5-1-1

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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.

References

Other websites
5-1-1 numbers for specific places
Arizona
San Francisco Bay Area
San Diego 
Florida
Florida - Tampa Bay Area  
Florida - Southwest Florida Area 
Georgia
Kansas 
Kentucky 
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
North Carolina 
North Dakota 
Northern New England – Vermont
Nevada 
Northern New England – New Hampshire 
Northern New England – Maine
Oregon
Southwest Ohio - Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky
South Dakota 
Tennessee
Virginia

Category:Telephone numbers in Canada
Category:Telephone numbers in the United States
Category:Transport in the United States
Category:Transport in Canada
Category:N11 codes