Pothole tracker application

[alberta_gamer]

Look at this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/03/25/mb-pothole-application-winnipeg.html


...and tell me what the map of Calgary would look like on this application.

[Kloubek]

I'd suggest you make the icons smaller so they don't block off the entire freakin city map...

[WaR-BirD]

Ours would just be 1 big blue icon.

[Commanderwiggin]

After being in Winnipeg all last week...the whole south of that map should be blue...and that's the GOOD area of the city :facepalm: ...don't drive in the North too often but last year it was :nut:

[miguex]

If the government ignores the potholes, we should do pothole gardening like this picture: HAHA!

http://www.brokencountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/pothole-gardener.jpg

source: http://www.brokencountry.com/index.php/2010/04/28/steve-wheen-plants-flowers-in-potholes/

EPIC!

[94boosted]

Originally posted by WaR-BirD
Ours would just be 1 big blue icon.

Lol so true. Is it just me or is this year worse than others?

[BlackArcher101]

Red Deer is far far worse than Calgary. They have open pit mines in their roads.

[95EagleAWD]

Come all the way to Edmonton... Calgary is amazing compared to what we have up here. :(

[revelations]

Its not even the potholes that are bad in Calgary, its the new dips and speed bumps and humps that appeared on many road surfaces. City nightmare for sure.

For eg. Peigan trail was resurfaced last summer and now its almost as bad as it was before they resurfaced it. :(

[Kloubek]

Originally posted by 95EagleAWD
Come all the way to Edmonton... Calgary is amazing compared to what we have up here. :(

You sure about that? Lately I feel like I've been travelling the Rubicon Trail...

[vtec260]

My TL is making weird creaking suspension sound it didn't make before. ummmm...time for a Trail-rated Jeep, perhaps?

Still Winnipeg road is pretty bad from my previous years living in 'Peg. Gotta a be a PHD to drive there. PHD=Pot Hole Dodger.

[Kittens11]

Originally posted by revelations
Its not even the potholes that are bad in Calgary, its the new dips and speed bumps and humps that appeared on many road surfaces. City nightmare for sure.

For eg. Peigan trail was resurfaced last summer and now its almost as bad as it was before they resurfaced it. :(

Same deal with 22x the repaved most of it at the end of last summer and its basically just garbage again now..

[xDodge2x]

lets face it. we all have shitty roads? Have you guys ever been down to southern US? roads are perfect I shat a brick the first time I drove down a road in arizona.

[badatusrnames]

Blame it on our shitty weather. 70 degree annual swings in temperature and multiple freeze-thaw cycles are going to wreak havoc on roads. The southern US doesn't have to deal with that.

They don't necessarily build better roads, they've just got far better weather.

[4lti]

The NE is LITTERED with dips, drops, and cracks everywhere! You cant even go the speed limit because the road looks like its just been bombed.
Calgary is a Skid Plate kind of city.

[revelations]

I'm so glad I raised my previously lowered (slammed) Civic in November.

[ryanallan]

Originally posted by 95EagleAWD
Come all the way to Edmonton... Calgary is amazing compared to what we have up here. :(
Tell me about it!
Potholes get filled in 2 weeks ago and get torn out by the snow plows the next day :thumbsup:
Edmonton seriously has the worst roads I have ever driven on.

[djayz]

2 potholes in all of Calgary. That map is wrong!

[Zewind]

Originally posted by djayz
2 potholes in all of Calgary. That map is wrong!

Just need to send them in. Ill drive down 17th it should take me a few days to document all of them :banghead:

[sillysod]

Originally posted by xDodge2x
lets face it. we all have shitty roads? Have you guys ever been down to southern US? roads are perfect I shat a brick the first time I drove down a road in arizona.

You must not have travelled much in the US because some of their roads are really bad. Generally the interstates are great, but especially in the deep south the side roads are deadly.

I was just up in Edmonton last week and can vouch that our roads are 10x better right now, they have some insane pothole action going on there.

[stealth141]

Originally posted by Zewind


Just need to send them in. Ill drive down 17th it should take me a few days to document all of them :banghead: I drive 17th alot and there is many, but they aren't that big compared to others you randomly hit. :rofl:

[heavyD]

Originally posted by badatusrnames
Blame it on our shitty weather. 70 degree annual swings in temperature and multiple freeze-thaw cycles are going to wreak havoc on roads. The southern US doesn't have to deal with that.

They don't necessarily build better roads, they've just got far better weather.

