What is 5-1-1?
[[File:MUTCD D12-5.svg|right]] '''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.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.deploy511.org/docs/511%20Guidelines%20Version%203.0.pdf | title =511 Guidelines Version 3.0 | pages =5 | date =Sep 2005 | access-date =2007-04-07 | archive-date =2007-03-17 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070317022437/http://www.deploy511.org/docs/511%20Guidelines%20Version%203.0.pdf | url-status =dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== ===5-1-1 numbers for specific places=== *[http://www.az511.com/ Arizona] *[http://511.org San Francisco Bay Area] *[http://www.511sd.com/ San Diego] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080217050757/http://www.511sd.com/ |date=2008-02-17 }} *[http://www.FL511.com/ Florida] *[http://www.511tampabay.com/ Florida - Tampa Bay Area] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220051415/http://www.511tampabay.com/ |date=2008-02-20 }} *[http://www.swfl511.com/ Florida - Southwest Florida Area] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305080408/http://www.swfl511.com/ |date=2008-03-05 }} *[http://www.511ga.org/ Georgia] *[http://www.kanroad.org/ Kansas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928011138/http://www.kanroad.org/ |date=2007-09-28 }} *[http://511.ky.gov/ Kentucky] {{Webarchive|url=http