{"id":11722,"date":"2025-10-22T21:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/11722\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T21:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:10:15","slug":"city-of-pittsburgh-adds-new-features-to-interactive-mapping-tool-founded-on-transparency-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/11722\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Pittsburgh adds new features to interactive mapping tool founded on transparency \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 The City of Pittsburgh continues to upgrade an online tool helping residents get more involved in local government processes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The City of Pittsburgh has launched Phase 2 of the OneStopPGH Insights Tool, an interactive mapping platform designed to enhance transparency in development, permitting and public infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Developed through collaboration among multiple city departments, the Insights Tool provides residents with easy access to detailed records and workflows related to city projects, construction permits and safety regulations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cThis is more than just a map. It\u2019s a window into how the city works,\u201d said Mayor Ed Gainey. \u201cBy bringing all these datasets together in one tool, we\u2019re making it easier than ever for residents to understand what\u2019s happening around them, participate in local government and hold us accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Phase 2 of the OneStopPGH Insights Tool includes interactive mapping of all Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI) permits, such as construction and utility permits, which were previously unavailable in Phase 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Residents can track new and ongoing projects in their neighborhoods with real-time updates, and the tool integrates with the Application Guidance webpage for detailed permit information and the Traffic Obstruction Map for up-to-date road and sidewalk closures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Insights Tool was created through a cross-departmental collaboration between the Department of City Planning (DCP), Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI), Permits, Licenses, and Inspections (PLI) and the Department of Public Works (DPW).<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/89d500285ecd4804ae9945d93d424569\/page\/Map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/89d500285ecd4804ae9945d93d424569\/page\/Map\">Click here<\/a> to explore the Insights Tool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The City of Pittsburgh continues to upgrade an online tool helping residents get more involved in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[79,7985,2857,9139,9135,9136,9138,5684,845,9140,73,75,74,5685,5858,9141,9137,5511],"class_list":["post-11722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-city","tag-development","tag-infrastructure","tag-insights-tool","tag-interactive","tag-mapping","tag-onestoppgh","tag-online","tag-permits","tag-phase-2","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-platform","tag-public","tag-records","tag-tool","tag-transparency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}