About 511 / Northern Virginia
Super-powerful traffic and travel info
No matter where you’re traveling, 511 is your one-stop resource for all the information you need to make getting from here to there as easy as possible. With real-time traffic conditions, route planning, and information about alternative ways to travel without a car, there’s never been an easier, more convenient way to find answers to all of your transportation questions. With 511, you can take control of your mobility options and improve your quality of life, like never before.
The 511 service is currently offered in many states, and is rapidly growing into a truly nationwide service. In Virginia, there are two primary ways to access information—the 511virginia.org Web site and the 511 phone number.
For more information about these services, just Ask 511.
Northern Partners
The following partner agencies work together with 511 Virginia to make your travels throughout the state as smooth and easy as possible.
Statewide Partners
Owner of the 511 Virginia service, the Virginia Department of Transportation is charged with planning, developing, delivering, operating and maintaining – on time and on budget – the best possible transportation system for the traveling public. VDOT also provides funding for airports, seaports, rail and public transportation through the Commonwealth Transportation Board. To learn more, visit virginiadot.org.
DRPT works hard to help people and businesses find the shortest, smartest distance between point A and point B. Many times, this involves working to increase the number of riders on rail and other public transit, as well as funding traffic demand management programs, to help reduce the number of cars on the road and ease congestion throughout the state. For more information, visit drpt.virginia.gov.
The Virginia Tourism Corporation develops and promotes programs that bring visitors to Virginia. Increased tourism leads to higher profits for local businesses, greater tax revenue for local communities, and more jobs for local workers. VTC’s Web site, virginia.org, currently contains over 25,000 pages of information and serves as an online travel guide to 2,500,000 users each year.
For more than 70 years, the dedicated men and women of the Virginia State Police have helped make Virginia a safe and secure place to live. Today, their patrols help protect our roads, highways, Park & Ride lots and many other transportation options across the state. If you ever need police assistance, just dial #77 from any phone. And if you’d like some safety tips to help protect you both on the road and at home, visit vsp.state.va.us.
The NOAA assists television and radio weathercasters, private meteorology companies and 511 by providing them with the National Weather Service. This service is the United States’ primary source of weather data and forecasts, and its official voice for issuing warnings during life-threatening weather situations. To learn more, visit noaa.gov.
VPSI, Inc. provides and operates commuter vanpool programs throughout Virginia, while also offering other professionally managed transportation services for both public and private customers. For more information, visit vanpoolusa.com.
Commuter Connections offers free transportation solutions to people who work in the Metropolitan Washington area. Services like ride matching for carpools and vanpools help people find a better way to get to work, while the Guaranteed Ride Home program makes sure they can get back home in an emergency. Commuter Connections also helps employers establish commuter benefit programs like telework for their employees.
ACCS works to improve the quality of life and economic vitality of Arlington by reducing traffic congestion and the demand for parking, increasing the use of public transportation and High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, and improving air quality and mobility throughout the county. To accomplish this, ACCS encourages people who live, work or commute through Arlington to consider alternatives to driving alone—mass transit, carpools and vanpools, biking, walking, teleworking and more.
The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) provides commuter rail service from the Northern Virginia suburbs to Alexandria, Crystal City and downtown Washington, D.C. VRE is a transportation partnership of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC) and the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC).
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority operates the second largest rail transit system and the fifth largest bus network in the United States. Metrorail and Metrobus serve 3.5 million people within a 1,500 square-mile area, including the District of Columbia, the suburban Maryland counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s, and the Northern Virginia counties of Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun, and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church.
PRTC provides commuter bus service for Prince William and Stafford counties and the cities of Manassas, Manassas Park and Fredericksburg. OmniRide serves the busy I-95 and I-66 corridors, while OmniLink provides local bus service. PRTC also offers OmniMatch, a free ridesharing service, and operates the Virginia Railway Express (VRE) in partnership with the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission (NVTC).
OmniMatch is a free‚ personalized ridematching service for carpoolers and vanpoolers in Prince William County‚ Manassas‚ Manassas Park and Gainesville. OmniMatch uses an extensive regional database to link commuters who have similar work hours and origination and destination points.
