Use shortcuts to go directly to 511's most popular features from the Main Menu by saying:
- Driving Times
- Traffic Conditions
- Departure Times
- AC Transit
- BART
- Muni
- VTA
- SamTrans
- Caltrain
- Golden Gate Transit
- All Nighter
- Transit Agencies
- Paratransit
- FasTrak
- Clipper
- Sacramento 511
- Freeway Assist
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You can ask for the items above as soon as you are connected to 511 – there's no need to wait for the menu options
You can also interrupt 511 at any time in any menu if you already know your selection. Once you know what questions will be asked, you can answer them as soon as the system starts asking them.
Use key commands like:
- "repeat" to hear your choices again,
- "help" to hear the available selections,
- "Main Menu" to return and start over,
- "go back" to return to a previous menu, and
- "stop" to cancel your selection.
If you get stuck (e.g., you hear, "I'm sorry, I didn't get that"), you can always say, "Main Menu" or "help", or you can press *8 for touch-tone options.
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Traffic
Say you're driving and stuck in traffic – call 511 and say "Driving Times" to find out when you'll arrive at your destination. 511 will also provide information on the incidents on your route. When prompted for a starting and ending point within 511 Driving Times® menu, you can request a city, bridge, or hot spot. All available options are listed below. Therefore, you can say any of them, and the system will recognize it as either a starting or ending point.
You can also call 511 and say "Traffic Conditions" to get incidents, construction announcements, and slowdowns on a highway or around a city, bridge, or hot spot. Everything you can request is listed below.
Transit
Say you're out to dinner in San Francisco and you want to find out when the next Muni or BART train is coming to catch a ride home? Call 511 and say "Departure Times". If you know your stop ID, you can say or enter it. If you don't, the system will help you identify your stop, just say your agency and route name.
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- Traffic Conditions for Highways
A trick to receiving more specific information in the Traffic Conditions menu is to request a highway with an accompanying direction. For example, say "I-80 East" to obtain information on only eastbound traffic for Interstate 80. Here are all of the highways for which you can obtain traffic conditions information:
Interstate Highways California Highways Major Roads & Expressways I-205 HWY-101 Almaden Expy I-238 HWY-1 Capitol Expy I-280 HWY-113 Camino Pablo I-380 HWY-116 Castro Street I-505 HWY-12 Central Expy I-580 HWY-121 Crow Canyon Road I-680 HWY-13 East Capital Expy I-780 HWY-152 Foothill Expy I-80 HWY-160 Great America Parkway I-880 HWY-17 Lawrence Expy I-980 HWY-237 Montague Expy HWY-24 Oregon Expy HWY-242 Page Mill Road HWY-29 Richmond Parkway HWY-35 San Pablo Dam Road HWY-37 San Tomas Expy HWY-4 Sir Francis Drake Blvd HWY-82 Vasco Road HWY-84 Willow Road HWY-85 West Capitol Expy HWY-87 HWY-9 HWY-92 - Traffic Conditions for Cities
When saying a city name for traffic information, 511 will provide traffic conditions for all freeways inside the requested city as well as neighboring cities. Please say any of the following city names:
