The Road That Keeps Failing
01 · ASSESS — How cities are changing the way they inspect, prioritize and maintain streets. Roads are among the most visible — and expensive — assets maintained by local government. Yet deciding where and when to intervene remains difficult. Vehicle-mounted cameras, automated pavement assessment, artificial intelligence, mobile data collection and modern pavement-management systems are giving departments more frequent and detailed information about roadway condition. This webinar follows the journey from seeing deterioration to deciding what to do about it — from condition scoring and treatment selection through long-term capital planning. Each event becomes an Asset Mapping Intelligence Report — a permanent, searchable record of the session: the full write-up, the archived video, every audience question and answer, a practical field guide, a glossary, direct speaker contacts, and supporting material from the technology partners who took part.
Key Takeaways
- How automated and AI-assisted pavement assessment differs from traditional inspection.
- How better condition information can improve maintenance prioritization.
- Why lifecycle cost can lead to different decisions than repairing the worst roads first.
- How pavement information can support defensible capital-planning decisions.
Why Attend?
Roads consume more of the maintenance budget than any other asset class, and the decision of what to treat and when is rarely made with complete information. This session shows how departments are using more frequent, more consistent condition data to make those decisions defensible.
Who Should Attend
- Public Works Directors
- Transportation Directors
- City and County Engineers
- Street and Road Managers
- Asset Managers
- Capital Planning Directors
- GIS Directors and Managers
- Finance and Budget Officers
- City and County Managers
- Procurement professionals
Agenda
- 01 The Problem — why traditional pavement inspection and maintenance prioritization are being challenged
- 02 Seeing the Network — traditional surveys, cameras, mobile mapping, automated pavement assessment and AI
- 03 From Condition to Decision — turning observations into condition scores, deterioration models and maintenance priorities
- 04 Right Treatment. Right Road. Right Time. — how lifecycle thinking changes maintenance decisions
- 05 From Maintenance to Capital Planning — connecting pavement intelligence to budgets and long-term investment
- 06 Panel Discussion + Audience Q&A
