By Scott Sherman
The city of San Diego has launched an interactive web application called “StreetsSD.” The tool allows residents to view street conditions and repair data for San Diego’s entire 3,000-mile street network.
In past years, residents have had trouble finding information and were forced to sift through reams of paperwork and spreadsheets to find an update on their street. Now, all the information can be found at their fingertips.
StreetsSD provides the following information:
- What streets have been fixed recently.
- The latest condition status of a street.
- Historical assessment data.
- Which streets are scheduled for upcoming repair.
- How far along the city is on its road repair goal.
Street repair information will be updated quarterly to the website while citywide assessments are point-in-time studies that will remain unchanged.
The Performance & Analytics Department developed this interactive tool in-house to help the public keep track of the street repair program and hold the city accountable.
Another public benefit to StreetsSD is that the city is making the computer code behind streets.sandiego.gov – written by the Performance & Analytics Department publicly available for San Diego startups, innovators, and other government agencies wishing to deploy a similar tool.
Unlike other cities with street maps, which typically require staff to manually update the data, the StreetsSD map will automatically pull information from the city’s internal system quarterly, sparing city staff any extra efforts to keep the map updated and minimizing human error.
The new website continues our efforts to modernize and reform city operations. To check out the new tool, please visit calles.sandiego.gov.
—Scott Sherman represents District 7 on the San Diego City Council.
