New MTC Software Helps Pavement Management Projects
Oakland, California’s Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) has introduced MobileRater, new software designed to be installed on hand held computers used by city and public works department employees to raise standards of local street and road maintenance by speeding up the process of collecting data regarding pavement distress. The software will be totally compatible with the already popular application StreetSaver Online, a program developed by the MTC and currently in use nationwide by more than 400 municipalities who need to invest their limited pavement maintenance funds in an efficient and cost effective manner.
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6, one of the most popular operating systems for PDAs and smart phones of all types, is the platform on which MobileRater is run. Using the software, employees can evaluate and record their pavement inspection data faster and with greater accuracy. They are also able to get an instant calculation of the pavement condition index (PCI) for a given segment of pavement. Alligator cracking or utility-cut patching distresses can be recorded simultaneously in the format that pavement evaluators would typically fill into paper sheets. At the end of an inspection period, employees simply transfer the data they’ve gathered via USB connection to a computer in order to be uploaded to a server of StreetSaver Online.
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