5-1-1

5-1-1 is a special telephone number in the United States and some parts of Canada. It is made to be easy to remember. People can dial the number on a landline phone or on a mobile phone to get information about traffic and travel.

History

In March 2001, there were more than three hundred phone numbers about traffic and travel. This was confusing to many people, because so many numbers existed, or were there, for the same thing. To fix this, the United States Department of Transportation (called the USDOT) asked the Federal Communications Commission (called the FCC) for a special N11 code. On July 21, 2000, the FCC made 5-1-1 the national telephone number for travel information.

Other websites

5-1-1 numbers for specific places

• Arizona
• San Francisco Bay Area
• San Diego Archived 2008-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
• Florida
• Florida - Tampa Bay Area Archived 2008-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Florida - Southwest Florida Area Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Georgia
• Kansas Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Kentucky Archived 2012-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Louisiana
• Massachusetts
• Minnesota
• Montana
• Nebraska
• North Carolina Archived 2006-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
• North Dakota Archived 2008-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
• Northern New England – Vermont
• Nevada Archived 2008-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
• Northern New England – New Hampshire Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Northern New England – Maine
• Oregon
• Southwest Ohio - Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky
• South Dakota Archived 2008-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Tennessee
• Virginia