511 - Bay Area Traffic Info

I found this great traffic info service a while ago. 511 - both web and telephone access. For the last month I have been comparing reported incidents against what I see on the little stretch of 101 between Willow Road in Menlo Park and the 85 interchange in Mountain View, and I gotta say, it is with out a doubt the most accurate service I have seen. What's great about it is that slow downs are very often reported even if there is no real incident, such as a broken down vehicle, or crash. Even though I drive maybe a 10 mile stretch on 101, when its slow its sloooow, so being alerted early so I can take an alternate route is handy. And what's more, the automated attendent on the phone is so friendly. I simply tell him what cities and freeways I want a report on and he politely gives me the "511" on the conditions. I sometimes find myself wanting to call just to talk to someone on the way home :-)

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