The site features maps with travel times, road speeds, construction information, traffic alerts and winter road conditions from November through April. ODOT project manager Todd Wolfhurst says it’s a revamp of ODOT’s old traffic website, buckeyetraffic.org.
HOLFHURST: "And we even went with the name ohgo.com because it was easier to type into a browser, especially a mobile browser. There's no apps to download, you just pull it up. You can use it on any smartphone: Android, iPhone, Windows, Blackberrys."
The information on the site comes from road sensors, traffic cameras, weather-monitoring services and reports that come in to ODOT’s central office headquarters. The state spent $260,000 to change the website’s name and add the features. ODOT says these features are more up-to-date and accurate than those provided by other websites or apps.
