More Than Just Travel Times From 511

Traveler Information Services such as 511 must be easy for the customer to use and provide useful information. The alternate route information system developed for the Central Florida area allows motorists to request routes for their origin and destination in very generic terms such as Downtown and Airport. They are then provided two or three routes and travel times for those routes based upon a real-time traffic network. Since some of the alternate routes contain toll roads, a motorist is able to choose a toll/nontolled route based upon the travel time.