Municipal Sidewalk Assessment Pricing Structure
Flat Per-Mile Pricing for Turnkey Citywide Sidewalk Assessments
When your city starts thinking about a sidewalk assessment, the first question is usually straightforward: how is this work priced? Here, we explain the typical scope options, what affects our per-mile fee, and what is included in our service.
We do not usually sell or rent robots for sidewalk assessments. Instead, we handle the entire process as a service. Our team takes care of deployment, oversight, maintenance, repairs, data processing, and delivery. Your price depends on two main things:
how many miles are being assessed
how comprehensive the assessment needs to be
A Quick Overview:
HOW IT WORKS:Common types of sidewalk assessments cities do
Cities do sidewalk assessments in different ways. The right approach depends on what your city wants to achieve.
Common examples include:
a full public-right-of-way accessibility assessment covering sidewalks, curb ramps, crossings, and related pedestrian features
a curb-ramp-only assessment when the city wants to understand curb-ramp condition or plan curb-ramp upgrades first
a sidewalk condition or trip-hazard-focused assessment when the city is concentrating on defects, vertical displacement, or related maintenance and liability concerns
a gap or missing-sidewalk assessment when the city is focused on route continuity, impassable segments, or missing links in the pedestrian network
Cities use these different scopes in practice. For example, DDOT’s public-right-of-way inventory covers sidewalks, crosswalks, bus stops, curb ramps, accessible pedestrian signals, objects, and trip hazards.Federal Way used a curb-ramp-only preliminary evaluation as part of its broader sidewalk and curb-ramp work. Sioux Falls evaluated sidewalks, curb ramps, and pedestrian signals and identified sidewalk gaps. San Antonio’s inventory identified missing and unusable sidewalk segments, sidewalk gaps, impassable sidewalks, and missing curb ramps.
If your city is planning a broader accessibility effort, you may want a full PROWAG-based assessment. If you have specific planning concerns, a set budget, or want to phase the work, you might choose an assessment that focuses just on curb ramps or only on sidewalk condition and trip hazards.
The goal of the pricing conversation is not just to set a rate. It is to make sure the scope matches how your city plans to use the data.
What affects the per-mile fee
The per-mile fee mainly depends on how detailed the assessment is, what is included, and whether your city already has sidewalk GIS locations mapped.
A city may choose, for example:
a full PROWAG-based assessment
a sidewalks-only assessment
a curb-ramp-only assessment
another defined scope based on planning needs
A broader scope usually means more collection, more evaluation, and a wider set of deliverables. A narrower scope can lower the per-mile fee while still giving your team the information needed for your planning goals.
If your city already has sidewalk GIS locations mapped, we will use that information for your assessment. If not, we can map sidewalk locations for a fee.
What is included
Our pricing covers the full service, not just the fieldwork.
That can include:
deployment of the robots
collection oversight
robot maintenance and repairs
collection of assessment data
data processing
delivery of outputs based on the selected scope
For your city, the main benefit is that the work is a turnkey service, not an equipment-management burden.
TYING IT TOGETHER:Where Daxbot fits
We are a good fit for cities that want a turnkey approach to large-scale sidewalk assessments.
Instead of asking your staff to buy, rent, manage, or maintain robotics equipment, we provide the assessment as a complete service. Your city pays a flat per-mile fee based on the scope, and we handle deployment, oversight, maintenance, repairs, and delivery.
This keeps your team focused on deliverables and planning next steps, not equipment logistics.
A practical way to estimate your budget
If your city is looking for budgetary pricing, the most helpful starting points are usually:
approximate sidewalk mileage
whether the city wants full PROWAG, sidewalks only, curb ramps only, or another defined scope
whether the GIS locations of the sidewalks are already mapped
whether the work is citywide or limited to a specific area
the city’s intended planning use for the data
This is usually enough to start a budget conversation without pushing your city into a detailed procurement process too early.
Answers to common questions:
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Not normally. Daxbot typically provides the assessment as an end-to-end service rather than selling or renting the robots for citywide collection projects.
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The main factors are scope depth, what is included in the assessment, and whether the GIS locations of the sidewalks are already mapped.
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Yes. Daxbot handles maintenance and repairs as part of the service model.
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It gives cities a simpler way to estimate budget and compare scope options without managing equipment ownership or separate operational charges.
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Yes. A city can usually begin with mileage, scope, GIS-location status, and intended use to get an early budgetary range.
Need a Budgetary Range for a Citywide Sidewalk Assessment?
Let us know your approximate mileage, the scope you are interested in, and whether your city already has sidewalk GIS locations mapped.