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On September 22, 2009,  the Federal Highway Administration sponsored an Advanced Traveler Information System workshop at the Illinois Department of Transportation District 1 Office.  Approximately 40 of the nation's 50 states have developed advanced traveler information systems accessible through the 511 telephone number.  This may not mean developing a "new" service, but can be a way to route traveler calls to the appropriate travel information center based on the traveler location.  For travelers, this means that in most of the nation travel information is available by simply dialing the 511 telephone number instead of trying to determine which travel information center should be called and what is the phone number. The State of Illinois does not have a 511 system, although traveler information is available through multiple telephone numbers around the state. 

The presentations:

Audio Conference Transcript

The meeting was recorded and converted to .mp3 files of approximately 50 meg each.  You may be able to listen directly from this webpage.  If this does not work for you, select "download" and open them from your computer.  The first segment starts out a little quietly, but be patient because the quality quickly improves.  (Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3, Segment 4, Segment 5, Segment 6, Segment 7)

 

Also referenced at the meeting:

 

For More Information

Christopher DiPalma, P.E. 
Transportation Systems Management and Operations Engineer 
Federal Highway Administration 
200 W. Adams, Suite 330 
Chicago, IL 60606 
Ph: (312) 886-1604 
e-mail: chris.dipalma "at" dot.gov