Free App (CRA) that Provides Custom Routing with Real Time Information on Government Restrictions and Regulatory Waivers
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Whether it is for your regular deliveries or for further deliveries to assist with disaster impacted areas, there is a commercial routing app that can be of great assistance to drivers.
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Idaho National Laboratory launched a Commercial Routing Assistance (CRA) app that was developed in partnership with the Energy Marketers of America (EMA) through the All Hazards Consortium’s working group. Designed to give marketers, drivers, and state association executives the ability to determine in real time, the full impact of emergency declarations on petroleum marketers and heating oil providers in the states and across the nation. The free app:
- Incorporates vetted data to plot multiple automated or custom routing options; while also providing federal and state by state information on waivers, government closures, prohibitions, restrictions on movement and other orders that affect intrastate and interstate transportation during state and federal emergency declarations.
- Includes a one touch interactive map that allows planners, drivers, and decision-makers to develop strategies necessary to maintain efficient and uninterrupted marketing operations during disasters or restrictions. CDL renewal extensions, state driver license agency closures, CDL driver medical renewal grace periods, rest stops and parking closures, and increased size and weight limitations are included for the entire driver route.
There are two URLs for access to the Commercial Routing App (CRA). The CRA tool can be accessed via the DHS public URL at https://cra.inl.gov, or alternatively through the All Hazards Consortium/EMA private URL at http://www.commroute1.org which includes a short video tutorial on how to use the website.