Adopting smartphone technology to supplement road asset performance monitoring

Road roughness is one of the key parameters to evaluate the condition and performance of the road network. Many road agencies in Australia use Laser Profilometer (LSR) to collect the roughness data. The LSR is fixed to a special survey vehicle often equipped with devices such as GPS, gyroscope, high definition cameras, etc., to capture a range of road asset performance data. However, it is envisaged that the time and cost associated with transporting the survey vehicle to areas especially those in the outback regions or for smaller/ less frequent use is high which limits the use of LSR survey in such situations. With the evolvement of smartphones with accelerometer and gyroscope sensors, apps have been developed to measure road roughness data and other relevant information. Although these apps provide great flexibility for road agencies to collect roughness data, the authors were unable to source any studies to examine the suitability of such apps in Australia especially for Local Government road network. Also, the convenience of smartphones and apps at low cost and ability for quicker/ easier in-house data processing and analysis made it an attractive pilot project at Logan City Council with assistance from an industry experience student from Queensland University of Technology.

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• Authors:
  • Shah, A
  • Zhong, J
  • Ly, J
• Conference:
  • AAPA International Flexible Pavements Conference, 17th, 2017, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Publication Date: 2017-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 13p
• Monograph Title: Roads of the future: embracing disruption: 17th AAPA International Flexible Pavements Conference, Melbourne, 13-16 August 2017

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cellular telephones; Data collection; Local government; Pavement performance; Pavements; Roughness; Texture; Types of roads by network
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement technology; Road design and asset management; Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Queensland
• ATRI Terms: Data collection; Local government; Mobile phone; Pavement performance; Road network; Roughness
• ITRD Terms: LOCAL AUTHORITY; 8671: Mobile phone
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01648305
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 10 2017 2:53PM