Members of the Oregon Department of Transportation (DOT) will discuss their efforts to develop the Oregon Transportation Safety Data Explorer (OTSDE). OTSDE is an interactive web based GIS tool, accessible both internally and externally, designed for users of every skill level. OTSDE provides the users with information about transportation safety in Oregon. Available data include recorded transportation problem areas, current and future safety improvement projects, bicycle and pedestrian safety information, and the most recent five years of reported vehicle crash data.

OTSDE has three main areas of business use: identifying corridors, filtering and extracting crash data, and multi-modal active transportation projects. The tool uses ESRI “out of the box” functionality to create a user interface that does not require ArcGIS skills, instead providing users with the power to interact with data through the use of “widgets”. Users can view and filter crash data, screen network data, and access transportation data for crash data analysis, traffic safety investigations, multi-modal analysis, and TSP (Transportation System Plan) reviews.

Featured speakers:

• Kristie Gladhill, Senior Transportation Analyst, Oregon DOT

• Jennifer Lanzarotta, GIS Specialist, Oregon DOT