The South Dakota Department of Transportation is celebrating “511 Day” today (May 11, 2023).
According to SDDOT, South Dakota pioneered the nation’s first statewide traveler information telephone service– #SAFE (#7223)– in November 1996. #SAFE became 5-1-1 in 2001.
The free 511 service provides real-time travel information such as road conditions, closures, construction, incidents and weather forecasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. SDDOT provides a 511 website at https://sd511.org and the SDDOT 511 mobile app.
Since 511 services became available 27 years ago, SDDOT has provided:
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25 million https://sd511.org website user engagements;
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Over four million phone calls to 511 South Dakota;
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Seven million SDDOT 511 mobile app user engagements;
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325 thousand SDDOT 511 mobile app downloads; and,
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Three million My511SD alerts via email or text message (how to register).
For major construction projects, 511 also provides links to individual project websites.
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