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MODULE 2
By Vit Troyan
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TRANSPORTATION:
Right-of-Way
Traffic Operations
Street Maintenance
One-Call Centers
Session Learning Objectives:
Transportation
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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?
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Street Superintendent?
City Engineer?
Both?
Other?
No one?
Best Management Practices: Rightof-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
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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
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Patch
Crack seal
Slurry seal
Chip seal
Resurface
“Mill and fill”
Reconstruct
(1-3 years)
(1-3 years)
(3-5 years)
(3-5 years)
(10-20 years)
(10-20 years)
(15-40 years)
Street Maintenance:
Variables
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Pavement condition
Type of failure
Traffic/truck volume
Money
Citizen patience
Political will
Best Management Practice:
One-Call Centers
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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
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WHITE
PINK
RED
YELLOW
ORANGE
BLUE
PURPLE
GREEN
Uniform Color Code for Temporary
Marking of Underground Facilities
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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
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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)