User reports are all well and good, but will always be inherently reactive. We should always be looking to be proactive whenever possible. Whether that’s feasible here or not, I don’t know. But I suspect mapping something like that could be done in an efficient manner with proper planning.
Patching potholes is always reactionary and cant be proactive unless you rip up all 6300 miles and replaxe it with AsplatX which doesnt crack and isnt possible
I’ll admit I don’t know the science behind potholes, but surely there are ways to predict where they are likely to occur? There’s also just active monitoring for them rather than passively waiting for some citizen to report it.
What I do know is that relying on user feedback alone is so insanely error prone and it should never be a first resort for managing anything. It can be an important signal, it should not be the only signal. People will often assume something has been reported by someone else, and ultimately nobody has reported it. Or nobody has reported it to the right channel.
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u/Fridge_living_tips 13h ago
There is 6,300 miles of road.
Is it more effective to let citizens alert of pothokes or hire ALOT of people to do that