A-D E-L M-R S-Z Alameda East Palo Alto Marin City San Anselmo Alamo El Cerrito Martinez San Bruno Albany El Granada Menlo Park San Carlos American Canyon El Sobrante Mill Valley San Francisco Antioch Emeryville Millbrae San Geronimo Atherton Fairfax Milpitas San Gregorio Bay Point Fairfield Montara San Jose Belmont Forest Knolls Monte Rio San Leandro Belvedere Forestville Monte Sereno San Lorenzo Benicia Foster City Moraga San Mateo Berkeley Fremont Morgan Hill San Pablo Bethel Island Fulton Moss Beach San Quentin Blackhawk Geyserville Mountain View San Rafael Brentwood Gilroy Napa San Ramon Brisbane Glen Ellen Newark Santa Clara Burlingame Graton Novato Santa Cruz Byron Greenbrae Oakland Santa Rosa Calistoga Guerneville Oakley Saratoga Campbell Half Moon Bay Occidental Sausalito Canyon Hayward Olema Scotts Corner Castro Valley Healdsburg Orinda Scotts Valley Cloverdale Hercules Pacheco Sebastopol Colma Hillsborough Pacifica Sonoma Concord Ignacio Palo Alto South San Francisco Corte Madera Inverness Penngrove St Helena Cotati Kensington Pescadero Stinson Beach Crockett Kentfield Petaluma Suisun City Cupertino Kenwood Piedmont Sunnyvale Daly City Lafayette Pinole Sunol Danville Lagunitas Pittsburg Tiburon Davis Larkspur Pleasant Hill Tracy Deer Park Livermore Pleasanton Union City Diablo Los Altos Point Reyes Station Vacaville Dixon Los Altos Hills Port Costa Vallejo Dublin Los Gatos Portola Valley Villa Grande Duncans Mills Redwood City Walnut Creek Richmond Windsor Rio Vista Woodacre Rodeo Woodside Rohnert Park Yountville Ross Rutherford - Traffic Conditions on Bridges
- Antioch Bridge
- Bay Bridge
- Benicia Bridge
- Carquinez Bridge
- Dumbarton Bridge
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Richmond Bridge
- San Mateo Bridge
- Traffic Conditions at Hot Spots
A-C D-M N-R S-Z Alemany Blvd Overpass Devils Slide Newpark Mall San Francisco International Airport Altamont Pass Doyle Drive Novato Dumps San Jose International Airport Antioch Bridge Toll Plaza Dublin Grade Nut Tree Santana Row Avaya Stadium Dublin Interchange Oakland Coliseum SAP Center Bay Bridge San Francisco Anchorage Foothill College Oakland International Airport Six Flags Bay Bridge Toll Plaza Golden Gate Fields Oracle Arena Sonoma County Fairgrounds Berkeley Curve Golden Gate Park Oracle Park Sonoma Raceway Buchanan Field Great America Park Port of Oakland Stinson Beach Butler Bridge Hospital Curve Pruneyard Towers Sunol Grade Cal Park Hill Levi's Stadium Puerto Suelo Hill Tesla Plant Caldecott Tunnel Lombard Street Robin Williams Tunnel The Brick Wall Candlestick Park Mac Arthur Maze Richardson Bay Bridge The Cats Restaurant Castro Valley Y Mare Island The Summit Central Freeway Marin Civic Center Treasure Island Chase Center Moffet Field Valley Fair Childrens Hospital Montclair Waldo Grade Cordelia Junction Muir Woods 205 and 5 Interchange Cotati Grade 580 and 205 Interchange Cow Palace - 511 Driving Times® for Cities
Please note that locations listed below with an * can be further refined. View a list of refined 511 Driving Times® options that you can say directly when asked for your starting or ending point.
The roadways in the two right-hand columns define the intersection used to calculate the driving time, so if you say, "Alameda" as your starting point, we are calculating your driving time as if you are starting at the intersection of 29th Avenue and Interstate 880.
Cities
City Name Road 1 Road 2 Alameda 29th Ave I-880 Alamo I-680 Stone Valley Rd Albany Buchanan St I-80 American Canyon American Canyon Rd Highway 29 Angwin Highway 29 Imola Ave W Antioch Highway 4 G St Atherton US-101 Willow Rd Bay Point Bailey Rd Highway 4 Belmont Ralston Ave US-101 Belvedere Tiburon Blvd US-101 Benicia I-680 I-780 Berkeley I-80 University Ave Bethel Island Highway 160 Highway 4 Blackhawk Crow Canyon Rd I-680 Bodega Highway 1 Valley Ford Rd Bodega Bay Highway 1 Valley Ford Rd Bolinas Highway 1 Panoramic Hwy Brentwood Highway 160 Highway 4 Brisbane Oyster Point Blvd US-101 Burlingame Broadway US-101 Byron Highway 160 Highway 4 Calistoga Highway 29 Highway 221 Campbell Highway 17 E Hamilton Ave Canyon Highway 24 Camino Pablo Castro Valley I-238 I-580 Cazadero Highway 1 Highway 116 Cloverdale S Cloverdale