The City of Markham continuously innovates its road maintenance programs using the latest technologies. Over the past four years, the city has expanded the use of AI from real-time pothole detection to AI-powered pavement assessments and automated seasonal surveying of road failures across its entire road network. In this presentation, the City of Markham will demonstrate, in collaboration with vendor CITYROVER, a new program powered by CITYROVER 5th generation technology. This program leverages in-vehicle AI-powered cameras for instant pavement rating assessments and road roughness measurements, paving the way for always up-to-date, available pavement quality ratings. The novel technology, in concert with the system’s defect detection capabilities, allows the city to have a full awareness of its current state of pavement infrastructure for the entire road network at all times. The presentation will cover the following topics: Evolution of AI applications for pavement management and maintenance. Overview of the CITYROVER 5th generation continuous pavement assessment technology. Demonstration by the City of Markham on using the technology, data collected, and applications in practical government settings. The speakers will use a slideshow presentation containing multimedia components for a more complete illustration of the technology and its functions.
After this session, participants will be better able to:
• Compare different types of pavement assessment artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and their optimal use cases to traditional practices.
• Recognize different pavement maintenance methods applicable to different types of data collected by the pavement assessment technology.
• Review the City of Markham’s road maintenance programs and how they leverage data for better public service, including measurable key performance indicators and implementation considerations.
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Alice Lam-Director of Operations, Roy Tal-Chief Technology Officer
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