Case Study — City of Savannah, Georgia 1 Previously the City of Savannah recruited, trained and managed interns to assess their roads. This was an inefficient process which was expensive, highly subjective and time intensive. Unfortunately, this was the only and most cost-effective scenario they had at the time. Time Six interns assessed one-third of the city’s roads each year. It took the city three years to complete one road condition assessment. The long data-collec- tion cycle often forced city officials to use outdated information when plan - ning for road paving and maintenance activities. Subjectivity Because of the complexity of the task, interns rated the roads differently regardless of the training that was provided. Moreover, despite their best efforts, using 18 different

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