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Minimizing the impact of ice

The Municipal Posted on September 24, 2014 by The MunicipalAugust 2, 2023
salt brine phase diagram

Winter weather conditions in 2014 were devastating for many cities across North America. Cities like Atlanta, Ga., were crippled for days on end, incurring lost revenue in the millions. CBS News reported, “This season’s severe winter weather has cost the … Continue reading →

Posted in Streets, Highways, & Bridges | Tagged anti, brine, deicing, eutectic, ice, impact of ice, salt, step, winter

An overview of Gaines Street’s revitalization A historic and essential city corridor

The Municipal Posted on August 29, 2014 by The MunicipalAugust 2, 2023
GABRIEL MENENDEZ | Guest columnist Director of Public Works, Tallahassee, Fla.

The city of Tallahassee is revitalizing the Gaines Street corridor, an essential corridor to the city since its founding. In order to appreciate the breadth of the revitalization, we must first understand how the corridor came to be and how … Continue reading →

Posted in Building Projects, Streets, Highways, & Bridges | Tagged city, corridor, florida, gaines, project, state, street, tallahassee

Toronto recovers from worst winter in three decades

The Municipal Posted on August 28, 2014 by Phoebe MuthartAugust 2, 2023
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, experienced its worst winter in 30 years in 2013–14. Crews spent many hours making roads and sidewalks safe for the public. (Photo provided by Transportation Services, Scarborough District, city of Toronto)

The past winter was one for the record books. No one knows this better than Peter Noehammer, engineer and director of transportation services for the Scarborough District of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto is getting its roads back … Continue reading →

Posted in Streets, Highways, & Bridges | Tagged city, crews, potholes, road, roads, toronto, transportation, winter

Safety Tip of the Month – Car Fires

The Municipal Posted on August 11, 2014 by The MunicipalAugust 2, 2023
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Car fires — a daunting reality When most people think of fires, their first thought is not of a car fire. Unbelievably one out of every seven fires responded to by fire departments across the nation is a highway vehicle … Continue reading →

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Dust control options for aggregate roads

The Municipal Posted on August 8, 2014 by Drema DrudgeAugust 2, 2023

A summer’s drive down a dusty gravel road can lead to the quick rolling-up of windows and more than just the temporary inconvenience of coughing. The dust that causes poor-quality air on over half of the unpaved roadways in the … Continue reading →

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First-time bridge reconstruction: Is your crew ready?

The Municipal Posted on July 30, 2014 by Jodi MarlinAugust 2, 2023
gouges and tears in steel pipes under the Overhold Canal bridge in Cape Coral, Fla. The city’s public works maintenance department decided to attempt a replacement project in-house

How do you determine when your crew is ready to do its own bridge replacement? Well, a nudge from the state helps. Cape Coral, Fla., is overrun with bridges. Two-lane, four-lane, six-lane, short span, multiple pier, concrete slab, corrugated metal … Continue reading →

Posted in Public Works, Streets, Highways, & Bridges | Tagged area, bridge’s, camp, canal, lane, pipes, state

Missouri suspends popular transportation cost-share program

The Municipal Posted on July 9, 2014 by Keith KneppAugust 2, 2023
Budget shortfalls at the state level and uncertainty about the future of federal funding prompted the Missouri Department of Transportation to suspend a road improvement cost-share plan in January, causing multiple projects to be postponed. (photo provided)

Economic belt tightening has impacted construction projects at all levels of government. Decision making at the federal and state levels is having severe implications on regional and municipal projects, many of which, as in Missouri, were well past the planning … Continue reading →

Posted in Streets, Highways, & Bridges | Tagged cost, funding, missouri, program, projects, share, state, tax

Top five reasons to install an LED-enhanced inroad warning light crosswalk

The Municipal Posted on June 7, 2014 by The MunicipalAugust 2, 2023
Top five reasons to install an LED-enhanced inroad warning light crosswalk

By DALE STEWART | ITEM Ltd. SAFETY: This reason might seem a bit obvious, but don’t discount the profound and dramatic effect a pedestrian-activated, LEDenhanced in-road warning light crosswalk has on the visibility of a crosswalk — both day and … Continue reading →

Posted in Streets, Highways, & Bridges, Technology | Tagged crosswalk, distracted, drivers, driving, effect, systems, warning

New pedestrian, bike safety devices

The Municipal Posted on February 25, 2014 by Phoebe MuthartAugust 2, 2023
Louisville, Ky., installed a color pavement marking system on a number of bike lanes. (Photo courtesy of Transpo Industries)

Pedestrians who are crossing busy streets are often busy doing something else: listening to music, texting or talking on a phone. Those distracted walkers often fail to look both ways for traffic or follow other safety rules. A study conducted … Continue reading →

Posted in Streets, Highways, & Bridges | Tagged behavior, compliance, lanes, music, pedestrian, pedestrians, safety

New pedestrian, bike safety devices

The Municipal Posted on February 13, 2014 by Phoebe MuthartAugust 2, 2023
This color pavement marking with anti-skid surfacing is typically used for demarcation of bicycle and pedestrian paths, bus lanes, stops and other specially designated areas. This bike lane is in Syracuse, N.Y. (Photo courtesy of Transpo Industries)

Pedestrians who are crossing busy streets are often busy doing something else: listening to music, texting or talking on a phone. Those distracted walkers often fail to look both ways for traffic or follow other safety rules. A study conducted … Continue reading →

Posted in Streets, Highways, & Bridges | Tagged areas, behavior, color, lanes, pedestrian, pedestrians, safety

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