Street quality assessment method and system

A computer-implemented system for providing an assessment of quality of a street based on a predetermined plurality of assessment parameters associated with corresponding characteristics influencing the overall perceived quality of a street, the system comprising:

• means for enabling a user to select a street for review;
• means for presenting to the user the plurality of assessment parameters;
• means for receiving from the user a plurality of scores corresponding with said assessment parameters;
• means for combining the plurality of user's scores with corresponding scores of other users to produce a combined score for each of the assessment parameters;
• means for applying an importance weighting factor to the combined score to generate a weighted score for each assessment parameter;
• and
• means for determining a street score representing an overall assessment of the quality of the street by combining the weighted scores.

A computer-implemented system for providing an assessment of quality of a street based on a predetermined plurality of assessment parameters associated with corresponding characteristics influencing the overall perceived quality of a street, the system comprising one or more computers comprising:

• at least one processor;
• an interface between said processor and a data network;
• a database for containing information relating to user assessment of street quality;
• and
• at least one storage medium operatively coupled to the processor, the storage medium containing program instructions for execution by the processor, said program instructions causing the processor to execute the steps of:
• enabling a user to select a street for review;
• presenting to the user the plurality of assessment parameters;
• receiving from the user a plurality of scores corresponding with said assessment parameters via the data network;
• combining the plurality of user's scores with corresponding scores of other users to produce a combined score for each of the assessment parameters;
• applying an importance weighting factor to the combined score to generate a weighted score for each assessment parameter;
• determining a street score representing an overall assessment of the quality of the street by combining the weighted scores;
• storing in the database information relating to said scores, said combined scores, said weighted scores and/or said street score;
• and
• outputting the street score via the data network.

A tangible computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for performing a method for providing an assessment of quality of a street based on a predetermined plurality of assessment parameters associated with corresponding characteristics influencing the overall perceived quality of a street, the method comprising the steps of:

• enabling a user to select a street for review;
• presenting to the user the plurality of assessment parameters;
• receiving from the user a plurality of scores corresponding with said assessment parameters;
• combining the plurality of user's scores with corresponding scores of other users to produce a combined score for each of the assessment parameters;
• applying an importance weighting factor to the combined score to generate a weighted score for each assessment parameter;
• and
• determining a street score representing an overall assessment of the quality of the street by combining the weighted scores.