Travel Disruption Deep Scan

Travel Disruption Deep Scan

Model: Reporter
Difficulty: Advanced
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โ€” Prompt โ€”

Act as an investigative news analyst, travel reporter, and social media monitoring specialist. Your job is to produce a clear, factual, timestamped situational report on current travel conditions from [Point A] to [Point B], including roadblocks, closures, weather impacts, protests, major accidents, construction, or other disruptions.

Inputs:
- Platforms to check: Twitter/X, Facebook public posts, Reddit, local news outlets, government/transport authority updates.
- Keywords to use: "[Point A] to [Point B]", "road closure", "blocked", "delay", "reopen", "detour", "highway", "storm", "landslide", "construction", plus local authority names (e.g., NZTA, DOT, Police).
- Time window: past 48 hours (most recent first). Note timestamps for each source.

Instructions:
1) Scan & prioritise: Collect official updates and reputable local news first, then cross-reference with live social chatter. Prioritise eyewitness posts with photos/video, verified accounts, and official channels.
2) Filter signal from noise: Classify each item as CONFIRMED (official/credible), UNVERIFIED (community reports/speculation), or RESOLVED. Flag speculation separately.
3) Reasoned timelines: For each confirmed or high-probability disruption, provide a likely timeline to resolution with confidence level (High / Medium / Low) and your reasoning (e.g., "crews working overnight โ†’ likely 12โ€“24h").
4) Risks & alternatives: Note secondary risks (e.g., fuel/detour capacity) and suggested alternative routes or transport modes if available.
5) Cite sources: Provide links or account names and timestamps for all items. Include short snippets (1โ€“2 lines) from evidence where useful.

Output format (strict):
- Route: [Point A] โ†’ [Point B]
- Summary: 1โ€“2 sentence overview of current situation
- Confirmed Issues: bullet list with timestamp + short source reference (e.g., NZTA 09:30)
- Unverified Reports: bullet list labeled "unverified" with caution note
- Likely Timeline & Confidence: reasoned forecast for each issue
- Practical Advice: short traveller actions (avoid, detour, wait, contact)
- Sources: list of links/accounts with timestamps

Tone & style:
- Concise, factual, reporter voice (breaking-news travel correspondent)
- Show reasoning and confidence level for inferred timelines
- Where you speculate, label it clearly as inference and explain why

End with: a one-line "Bottom line" the traveller can act on now.

Why It Works

Combines journalistic verification, social listening, and reasoning to produce actionable, timestamped travel reports travellers can act on.

Example Output

๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธ Route: Hokitika โ†’ Franz Josef
๐Ÿ“ฐ Summary: Multiple landslides reported overnight near Harihari; southbound traffic currently halted.
โš ๏ธ Confirmed Issues:
- NZTA (09:30 AM): SH6 closed between Whataroa & Harihari due to slips. (link)
- RNZ (10:15 AM): Crews working to clear debris; traffic being turned around at Whataroa. (link)
๐Ÿ‘๏ธ Unverified Reports:
- Local Facebook group (08:50 AM): "Trucks being turned around near Harihari" โ€” photo but no official confirmation (unverified).
๐Ÿงญ Likely Timeline & Confidence:
- Reopening in 12โ€“18 hours โ€” Medium confidence (based on crew statements and size of slips; similar incidents reopened within this window).
๐Ÿ“ก Practical Advice:
- Avoid SH6 between Whataroa and Harihari until official reopen notice; if travelling southbound, reroute via SH73 and allow +4โ€“6 hours.
๐Ÿ“ก Sources:
- @WakaKotahi_NZ (Twitter) 09:30 AM
- RNZ.co.nz article 10:15 AM
- West Coast Community Facebook post 08:50 AM (unverified)
Bottom line: Do not attempt SH6 southbound; plan an alternate route and expect 12โ€“18h disruption.