Specifications include, but are not limited to: The City is seeking a complete system to manage winter weather operations. The technology will be used on the City's snowplow vehicles to optimize snow removal operations, monitor fleet and truck status, provide real-time plow data, and provide a remote management tool for staff. The system will lead to better planning, increased safety, assist in identifying current and future routing and equipment needs, and simplify the production of reports. The technology will be installed (mounted) in the trucks and give drivers the ability to report and flag issues while in the field. It is preferable that the technology is a mobile device/GPS-based application. The application must provide drivers with all the information they need to complete their routes, including all segment priority information and service information. It is preferable that the technology require limited driver interaction for safety. The technology should communicate information from the mobile device or other in-cab device application in real time to a web-based (cloud) portal or dashboard that can be accessed by defined management and staff. The web-based portal should enable users to schedule routes, assign priorities to segments, and optimize routes for various services. It should show real-time route completion progress, including service verifications by location. The portal should also display location information from the vehicles, including vehicle drive patterns, current and historic breadcrumb trails. The primary goal of implementing this technology is to provide data and insights to include: • Digitized route information • Street service verification, including # of passes • A dashboard of all vehicles and their locations • Navigation assistance for drivers • Route optimization • Route sequencing • Increase operational efficiency overall • Dynamic route assignment and dispatching • Live and historical route status
