Friday, May 27th, 2016

New PennDOT Open Data Portal Puts Road, Bridge and Other Transportation Data at Public’s Fingertips

Less than a month after Governor Tom Wolf announced steps to make Pennsylvania’s data more transparent and accessible to the public, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has launched an Open Data portal housing data ranging from roadway pavement conditions to rail facility locations. The portal, http://data.pennshare.opendata.arcgis.com/, leverages a GIS platform used in several states