{"id":950,"date":"2018-10-29T11:59:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T10:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/estates-transport-news\/?p=950"},"modified":"2018-10-29T17:00:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T16:00:57","slug":"winter-weather-travel-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/estates-transport-news\/2018\/10\/29\/winter-weather-travel-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter weather travel information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the weather starts to get colder, please ensure you are familiar with the University&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/hr-staffinformation\/documents\/policies\/adverse-weather\/Adverse%20Weather%20Pay%20Policy%20V1.2.pdf\"> &#8216;Pay during periods of severe weather conditions\/ major transport disruption&#8217; policy and procedure<\/a>\u00a0to understand what to do during adverse weather. Remember that weather can change at any time. Be prepared for this before you start your journey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driving<\/strong><br \/>\nEnsure that you and your vehicle are prepared for driving in adverse weather conditions. Read some\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rospa.com\/rospaweb\/docs\/advice-services\/road-safety\/drivers\/winter-driving-tips.pdf\">top tips<\/a>\u00a0to prepare for driving during the winter and don&#8217;t forget to\u00a0plan your journey\u00a0before you leave so you are aware of any disruptions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public transport, cycling and walking<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plan your journey, check if there are problems on public transport or local roads<\/li>\n<li>Delay your journey, if possible, to allow temperatures to rise and ice or snow to melt<\/li>\n<li>Avoid footways in the shade. It takes longer for ice or snow to melt in the shade<\/li>\n<li>Always wear appropriate footwear and reflective\/bright clothing<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that you have a torch or lights so motorists and others can see you when walking or cycling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/transport\/planning\/index.html\">Plan your journey<\/a>\u00a0and be prepared for times of adverse weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the weather starts to get colder, please ensure you are familiar with the University&#8217;s &#8216;Pay during periods of severe weather conditions\/ major transport disruption&#8217; policy and procedure\u00a0to understand what to do during adverse weather. Remember that weather can change at any time. Be prepared for this before you start your journey. Driving Ensure that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40853,"featured_media":282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124],"tags":[178602,178603],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/estates-transport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/estates-transport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/estates-transport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/estates-transport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40853"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/estates-transport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/estates-transport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":956,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/estates-transport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950\/revisions\/956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/estates-transport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/estates-transport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/estates-transport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/estates-transport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}