Citizens are coming, local governments are responding – and the potholes are getting fixed.
Pothole.info attributed part of SeeClickFix's success with the implementation of smartphone apps since citizens, particularly millennials, view them as tools for change and for organizing groups of people.
In other words, if hundreds of people in a medium-size city take camera phone pictures of potholes and then forward them on to the city’s streets maintenance department, more of the most important potholes will be filled and fixed faster. Net result: a whole city will become more drivable.
Like we say here at SeeClickFix, potholes really are the gateway drug to civic engagement!
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