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PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS: TRANSPORTATION

PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS: TRANSPORTATION. Steve Hansen, PE Director of Public Works – Liberty, MO APWA PW Institute April 8, 2014. Transportation. Transportation planning Traffic management Street maintenance. Learning Objectives. Understand basic transportation planning

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PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS: TRANSPORTATION

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  1. PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS:TRANSPORTATION Steve Hansen, PE Director of Public Works – Liberty, MO APWA PW Institute April 8, 2014

  2. Transportation • Transportation planning • Traffic management • Street maintenance

  3. Learning Objectives • Understand basic transportation planning • Understand rules and regulations covering traffic signs, signals and markings • Be familiar with alternative methods of street pavement maintenance • Understand the use of a Pavement Management System • Emerging issues

  4. Transportation Planning • Plan for safe movement of people and goods. • Create Transportation element in City’s General or Comprehensive Plan • Existing inventory • Plan for future (link with zoning) • Goals and policies • Financing • Plan for autos, transit (bus and rail), trucks, taxis, pedestrians, bicycles, etc.

  5. Traffic Engineering • Keep people and goods moving safely • Regulate traffic and parking • Get yelled at by everybody

  6. Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) • Standardizes use of; • Traffic signs • Traffic signals • Pavement markings • On or adjacent to streets and highways • MUTCD is a nationally used standard required by the FHWA

  7. Best Management Practices-Traffic Operations • Develop uniform traffic control policies and procedures based on MUTCD for installation of: • Signs (Traffic, parking, speed, street name, school and pedestrian, railroad, etc.) • Markings (Pavement lane delineation, crosswalks, stop lines, etc.) • Traffic signals • Truck, bicycle and pedestrian routes • Traffic calming devices • Conduct traffic study before installation • Authorize installation through legislation • Remember ADA

  8. Who “Owns” Your Streets? • Street Operations Manager? • City Engineer? • Both? • Other? • No one?

  9. Best Management Practices:Street Maintenance • Operations and maintenance (O&M) responsibilities assigned • O&M procedures established • Inspection system established (roads, bridges, tunnels, walls, sidewalks, etc.) • Preventive maintenance program adopted • Street maintenance coordinated with capital improvement projects • Asset Management for streets (Pavement Management System) • Methods for reporting street repair needs

  10. Street Maintenance-Pavement Management Systems • Definition of street segments • Inventory • Condition assessment • Traffic/truck volume (street classification) • Costs of alternative treatments • Recommended treatment and cost • Annual budget capacity • Recommended program

  11. Roadway Maintenance Program Elements • Crack sealing • Pothole patching and pavement repairs • Street sweeping • Related activities Signage and pavement marking Storm water system maintenance Mowing Snow plowing

  12. Street Maintenance ActivityService Life • Patch (1-3 years) • Crack seal (1-3 years) • Slurry seal (3-5 years) • Chip seal (3-5 years) • Resurface (10-20 years) • Mill and overlay (10-20 years) • Reconstruct (15-40 years)

  13. Pavement Condition Chart

  14. Pavement Life Variables • Materials used • Subsurface conditions • Pavement condition and preventative maintenance • Type of failure • Traffic/truck volume • Funding • Citizen tolerance • Political will

  15. Methods for Receiving Street Repair Needs • Patrol and survey by city crews and other departments • Pothole hotlines • Website • Iphone and other mobile phone apps • Citizen online service requests

  16. Emerging Issues in Transportation • Transit (rail and bus) • Americans with Disabilities Act • Aging population • Alternate transportation modes (bicycles, motorcycles, jogging paths, walking) • Traffic calming/streetscaping • Intelligent highways/roadways • Aging infrastructure • Fluctuations in material prices • Decreased funding

  17. Questions?

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