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Or crowd source it by having commuters register potholes.. That also gives you a sense of priority based on number of calls for a given area. Militarizing citi
by josho 11y ago
Or crowd source it by having commuters register potholes.. That also gives you a sense of priority based on number of calls for a given area.
Militarizing cities for potholes is just plain wrong. That's something you'd expect to hear from a Stalinist regime, not a democratic nation.
- radiorental 11y agoThere's an app for that http://www.streetbump.org/about http://www.streetbump.org/about
- keehun 11y agoThat seems like a good idea but a slight overkill. Why not allow the residents to submit specific location info/pictures of potholes? I wouldn't want to send the city of Boston every car trip I take--especially since I usually do my best to drive around potholes and then it wouldn't be registered in the app.
- ToastyMallows 11y agoYou can also report potholes on Waze. Some city governments actively follow Waze [0], so it would be easy for people to report potholes, and the government to watch and see where they need to be filled. [0] http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Kentucky-Transportation-Cabinet-Waze-team-up-287835411.html http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Kentucky-Transportation-C...
- mycroft-holmes 11y agoOr privatize it so there's profit/loss.
- gaius 11y agoNo this is how you do it http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/32448103/mystery-artist-highlights-bury-potholes-with-penis-drawings http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/32448103/mystery-artis...
- TaylorAlexander 11y agoI agree, this is the kind of thing you'd have in an authoritarian regime, not a democratic nation. I wonder, which do we have?
- jacalata 11y agoOne drawback of this is that some populations are less likely to contribute (eg: immigrants with poor English, poorer communities that don't trust civil authorities, short-term residents in an area filled with rentals) so you end up prioritizing by citizen engagement level and not just by actual pothole level.