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TARA

Africa needs billions annually in transport infrastructure but most projects fail at feasibility.

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Claude vision scores dashcam frames for surface condition and roadside activity, then feeds segment results into a cost-benefit model with NPV and EIRR.

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Description

Africa needs billions annually in transport infrastructure but most projects fail at feasibility. Road appraisal takes weeks of specialist work and most agencies lack capacity. In Uganda we spend over $1B yearly on roads with $20M on planning and the process is manual and inefficient. TARA transforms this by allowing us to use dashcam footage. Claude Opus 4.6 analyses every frame to give surface condition and roadside activity. It segments the road, selects interventions with Uganda-calibrated costs, and runs full cost-benefit analysis with NPV, EIRR, BCR, sensitivity and deterioration modelling. What makes TARA different: it asks who benefits. The equity module identifies pedestrians without footpaths, school children on the carriageway. It shifts appraisal from economics to human-centred analysis. Built with Claude Opus 4.6 for vision, condition narratives, sensitivity and equity. Tested on real dashcam footage near Kampala. Open source.
Kye256/tara-transport-assessment★ 287 forksPythonMITCreated Feb 11, 2026 · last push May 3, 2026

README excerpt

# TARA — Transport Appraisal & Risk Analysis

🏆 **Winner — "Keep Thinking" Prize, Anthropic Claude Code Hackathon 2026**

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> From dashcam footage to investment decision — in hours, not weeks.

TARA is an AI-powered road appraisal tool that transforms dashcam footage into complete economic appraisals with equity assessment. A $56 dashcam doing the job of an $800,000 survey van.

## Demo

[![TARA Demo](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GFCrXehS1DE/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFCrXehS1DE)

*3-minute demo: dashcam footage → condition assessment → economic analysis → equity scoring → PDF report*

## Screenshots

| Condition Assessment | Economic Analysis |
|---|---|
| ![Condition Map](docs/screenshots/Condition.png) | ![CBA Results](docs/screenshots/CBA.png) |

| Equity Assessment | Sensitivity Analysis |
|---|---|
| ![Equity](docs/screenshots/Equity.png) | ![Sensitivity](docs/screenshots/Sensitivity.png) |

## What It Does

Upload dashcam footage and a GPS track from any road. TARA:

- 📹 Analyses every frame using Claude Opus 4.6 Vision (TMH12/ASTM D6433 standards)

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