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Last year, we heard from the City of Joplin about first responder and recovery activities after the devastating 2011 tornado. Now, it is time for a report on redevelopment and repair activities for vital infrastructure assets. Examine the progress made and funding options used.
By intelligently synchronizing traffic signals and reducing stops, adaptive traffic control reduces the opportunity for conflict between vehicles. Discover how the INSYNC ATCS model adapts quickly to traffic demand, and reduces red light running and rear end collisions.
Historically, winter maintenance in transportation has focused on the fastest, most efficient way to provide safe roads to the driving public. As gas prices rise and attitudes change, communities across North America are looking to expand transportation options for their citizens. This has led to an increase in multi-modal transportation with some of the most popular being initiatives for bikes and pedestrians
The City of Bakersfield has created a new commercial recycling program for big box stores that shifts the paradigm of how roll off compactors are used. Recycling has been increased and truck mileage reduced.
Making a strong commitment to their alternative fuel program, the City of Phoenix recently installed additional CNG fueling infrastructure at four of its major service centers. This presentation will discuss the findings of their performance tests and review the complexities of transitioning to new fuel programs.
Fairfax County, Virginia, uses an asset condition rating system as an essential component of its storm sewer maintenance program. Examine the various rating systems that they considered and the approach they implemented to support infrastructure reinvestment decisions and initiatives.
Examine the challenges and lessons learned by Washington County, Oregon, in their efforts to improve their bicycle and pedestrian system by adopting a midblock crossing policy and comprehensive bicycle design toolkit. Challenges included the existing road network, typical suburban/rural roadway design standards, and limited resources.
Examine the lessons learned in implementing a low bid-design-build delivery for two highly visible bridge projects. An aggressive and accelerated project schedule limited the period each bridge needed to be closed. Collaboration was successfully achieved by using innovative partnering strategies.
Reality check: The fact that the times we live in are challenging for all of our organizations IS NOT the source of our pain. The source of our pain is our inability to respond to our challenges with leadership that is based in reality.
Every MicroPAVER user knows that the success of your pavement management program depends on the reliability of the data you input into the system.
PAVER FieldInspector™ is a PAVER™ companion software that takes advantage of GIS/GPS state of the art technology as well as innovative graphics to facilitate pavement inspection using handheld computer tablets. The program allows the user to identify his location on a geo-referenced pavement network map displayed on his/her tablet computer for immediate entry of pavement distress data.