Nope. It's a given that our weather is shitty. What's not acceptable is all the newly paved roads are the worst affected. Proper preparation was not done and it shows in freshly paved roads that ride like a motorcross course. Shoddy work is shoddy work. Millions of taxpayer money on all this new road construction essentially flushed down the toilet. Road construction contractors have let the city down bigtime as now they will all have to be re-paved at our expense of course.:thumbsdow

[ercchry]

Originally posted by vtec260
My TL is making weird creaking suspension sound it didn't make before. ummmm...time for a Trail-rated Jeep, perhaps?


wont help... i suggest a lexus equipped with air suspension

[88CRX]

Originally posted by heavyD


Nope. It's a given that our weather is shitty. What's not acceptable is all the newly paved roads are the worst affected. Proper preparation was not done and it shows in freshly paved roads that ride like a motorcross course. Shoddy work is shoddy work. Millions of taxpayer money on all this new road construction essentially flushed down the toilet. Road construction contractors have let the city down bigtime as now they will all have to be re-paved at our expense of course.:thumbsdow

This.

Potholes and cracks that form over years is one thing. Roads that sink and heave all over the place after one winter is just plain laziness on the contractors behalf.

[Kloubek]

Originally posted by vtec260
My TL is making weird creaking suspension sound it didn't make before. ummmm...time for a Trail-rated Jeep, perhaps?


Yeah, I dunno... my trail-rated Jeep is starting to make some pretty loud noises out of the front end on this pavement...

[djayz]

I did my part and drove down 32nd Ave today haha, where's everyone elses?

[revelations]

Originally posted by heavyD


Nope. It's a given that our weather is shitty. What's not acceptable is all the newly paved roads are the worst affected. Proper preparation was not done and it shows in freshly paved roads that ride like a motorcross course. Shoddy work is shoddy work. Millions of taxpayer money on all this new road construction essentially flushed down the toilet. Road construction contractors have let the city down bigtime as now they will all have to be re-paved at our expense of course.:thumbsdow

Is there any legal action available? I dont want to cover some lacky contractor who skimped on preperation H.

[heavyD]

Originally posted by revelations

Is there any legal action available? I dont want to cover some lacky contractor who skimped on preperation H.

Honestly I doubt it because it's possibly that the city cheaped out but there should be some standards that must be followed and it's pretty clear that has not been happening for the past few years. I'm not even sure if the city is even looking at it as I'm sure they are investigating more important things such as new designer pedestrian bridges and refresh projects for locals of personal interest.

[Commanderwiggin]

Originally posted by djayz
I did my part and drove down 32nd Ave today haha, where's everyone elses?

So where's this Large Pothole?

Large: 3' or more Road is not passable for most cars. Moon-like crater.

[djayz]

Originally posted by Commanderwiggin


So where's this Large Pothole?

Large: 3' or more Road is not passable for most cars. Moon-like crater.

That was an accident but I left the intersection so I couldnt delete it and create a new one. It's not really a pothole but more so a bump then a dip then another bump.

I wish this app would have pin dropping, how else can you put a pothole in unless you have the app open and ready to click add pothole everytime you hit one.

[Xtrema]

Dude I met when I drop my car off at dealership that he busted rim and pop a tire on one of those bad boys.

Shaganappi is pure shit right now. It's actually a ramp that you can launch off, Dukes of Hazard style.

[mr2mike]

Originally posted by xDodge2x
lets face it. we all have shitty roads? Have you guys ever been down to southern US? roads are perfect I shat a brick the first time I drove down a road in arizona.

Ya, show me a place with no snow and I'll show you good roads. No comparison.


Originally posted by sillysod


You must not have travelled much in the US because some of their roads are really bad. Generally the interstates are great, but especially in the deep south the side roads are deadly.


Agreed! Ever been to Ohio? I thought the SUV was going to rattle apart. Made me not complain about Calgary.

[SCHIDER23]

Deerfoot deeps pretty bad after memorial, hell they even had to put a sign saying "BUMP" ahead :rofl: :rofl: , and wasn't deerfoot repaved last summer :whipped: , another bad road is east bound Glemore just before the Riverbend/18 Street SE merge, they been working on that damn bridge for 5 years now and is still not done, and they done such a shitty job mergin the new bridge with the existing road that before the slow down sign you have to slow down to 40 or less, cause if you take that too fast you could bend the shit out of your rims, I hope they fix it before I put my summer rims. :(