"As America's aging roads fall further behind on much-needed repairs, cities and states are turning to artificial intelligence to spot the worst hazards and decide which fixes should come first. Hawaii officials, for example, are giving away 1,000 dashboard cameras as they try to reverse a recent spike in traffic fatalities. The cameras will use AI to automate inspections of guardrails, road signs and pavement markings, instantly discerning between minor problems and emergencies that warrant sending a maintenance crew."
""This is not something where it's looked at once a month and then they sit down and figure out where they're going to put their vans," said Richard Browning, chief commercial officer at Nextbase, which developed the dashcams and imagery platform for Hawaii. After San Jose, California, started mounting cameras on street sweepers, city staff confirmed the system correctly identified potholes 97% of the time. Now they're expanding the effort to parking enforcement vehicles."
Cities and states are deploying artificial intelligence with vehicle-mounted and dash cameras, plus cellphone data, to identify hazardous road conditions and prioritize repairs. Programs include Hawaii distributing free dashcams to detect guardrail, sign and pavement issues, and San Jose mounting cameras on street sweepers that identified potholes with 97% accuracy. Texas has launched a large AI initiative using cameras and enrolled drivers' cellphone data across extensive lane miles. Other jurisdictions apply AI to inspect signage and generate congestion reports. Remote locations and logistical constraints complicate maintenance, requiring automated, frequent inspections to allocate crews to emergencies.
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