MODULE 2By Vit Troyan

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TRANSPORTATION:

Right-of-Way

Traffic Operations

Street Maintenance

One-Call Centers

Session Learning Objectives: Transportation

• Define the Public Right-of-Way• Understand Right-of-Way Management• Understand Traffic Operations Objectives • Understand the Use of a Pavement Management

System• Understand the Importance of One-Call Centers• Know the Uniform Color Code for Underground

Facilities

Public Right-of-Way

• Property line to property line• Includes sidewalk, landscape areas, curb,

pavement, center islands/medians• Street is not always in the middle of the public

right-of-way• Property line is not always the building front

(setbacks)• Work on private property = gift of public funds

Who “owns” your streets?

• Street Superintendent?

• City Engineer?

• Both?

• Other?

• No one?

Best Management Practices: Right-of-Way Management

• Legal authority (time, place, manner)• Responsibility for ROW management assigned• Permit process established for

– Construction– Use– Occupancy

• Permit process brochures available• Permitted work inspected• ROW management costs recovered

Best Management Practices: Utility Coordination

• System exists to talk to utilities• Policy establishes utility location, priority and

clearance• Long-range plans are coordinated• Utility records and maps are maintained• Excavation procedures are adopted• Legal authority

– Time, place and manner– Franchises

Traffic Operations

• Keep people and goods moving safely

• Regulate parking

• Get yelled at by everybody

Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)

• Standardizes all– Traffic signs– Traffic signals– Pavement markings

• On or adjacent to

• Streets and highways

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)

Street Maintenance:Pavement Management System

• Definition of street segments• Inventory• Condition• Traffic/truck volume (street classification)• Cost of alternative treatments• Recommended treatment and cost• Annual budget needs• “What if?” analyses

Street Maintenance:Types of Treatment

• 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 fill” (10-20 years)

• Reconstruct (15-40 years)

Street Maintenance:Variables

• Pavement condition

• Type of failure

• Traffic/truck volume

• Money

• Citizen patience

• Political will

Best Management Practice:One-Call Centers

• Keeps things from going “boom”

• Mark area of construction

• Call before you dig

• 48 hours to mark

• Responsibility for “boom”

Best Management Practice:Uniform Color Code for Temporary Marking of Underground Facilities

• WHITE• PINK• RED• YELLOW• ORANGE• BLUE• PURPLE• GREEN

Uniform Color Code for Temporary Marking of Underground Facilities

• WHITE – Proposed excavation• PINK – Temporary survey markings• RED – Electric power, lighting• YELLOW – Gas, oil, steam• ORANGE - Communication• BLUE – Potable water• PURPLE – Reclaimed water• GREEN – Sewers and storm drains

Emerging Issues in Transportation

• Americans with Disabilities Act• Aging population• Traffic calming/streetscaping• “Smart” highways/roadways• Photo enforcement• Increases in oil prices• Alternate transportation modes (bicycles,

motorcycles, jogging paths)