Blvd US-101 Colma I-280 John Daly Blvd Concord Highway 242 I-680 Corte Madera Tamalpais Dr US-101 Cotati Gravenstein Way US-101 Crockett I-80 San Pablo Ave Cupertino N De Anza Blvd I-280 Daly City I-280 John Daly Blvd Danville Diablo Rd I-680 Deer Park Highway 29 1st St Diablo Diablo Rd I-680 Dillon Beach Highway 1 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Dixon Dixon Ave W I-80 Dublin I-580 I-680 East Palo Alto University Ave US-101 El Cerrito I-80 Potrero Ave El Granada Highway 1 Highway 92 El Sobrante Appian Way I-80 Emeryville I-80 Powell St Fairfield N Texas St I-80 Fort Ross Highway 1 Highway 116 Foster City Highway 92 Foster City Blvd Fremont* I-880 Mission Blvd Fulton Fulton Rd US-101 Geyserville Geyserville Ave US-101 Gilroy US-101 Leavesley Rd Greenbrae US-101 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Half Moon Bay Highway 1 Highway 92 Hayward* Highway 92 I-880 Healdsburg Dry Creek Rd US-101 Hercules I-80 John Muir Pky Hillsborough Broadway US-101 Ignacio US-101 Highway 37 Inverness Highway 1 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Jenner Highway 1 Highway 116 Kensington I-80 Buchanan St Kentfield US-101 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Lafayette Highway 24 Happy Valley Rd Larkspur Sir Francis Drake Blvd US-101 Livermore Highway 84 I-580 Los Altos El Monte Rd I-280 Los Altos Hills El Monte Rd I-280 Los Gatos Highway 17 Highway 9 Marin City Bridgeway US-101 Marshall Highway 1 Marshall-Petaluma Rd Martinez I-680 Marina Vista Ave Menlo Park Willow Rd US-101 Mill Valley Tiburon Blvd US-101 Millbrae E Millbrae Ave US-101 Milpitas* Highway 237 I-880 Montara Highway 1 Linda Mar Blvd Monte Sereno Highway 17 Highway 9 Moraga Highway 24 Camino Pablo Morgan Hill US-101 Cochrane Rd Moss Beach Highway 1 Linda Mar Blvd Mountain View* Highway 85 US-101 Napa Highway 29 Imola Ave W Newark Highway 84 I-880 Nicasio Lucas Valley Rd US-101 Novato US-101 Highway 37 Oakland* I-980 I-880 Oakley Highway 160 Highway 4 Occidental Highway 1 Valley Ford Rd Olema Highway 1 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Orinda Highway 24 Camino Pablo Pacheco Highway 4 I-680 Pacifica Highway 1 Sharp Park Rd Palo Alto* Embarcadero Rd US-101 Penngrove Old Redwood Hwy US-101 Pescadero Highway 84 Highway 1 Petaluma Highway 116 US-101 Piedmont Highway 13 Moraga Ave Pinole I-80 Pinole Valley Rd Pittsburg Highway 4 Railroad Ave Pleasant Hill Highway 242 I-680 Pleasanton I-580 I-680 Point Reyes Station Highway 1 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Pope Valley Highway 29 Imola Ave W Port Costa I-80 San Pablo Ave Portola Valley Sand Hill Rd I-280 Redwood City* US-101 Whipple Ave Richmond* Cutting Blvd I-80 Rodeo I-80 Willow Ave Rohnert Park Rohnert Park Expy US-101 Ross Sir Francis Drake Blvd US-101 Rutherford Highway 29 1st St San Anselmo 3rd St US-101 San Bruno San Bruno Ave E US-101 San Carlos Holly St US-101 San Francisco* I-80 4th St San Gregorio Highway 1 Highway 84 San Jose* I-880 US-101 San Leandro* I-880 Davis St San Lorenzo I-238 I-880 San Mateo* Highway 92 US-101 San Pablo I-80 San Pablo Dam Rd San Quentin I-580 Main St San Rafael I-580 US-101 San Ramon Crow Canyon Rd I-680 Santa Clara* Montague Expy US-101 Santa Rosa Highway 12 US-101 Saratoga Highway 9 Saratoga Ave Sausalito Rodeo Ave US-101 South San Francisco Grand Ave US-101 St Helena Highway 29 Highway 221 Stinson Beach Highway 1 Panoramic Hwy Suisun City Highway 12 I-80 Sunnyvale* Lawrence Expy US-101 Sunol Highway 84 I-680 Tiburon Tiburon Blvd US-101 Tomales Highway 1 Marshall-Petaluma Rd Union City I-880 Alvarado Niles Rd Vacaville I-505 I-80 Vallejo Highway 37 I-80 Valley Ford Highway 1 Valley Ford Rd Walnut Creek Highway 24 I-680 Windsor Old Redwood Hwy US-101 Woodside Highway 84 I-280 Yountville Highway 221 Highway 29 - 511 Driving Times® on Bridges
