WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS PERFORMANCE REPORT

2011 Service Commitment


Road information for provincially maintained roads, in both English and French, provided through the Internet and the Integrated Voice Response (IVR) telephone system.


Service Commitment

  • Winter Road Conditions reports are available from the end of October to April each year and may be adjusted depending on weather conditions.
  • Provide road conditions information through the Internet, and telephone system, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  • Update to Internet and telephone system a minimum of five times per day.
  • Operators are available:
    • Monday through Friday during normal business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    • Not available on holidays

Winter Road Conditions Service Commitment
Availability of Winter Road Conditions Information Province-wide

For the Period October 2010 to April 2011
Winter road conditions service commitment availability of winter road conditions information province-wide for the period October 2010 to April 2011

2011 Winter Road Conditions Internet Hits

2011 Winter road conditions internet hits

2011 Winter Road Conditions Telephone Statistics

Winter road conditions telephone statistics


Measurement

  • Website and telephone platform statistics

Performance

During the period from October 1, 2010, to March 31, 2011, the service commitment achieved:

  • 99.65% - Website was operational
    • Website was not operational on five separate days for a combined outage of 18 hours
  • 99.85% - IVR was operational
    • IVR was not operational on four separate days for a combined outage of seven and half (7.5) hours
  • Updated MTO website with road closure/conditions information 5 times per day a total of 1,060 times
  • 99.92% - Live agents were not available on two separate days, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., for a combined outage of four (4) hours

Action to Address Performance Issues

  • Information technology addresses the website and telephone operational issues for public-facing services, delivered via the website and the telephone, immediately following identification of a problem.