The Office of Transit Services and Programs helps residents‚ businesses and visitors get to‚ from and through the City of Alexandria by using public transportation‚ ridesharing‚ walking, bicycling and telework.
DATA provides Telework!VA, other employer services and commuter information to businesses located in northern Virginia’s Dulles Corridor. By identifying regional transportation needs and advocating steps to meet those needs, DATA allows its members to stay informed and participate in actions that can improve the area’s transportation system.
The Fairfax County Department of Transportation oversees public transit in the county, including its two largest providers, Metrobus and the Fairfax Connector. The Fairfax Connector Transit System operates 54 routes, provides over 6.8 million passenger trips each year and connects to Metrorail, Metrobus, Fairfax CUE, DASH, and other services like the Herndon-Monroe Park & Ride lot.
RideSources provides commuters with free ridesharing information, including a ridematching service that helps people join or form carpools and vanpools. The RideSources program is operated by the Fairfax County Department of Transportation and is a member of Commuter Connections.
FRED is a full-service transit system serving the City of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania, Stafford and Caroline counties. Formed in 1996 through an innovative public-private funding partnership, FRED has won many awards for excellence throughout its history, including DRPT’s Achievement Award and the CTAV Roadeo "Overall Team" Award. FRED’s partners include the City of Fredericksburg, the Counties of Spotsylvania, Stafford and Caroline, the University of Mary Washington, Medicorp Health System and Ukrops.
LINK provides commuter and transportation information for the Reston and Herndon areas of Fairfax County.
The Loudoun County Office of Transportation Services provides commuter information, ridesharing options and express and local bus service for residents and businesses in Loudoun County. The office also offers information about many commuting alternatives that can help make people’s commutes smarter‚ more economical and less time-consuming.
The Martz Group started in 1908 with a single bus‚ and grew to include eight major motor coach companies spanning the East Coast by 1964. Today, the company provides commuter services that run daily from the Fredericksburg area to Washington‚ D.C. and the Pentagon.
NVTC works to plan and develop a transportation system for Northern Virginia that supports the safety, comfort and convenience of its citizens. It was established in 1964 to manage and control the functions, affairs and property of the Northern Virginia Transportation District.
Continuously active in charter and commuter service for over 50 years‚ Quick’s Bus Company provides daily commuter service in the Northern Virginia region to the Navy Yard‚ Crystal City‚ Pentagon‚ Bailey’s Crossroads and downtown Washington‚ D.C.
GWRideConnect (George Washington Regional Commission Ride Connect Program) provides commuter assistance and rideshare services for residents and businesses located in the City of Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline‚ Stafford‚ Spotsylvania and King George.
TYTRAN provides up-to-the-minute transportation information and solutions for Tysons Corner businesses, residents and employees. Through numerous events, publications, meetings, forums and their Web site, TYTRAN advocates transportation improvements, development policies and transportation demand management strategies in the area.
As the designated public transit provider to multiple government jurisdictions in northwestern rural Virginia, including Loudoun, Clarke, Staunton, Augusta, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Page and Orange counties, VRTA offers a coordinated, efficient system of broadly accessible transportation to residents in Northern Virginia. Virginia Regional Transit operates regionally as Loudoun Transit, Front Royal Area Transit, Page County Transit, Town of Orange Transit (TOOT) and Virginia Regional Transit.
Rappahannock-Rapidan Commuter Services provides commuter assistance and rideshare services for the residents and businesses located in Fauquier, Rappahannock, Culpeper, Orange and Madison counties.
Weather and road conditions change rapidly, and the information reported here should not be used as the only factor in determining whether to travel in a particular area. Motorists are cautioned to be alert to changing circumstances and adjust their driving accordingly.
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) provides this information as a public service based upon data collected from VDOT crews, contractors, Virginia State Police dispatch systems, the National Weather Service and through partnerships with other agencies and public transportation entities. Reports are based on the information available at the time of publication and cannot be guaranteed as to accuracy or timeliness. Actual conditions may vary from those reported, though every effort is made to keep information comprehensive and current.
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