Bridge Name Road 1 Road 2 Antioch Bridge CA-160 CA-4 Bay Bridge* I-80 Bay Bridge - Toll Plaza Benicia Bridge* I-680 I-780 Carquinez Bridge* I-80 Ca-29 Dumbarton Bridge* CA-84 Dumbarton Bridge - Causeway Golden Gate Bridge* US-101 Golden Gate Bridge - North Tower Richmond Bridge* I-580 Western Dr San Mateo Bridge* CA-92 Clawiter Rd - 511 Driving Times® at Hot Spots
Hot Spot Name Road 1 Road 2 Alemany Blvd Overpass I-280 US-101 Altamont Pass I-580 Flynn Rd N Antioch Bridge Toll Plaza CA-160 Antioch Bridge - Toll Plaza Avaya Stadium I-880 Coleman Ave Bay Bridge San Francisco Anchorage Bay Bridge – SF Anchorage I-80 Bay Bridge Toll Plaza Bay Bridge - Toll Plaza I-80 Berkeley Curve I-580 I-80 Buchanan Field Chilpancingo Pky I-680 Butler Bridge CA-221 CA-29 Cal Park Hill US-101 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Caldecott Tunnel Highway 24 Fish Ranch Rd 3 Com Park or Candlestick Park Beatty Ave US-101 Castro Valley Y I-238 I-580 Central Freeway Mission St US-101 Childrens Hospital Highway 24 51st St Cordelia Junction I-680 I-80 Cotati Grade Old Redwood Hwy US-101 Cow Palace US-101 Bay Shore Blvd Devils Slide Highway 1 Linda Mar Blvd Doyle Drive US-101 Lombard St Dublin Grade I-580 Foothill Rd Dublin Interchange I-580 I-680 Foothill College El Monte Rd I-280 Golden Gate Fields I-80 Solano Ave Great America Park Great America Pky US-101 Hospital Curve Cesar Chavez St US-101 Levi's Stadium Great America Pky Tasman Dr Lombard Street Van Ness Ave Lombard St Mac Arthur Maze I-580 I-80 Mare Island Highway 37 Wilson Ave Marin Civic Center N San Pedro Rd US-101 Moffet Field Highway 85 US-101 Montclair CA-13 Park Blvd Muir Woods Highway 1 Muir Woods Rd Newpark Mall I-880 Mowry Ave Novato Dumps San Antonio Rd US-101 Nut Tree I-505 I-80 Oakland Coliseum Hegenberger Rd I-880 Oakland International Airport 98th Ave I-880 Oracle Arena Hegenberger Rd I-880 Port of Oakland I-880 7th St Pruneyard Towers Highway 17 San Tomas Expy Puerto Suelo Hill Lincoln Ave US-101 Robin Williams Tunnel Highway 1 Spencer Ave Richardson Bay Bridge US-101 Highway 1 San Francisco International Airport Airport Exit US-101 San Jose International Airport Airport Pky Highway 87 Santana Row CA-17 I-280 SAP Center CA-87 W Julian St Six Flags Highway 37 I-80 Sonoma County Fairgrounds CA-12 US-101 Sonoma Raceway Highway 121 Highway 37 Stinson Beach Highway 1 Panoramic Hwy Sunol Grade Andrade Rd I-680 Tesla Plant Fremont Blvd I-880 The Brick Wall 23rd Ave I-880 The Cats Restaurant Highway 17 S Santa Cruz Ave The Summit Highway 17 Summit Rd Treasure Island I-80 Treasure Island Rd Valley Fair CA-17 I-280 Waldo Grade US-101 Rodeo Ave 205 and 5 interchange I-205 I-5 580 and 205 interchange I-580 I-280 - 511 Paratransit Agencies
From inside the Paratransit Agency menu, you can say any of the following agencies. If you want to use the touch-tone options, press the number associated with each agency.
Paratransit Agency Touch-tone option East Bay Paratransit 10 VTA Access Paratransit 11 Whistlestop Wheels for Marin County 12 Redi-Wheels for San Mateo County 13 County Connection LINK for Central Contra Costa County 14 Volunteer Wheels for Sonoma County 15 San Francisco Paratransit 16 SolTrans Paratransit 17 WestCAT for Western Contra Costa County 18 Santa Rosa Paratransit 19 Petaluma Paratransit 20 DART for FAST 21 Redicoast 22 VINE Go for Napa County 23 Tri Delta Transit for Eastern Contra Costa County 24 WHEELS Dial-A-Ride for Livermore Amador Valley 25 Union City Paratransit 26 Solano County Paratransit 27 Special Services for Vacaville 28 Dixon Readi-Ride 29 - 511 Transit Agencies
From inside the Transit Agency menu, you can say any of the following agencies. If you want to use the touch-tone options, press the number associated with each agency.
