Have you ever been on the prowl around Lincoln and you saw something the City needed to fix -- a pothole, graffiti, or perhaps tall weeds? Now there's an app for that. The Journal Star profiled the app today. Unfortunately, the article does two things the Journal Star loves to do with these sorts of stories: it never actually names the application, and it doesn't give a direct link to the app or its online cousin. How annoying!
Fortunately I don't suffer from the same shortcoming as the LJS.
The Android application is called Lincoln Action Center and it is available in the Android Market. No worries if you don't have an Android device, you can still report and track issues online.
Don't use the app for emergencies (duh!), but it could really come in handy for noting minor issues around town. The ability to link the issue with GPS data and a photograph really helps the City nail down exactly what's going on and where it's at.
The next step for this sort of service would be to make the reports available to the public. Perhaps the public could even help moderate the reports to help prioritize the big issues and bury the non-issues.
Have you used the app or the web-based equivalent? What changes or additions would you like to see?
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Cool! Just downloaded it. I’m also the type of nerd who has the Pothole Hotline programmed into her phone 😊
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