

The old version was great. The new password protected version is awful. I usually open the app because I need information quickly. Now it needs a password, and opens showing Africa. I have to update location-which shows all of North America, then zoom it in to show Iowa. It's absolutely ridiculous. Simpler was better!

2024 NW IA Flood: Some road closures not shown on the map, so closed roads appear open, causing confusion. App uses old state and county road numbers for road closures; not street names and numbers, which have been in place for 30 years. This needs to be updated, please.

Still this app after multiple updates has lost must functionality on Pixel 3. There is no menu anymore, no way to choose which info to see. You can't turn on or off any layers, not even any way to see what layers there are. The app is stuck in the default view without any way to change that. In addition another distraction had been added when starring the app. If you don't want too distract the driver STOP asking them questions, just open to the map centered on their location.

Great app once you figure out what everything is. I commute 45 minutes away on a good day. This allows me to make adjustments to my time if needed. Plow cams and road cams are great. Only thing with the road cams is snow/ice builds up on lense and you can't see what the road looks like.

Edit; 1 year later and still no dark mode option. Original; Heard dark mode is affecting certain readability, so the dev group removed "Dark Mode" until they can figure out how to fix. Tl;dr. Thanks for the heads up for the real reason not being in the updates. Not going to read the reply if there is one.

Like everything the DOT does, it made this app useless. The old app was perfect. You fixed what ain't broke now nobody likes this thing. Before you ask me what specific function does not work I will answer the entire APP! Scrap this junk and go back. None of your business my destination if I can control my own map. Where the hell is the cameras we all paid for? So when I am driving I am supposed to navigate down to some setting to activate a layer so I can maybe see a camera? WORKS LIKE THE DOT!

Terrible for construction updates. Seems good for camera locations though. Ongoing construction has been going on in Marion on Hwy 151 from Hy-Vee to Hwy 13 for well over a month and it's missing an entire lane. This isn't even shown here and I literally drive it every day. This is very important for motorcycle riders like myself to avoid these roads. Thumbs down to devs for not bothering to properly update construction areas.

Very rarely has accurate road conditions even after they had just been updated. It'll say they are seasonal even when theres a sheet of ice on the road or its covered with snow and the plow cameras clearly show it.

Last year's version where I could see the state map without entering a destination was better. I don't like having to enter a destination to see the map. Please allow both options. Thanks.

Used this app on my old phone, but on my Pixel 3 the "toolbar" at the bottom is no longer showing. Loved the app before, but without being able to change options and layers the app is unusable.

the city's disappear when zooming out too soon

Descriptions of the road are completely inaccurate. The bad sections are marked as good and the good sections are marked as bad. Completely worthless app in my opinion.

Dislike the app. I used to the like the heads up that the app would give me about the roads before I would head to work an hour away. The app is now difficult to understand. Please get an update and make it like it used to be, which was easy to understand.

I have a new Samsung S22 phone.. Tried to register and it wouldn't even let me finish wouldn't let me scroll up so I could accept the terms and conditions the conditions. When I touch the cameras no videos came up. Hope this is not the final product!

It doesn't show me road conditions throughout the state automatically like it used to. It ticks me off. And when I try and register it won't let me use ANY password!!!

Opens up to my home location..old app would give me the entire state when open. Can't back out of it. Have to close all windows. Wish Iowa had another app to watch for road conditions..this one went from good to bad. Not happy with the new update.

Doesn't even show the current road conditions. I'm a trucker and the current road conditions is what I need to properly plan my trip. The old 511 trucker was better than the new one, a lot better.