{"id":4719,"date":"2025-06-09T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T00:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/4719\/drivers-in-okanagan-kamloops-get-ready-for-the-new-drivebc-website\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T00:00:15","slug":"drivers-in-okanagan-kamloops-get-ready-for-the-new-drivebc-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/news\/4719\/drivers-in-okanagan-kamloops-get-ready-for-the-new-drivebc-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers in Okanagan, Kamloops get ready for the new DriveBC website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DriveBC is getting ready to transition to a new website later this month. Drivers around B.C., including in Thompson-Okanagan region, could be getting a better platform to find out about what\u2019s happening on the roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The transition to the new site is starting on June 19, after more than a year in development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The site is supposed to be easier to use and more reliable for when British Columbians are planning a trip or encounter incidents on the road so folks can get the latest information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Transportation said the new site is going to be geared towards people viewing it on their phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A preview of what the site will look like is already available in its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/beta.drivebc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">beta version on DriveBC.ca.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere will be a simplified map and a less cluttered look. The site will offer clearer event notifications and new advisory features. New route planning will focus information about specified trips. There will also be a stronger focus on the mobile experience, which is how most people access the site,\u201d the ministry said in a press release last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email subscribers have been advised to resubscribe by June 18 to continue getting notifications during the transition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The site will offer clearer event notifications and new advisory features.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"guid":"","source":"","byline":"","published":"","updated":"","_infotelid":"","_prepressid":"","_multisite_post_sync":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[492],"tags":[],"region":[206,207,208,209],"class_list":["post-4719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","region-kamloops","region-kelowna","region-penticton","region-vernon"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/hd-mediaitemid109493-4988.jpg","post_modified":"2025-06-09T17:00:15","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T00:00:15","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.infonews.ca\/inwheels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=4719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}