Agency Touch-tone option AC Transit 10 BART 11 MUNI 12 Golden Gate Transit & Ferry 13 SamTrans 14 Caltrain 15 Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) 16 County Connection 17 Altamont Commuter Express (ACE) 18 WHEELS 19 WestCat 20 Marin Transit 21 Tri Delta Transit 22 Sonoma County Transit 23 FAST 24 San Francisco Bay Ferry 25 Blue and Gold Ferry 26 Capitol Corridor 27 Emery Go Round 28 Dumbarton Express 29 The VINE 30 Santa Rosa CityBus 31 SMART 32 Red and White Fleet 33 Angel Island-Tiburon Ferry 34 Healdsburg Transit 35 Petaluma Transit 36 Cloverdale Transit 37 Union City Transit 38 Vacaville City Coach 39 Yountville Shuttle 40 Lake Transit 41 Rio Vista Delta Breeze 42 San Benito County Transit 43 San Joaquin Regional Transit 44 Mendocino Transit Authority 45 Modesto MAX 46 Monterey-Salinas Transit 47 Santa Cruz Metro 48 SolTrans 50 - Refined Points for Cities
For some cities that have multiple freeways within their jurisdictions we have provided "refined points" so that you may better define your starting and ending point. This means instead of saying the city name you can say the refined point name directly and skip a step in the menu. For example, when the system asks for a starting point you may say, "880 at 98th Street" instead of simply saying "Oakland."
City Refined Point 1 Refined Point 2 Refined Point 3 Refined Point 4 Refined Point 5 San Francisco I-80 and 4th Street I-280 and 6th Street Golden Gate Bridge Toll Plaza I-280 and Highway 1 San Jose U.S. 101 and I-880 I-280 and I-680 U.S. 101 and Hwy 85 Hwy 17 and I-280 CA-87 and CA-85 Oakland I-880 and I-980 98th Ave. and I-880 Hwy 13 and I-580 Hwy 13 and Hwy 24 Fremont Mission Blvd and I-880 Mission Blvd and I-680 Hwy 84 and I-880 Burlingame US-101 and Broadway I-280 and Trousdale Rd Hayward Hwy 92 and I-880 Hwy 238 and I-580 Milpitas Hwy 237 and I-880 I-680 and E. Calaveras Blvd. Mountain View Moffett Field Hwy 85 and Hwy 237 I-280 and El Monte Road Redwood City U.S. 101 and Whipple Ave. I-280 and Hwy 84 Richmond I-80 and Cutting Blvd. I-80 and Richmond Parkway Richmond Bridge Toll Plaza San Leandro I-880 and Davis Street I-80 and Richmond Parkway I-580 and Estudillo Ave. San Mateo U.S. 101 and Hwy 92 I-280 and Hwy 92 Santa Clara U.S. 101 and Montague Expressway I-280 and Stevens Creek Blvd. Sunnyvale U.S. 101 and Lawrence Expressway U.S. 101 and Hwy 237 I-280 and Hwy 85 Tracy I-205 and Tracy Blvd U.S. 101 and Hwy 237 I-205 and W 11th St - Refined Points for Bridges
For some bridges that have multiple freeways within their jurisdictions we have provided "refined points" so that you may better define your starting and ending point. This means instead of saying the bridge name you can say the refined point name directly and skip a step in the menu.
Bridge/Tunnel Refined Point 1 Refined Point 2 Bay Bridge Bay Bridge – Oakland side Bay Bridge – San Francisco side Benicia Bridge Benicia Bridge – Benicia side Benicia Bridge – Martinez side Caldecott Tunnel Caldecott Tunnel-Orinda side Caldecott Tunnel-Oakland side Carquinez Bridge Carquinez Bridge – Vallejo side Carquinez Bridge – Crockett side Dumbarton Bridge Dumbarton Bridge – Fremont side Dumbarton Bridge – Menlo Park side Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge – Marin side Golden Gate Bridge – San Francisco side Richmond San Rafael Bridge Richmond San Rafael Bridge – Richmond side Richmond San Rafael Bridge – San Rafael side San Mateo Bridge San Mateo Bridge – Hayward side San Mateo Bridge – San Mateo side