1. MODULE 2 By Vit Troyan. TRANSPORTATION: Right-of-Way Traffic Operations Street Maintenance One-Call Centers

2. 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

3. 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

4. Who “owns” your streets? Street Superintendent? City Engineer? Both? Other? No one?

5. 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

6. 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

7. Traffic Operations Keep people and goods moving safely Regulate parking Get yelled at by everybody

8. Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) Standardizes all –Traffic signs –Traffic signals –Pavement markings On or adjacent to Streets and highways

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)

10. 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

11. 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)

12. Street Maintenance: Variables Pavement condition Type of failure Traffic/truck volume Money Citizen patience Political will

13. 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”

14. Best Management Practice: Uniform Color Code for Temporary Marking of Underground Facilities WHITE PINK RED YELLOW ORANGE BLUE PURPLE GREEN

15. 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

16. 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)