Roadsoft is a Michigan-developed asset management system used by local road agencies to collect and analyze data on roadway infrastructure condition and safety. It utilizes the PASER pavement rating system to assess needs for routine maintenance, preventative maintenance, or structural improvement. Agencies can integrate data on traffic counts, signs, bridges, and more to inform project planning and prioritization. The Road Commission of Kalamazoo County uses Roadsoft data daily for operations like snow plow routing and project submissions, and to track the condition of its paved roads, with 70% rated in fair or poor condition in 2015. Effective asset management requires consistent data collection, tools, training, collaboration, and ongoing system maintenance.

1. Michigan’s Asset Management
System: Roadsoft
Joanna I. Johnson
Managing Director,
Road Commission of Kalamazoo County
jjohnson@kalamazoocountyroads.com
Phone 269-381-3171

2. What is Roadsoft?
Roadsoft is a graphically designed, integrated
roadway management system developed for
Michigan's local agency engineers and
managers to use in the analysis and
reporting of roadway inventory, safety, and
conditional data.
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3. Michigan’s Approach to
Asset Management at the Local Level

4. Local Agencies Using Pavement Data for
Determining Appropriate Fixes
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5. Local Agencies Using
Asset Management System
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6. Michigan Framework Base Map

7. Laptop Data Collector
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8. PASER
PASER: Pavement Surface Evaluation Rating System
10 to 1 scale with 10 highest, 1 lowest
Visual distress estimate based on:
Type
Extent
Severity
Repeatable and Reliable
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9. PASER Ratings
Routine Maintenance—PASER 8, 9, 10

10. PASER Ratings
Capital Preventive Maintenance—PASER 5, 6, 7

11. PASER Ratings
Structural Improvement—PASER 1, 2, 3, 4

12. State Wide Data
Federal-aid Paved

14. Deterioration Modeling
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15. Network Level Modeling
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16. Collision Diagrams

17. Integration with other sources of data

18. Integration with other sources of data

19. Other Roadside Assets
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20. Kalamazoo’s Roadsoft DATA
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21. How Kalamazoo Uses Roadsoft
Integrated in daily operations! Part of our business!
Each area provides benefits of inventory and historical information for a
valuable resource in our daily work.
Traffic Counts – road evaluation, priorities
Road – ratings, optimization of system, investment necessary
Pavement Marking – in data collection
Culvert Inventory – drainage, preliminary reviews
Sign Inventory – sign retro reflectivity
Vehicle Crashes – project submission, safety reviews
Bridge Information – ratings,
Guardrail - location, types
Traffic Signals – location, types
Driveways – not actively utilizing
Sidewalks – none
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22. How Kalamazoo Uses Roadsoft
Mapping
Pavement Surface Conditions
Snow Route Mapping
All Season Mapping
Project Planning
Data Review
Inventory Assessment
Public Relations
Speak the same language
Funding support
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23. How Kalamazoo Uses Roadsoft

24. 7%
70%
23%
Good (10, 9, 8)
Fair (7, 6, 5)
Poor (4, 3, 2, 1)
2015 Paved Road Condition
How Kalamazoo Uses Roadsoft

25. Closing Thoughts
1. Asset management is not about software, it is about BUSINESS PROCESS
2. Data collection is a SIGNIFICANT cost, DO WHAT YOU CAN afford to collect
3. Have a DATA COLLECTION PLAN
4. Setting up asset management systems TAKES TIME
5. Using asset management systems SAVES TIME long term
6. Need DATA, TOOLS and TRAINING to make this work!
7. Need CONSISTENT, easy to collect and understand data!
8. Need COLLABORATION!
9. Must be MAINTAINED!

26. QUESTIONS???
THANK YOU
Joanna I. Johnson
Managing Director,
Road Commission of Kalamazoo County
jjohnson@kalamazoocountyroads.com
Phone 269-381-3171