511PA Traveler Information

Status: Existing

Description

PennDOT Central Offices administers this ITS application as a website and mobile application. 511PA provides real–time traveler information including road and weather conditions, traffic video, traffic incidents, work zone information, traffic information/expected delay and travel alerts for instrumented state–owned highways, especially the interstate system. It includes information from the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. The 511PA app by PennDOT is supplemented by other telephone/voice, web and smartphone applications supported by PennDOT Central Offices.

PennDOT Districts 10, 11, and 12 operate a complementary 511PA Pittsburgh website and mobile app with information tailored for the multi–district southwestern Pennsylvania region.

Stakeholders

StakeholderRoleRole Status
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)OwnsExisting

Physical Objects

Transportation Information Center
Data Distribution System

Interfaces To

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Adjacent PennDOT District Offices
PennDOT County Maintenance Offices
PennDOT Statewide TMC
PTC Traffic Operations Center (PTC Ops Center)
Western Region Traffic Management Center (PennDOT)