Local Government and Small Team Guide for

Automating Road Assessments

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 What’s Your Plan?.......................................................................... 03

Why Now?............................................................................................. 04

Options................................................................................................... 05

CONTENTS Considerations................................................................................. 06

Our Solution....................................................................................... 07

Success Stories................................................................................. 09

What Next?.......................................................................................... 10

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WHAT’S YOUR PLAN?
Do you know the location and condition of all of the roads in your network?
Do you know how they each rank from best to worst in terms of surface
deterioration?

Efficiently maintaining and replacing roads is expensive, and the information

you need to make data-driven decisions is crucial to your success.

Before you begin planning, you need an accurate map of where all of your roads
are located and what condition they are in.

An effective solution should provide useful pavement ratings, high-definition

images, and the ability to view your entire network right at your desk.

You can create more efficient plans if you can see the big picture.

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WHY NOW?
If you don’t currently have a method of locating and noting the condition of your
roads, now is a great time to begin! Why?

01 With over $555 BILLION IN FUNDING available for infrastructure projects over the
next 5 years, the Infrastructure Bill is providing motivation for governments and
communities to take stock, make plans, and begin to build and rebuild. THE CITY OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, wanted their
road condition data to be reliable so that they could
use their resources more efficiently.
02 Most grant and funding applications require you to PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF THE
CURRENT STATUS of the assets you are trying to acquire money to upgrade. Previously they recruited, trained, and managed
You’re going to want objective proof to CLEARLY DOCUMENT YOUR NEEDS. interns to assess their roads. This inefficient and
expensive process was highly subjective and time
03 Staff and crews come and go. A TRUSTED PROCESS for sharing mapped visual intensive.
information and detailed condition status will significantly decrease the time it
takes to get new employees up to speed. Unfortunately, it was the most cost-effective option
at the time.
04 You can’t always make a trip into the field to see things for yourself. A RELIABLE,
How did our technology help them generate more
ONLINE PLATFORM that can be accessed from anywhere will save valuable man
credible, objective ratings for their roads?
hours.

05 Budget planning requires strong information and analysis. With a SOLID BASE-
LINE OF WHERE YOU STAND, allocation decisions can be data-driven. VIEW SAVANNAH’S CASE STUDY

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OPTIONS

Road condition assessments are typically completed by: But these processes tend to be:

MANUALLY NOTING DETAILS X X

Using pencil, paper, printed sheets, and checkboxes, many communities
perform their road condition assessments manually. The resulting data
can be subjective, unreliable, and easy to misplace- not to mention not to
mention making it difficult to compare data year-over-year.

TIME NOT ACCESSIBLE

USING SPREADSHEETS CONSUMING TO ALL

X X
Many communities have upgraded their manual methods onto Excel
spreadsheets, but again, year-over-year comparisons are difficult and sorting
can be challenging.

TAKING PHOTOS
While photos are a great way to preserve a moment and condition in time,
without geographical and time references, they can be confusing and not tell
DIVERGENT DISCONNECTED
a complete story.
SOURCES DATA

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CONSIDERATIONS

What are the most important considerations

when selecting a method of performing road
assessments?

SIMPLE DATA COLLECTION AND EASY UPLOADING

RATING

3 OBJECTIVE AND ACCURATE AI-GENERATED RATINGS

ABILITY TO SHARE AND COLLABORATE ACROSS

TEAMS OR DEPARTMENTS

BROWSER-BASED ACCESS AND CLOUD-SECURE

STORAGE FOR DATA

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OUR SOLUTION
Network RB Score Centerline Miles

RoadBotics by Michelin has been using artificial intelligence to

provide mapping solutions for governments, communities, and
engineering firms for over 6 years.

Manual assessments waste valuable man hours and result

in subjective ratings, while expensive van scans generate
overwhelming amounts of data.

Both methods make it difficult to create pavement maintenance

and management plans.

RoadWay empowers communities to make objective, data-

driven decisions about their road networks by automating their
inspections and generating actionable data.

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ROADWAY IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE

Visualize and analyze your roads with ratings generated by artificial intelligence.

COLLECT VISUAL DATA LET AI DO THE WORK ANALYZE YOUR RESULTS

Use your smartphone to collect visual data Your road imagery is then fed through our Your imagery and ratings are then mapped
of the roads you’d like rated. artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. on RoadWay showing your best (rated 1 and
colored green) to worst (rated 5 and colored
The imagery you collect will immediately RoadBotics by Michelin technology is built on red) roads.
appear on RoadWay, allowing you to easily years of advanced research and development,
see what’s been covered and what still needs and our algorithms have been precisely tuned Your view can be customized, and our toolbox
collected. to deliver objective and actionable data. provides useful features like measuring
areas, calculating distances, or segmenting
sections of your assessment.

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SUCCESS STORIES
How have communities implemented automated road assessments? What benefits resulted, and how have their new processes had an impact for their
citizens? Read more about the success of four communities that saved time and money with our technology in these case studies.

CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO, was assessing the CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, faced challenges
condition of their 260-mile road network wanted their road maintenance to be cost- with time, labor, and incomplete data. They
manually by closing down sections and effective and efficient. Every option was too were looking for a faster, more objective
performing visual inspections until working expensive - except RoadBotics by Michelin! solution.
with RoadBotics by Michelin.

VIEW CLOVIS’ CASE STUDY VIEW CRANBERRY TWP’S CASE STUDY VIEW SOUTH BEND’S CASE STUDY

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 WHAT NEXT?

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PERFORMING

AUTOMATED ROAD ASSESSMENTS
VISIT OUR WEBSITE READ OUR CASE STUDIES
to schedule a meeting or demo Email [email protected] to let to see how other communities
at your convenience, or register us know your needs. have put our technology to use.
to attend a web event.

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