How to Use Road Pulse

Road Pulse is a community-powered road condition tracker built into Buzz Ballot. Residents report potholes, crumbling pavement, missing signs, and unsafe road conditions. Reports are grouped into GPS hotspots, voted on by the community, and published as a live city report that anyone can share with local officials.

Go to itsbuzzing.com/buzzballot/road-pulse to see the live hotspot map. Hotspots are clusters of reports in the same area, color-coded by severity. Each dot on the map represents a real community-reported issue.

Tap 'Report a Road Issue' on the Road Pulse page. Your GPS location is used automatically (or you can type an address). Choose the issue type — pothole, crumbling road, flooding, missing signage, or unsafe conditions — and submit. Your report goes into the nearest hotspot cluster.

Click any hotspot on the map to open its detail page. You'll see how many reports have been filed, what types of issues were reported, and community comments. Tap the vote button to add your voice. More votes push a hotspot higher on the city report.

The full Road Pulse city report is at itsbuzzing.com/buzzballot/road-pulse/report. It lists the top-voted hotspots ranked by community engagement. Share this link directly with your city council rep, on social media, or in a neighborhood group to drive action.

The report page includes a CSV export (Download Data) with GPS coordinates, issue types, vote counts, and report dates — formatted for easy submission to a city's 311 system or public works department.

Each hotspot has its own shareable URL at /buzzballot/road-pulse/hotspots/<id>. Share it directly with a city official, a local news station, or on social media. The page shows the exact location, issue history, vote count, and community comments.