Pothole reporting system

Surely, a pothole reporting/searching mobile app exists. It could operate many ways. One way:

Reporting

• Driver holds the phone in one hand while still driving safely.
• Driver simply taps a huge button on the mobile app each time that the driver sees a pothole.
• The driver would not need to look at the phone.
• Of course, the GPS coordinates are logged for the hole.
• It would be nice, however, to have a three-point, pothole rating system, but that would be another click and probably too much for a driver to do. Unless three large buttons existed on the app instead of one huge button. Each button represents each type of pothole. But this may also require the driver to look down at the phone.
  • 1=solid thud, but still good enough to drive over
  • 2=risky
  • 3=rim-buster, avoid at all costs

Searching

• When driving somewhere, the driver plots the route, and the app indicates the pothole locations that are color-coded to match the severity level, if using the three-point rating system.

Or people could use these Web forms:

• City of Toledo : Pothole Repair Request Form - "To report potholes that need to be repaired you may call 419-936-BUMP or fill out the form."
• ODOT : Report a Pothole - "To report a pothole, click on Add new item, then fill out the popup form."

This mobile app called Pothole Alert 311 works with the 311 system for some cities.

Toledo does not have a 311 system, but it's an objective of Mayor Collins.

Dec 23, 2013 Blade story

The new mayor plans to assign Mr. Leggett the task of creating a 311 system for Toledo. Such a system could handle nonemergency calls for city services, such as public utilities and pothole repair, or even non-emergency police calls, depending on how it is configured.