How to Meet The Federal Traffic Sign Retroflectivity Requirements (AWI120911)
CEU:0.2
On-Demand Webinar | Online
Individual (one engineer)
Member $99.00 | Non-Member $159.00
Member $99.00 | Non-Member $159.00
Product
On-Demand Webinar
Location
Online
Credit
CEU:0.2
Keyword(s)
Transportation
Description
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Instructor Information: James W. Ellison, P.E.
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
This webinar was co-sponsored by ASCE's Transportation and Development Institute and ASCE Continuing Education
Purpose and Background
The Federal Highway Administration estimates that approximately half of the nation’s highway fatalities occur at night, even though only about a quarter of all travel occurs after dark. The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) requires that agencies responsible for the operation and maintenance of traffic signing establish and implement a sign assessment or management method that will maintain minimum levels of sign retroreflectivity no later than January, 2012.
This presentation will provide an overview of the MUTCD requirements and recommendations for maintaining minimum levels of sign retroreflectivity and will outline the various aspects to consider when selecting the most appropriate method, or combination of methods, that also result in the best use of an agency’s available resources.
The use of a sign inventory to help facilitate implementing and administering an effective retroreflectivity maintenance program will be discussed. This will include identifying which sign inventory data can prove to be most useful to use or add to an existing inventory in order to maximize the effectiveness of the assessment or management method that is selected.
Learning Outcomes
Webinar participants will become familiar with how to comply with the requirements and guidelines set forth in the MUTCD for maintaining minimum levels of retroreflectivity for traffic signs. The background and intent of the MUTCD language regarding sign retroreflectivity will be discussed, and participants will learn how to evaluate and select the most appropriate assessment or management method that is in line with the resources that are available to carry out the program. The use of a sign inventory and specific data fields that can help facilitate implementation of a retroreflectivity maintenance program will also be included.
Seminar Benefits
- Become familiar with the background and intent of the MUTCD provisions for maintaining minimum levels of traffic sign retroreflectivity
- Understand the various methods available for assessing or managing sign retroreflectivity
- Learn how to evaluate the appropriateness of the methods with respect to the resources available to carry out the work
- Learn how a sign inventory can be more effectively used as a means of administering a retro reflectivity maintenance program
- Become aware of other MUTCD provisions involving street name signs that should be considered when upgrading or replacing these signs for retroreflectivity
Intended Audience
Maintenance supervisors and technicians who are involved in the maintenance and operations of traffic control signing for streets and highways will benefit from this webinar. In particular, this would include state, county and city public works personnel who are responsible for ensuring that their traffic signing complies with the requirements and recommendations of the MUTCD. Having some background or training in the general use of the MUTCD would be helpful.
Seminar Outline
- Why sign retroreflectivity is important
- Overview of the MUTCD requirements for sign retroreflectivity
- Assessment and management methods
- Selecting a method according to your available resources
- The role of retroreflectivity measurements
- Making your sign inventory work for you
- Sign sheeting selection
- Ground mounted, overhead, and street name signs
- Compliance dates
Instructor Information: James W. Ellison, P.E.
Course Length: 1.5 Hours
This webinar was co-sponsored by ASCE's Transportation and Development Institute and ASCE Continuing Education
Purpose and Background
The Federal Highway Administration estimates that approximately half of the nation’s highway fatalities occur at night, even though only about a quarter of all travel occurs after dark. The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) requires that agencies responsible for the operation and maintenance of traffic signing establish and implement a sign assessment or management method that will maintain minimum levels of sign retroreflectivity no later than January, 2012.
This presentation will provide an overview of the MUTCD requirements and recommendations for maintaining minimum levels of sign retroreflectivity and will outline the various aspects to consider when selecting the most appropriate method, or combination of methods, that also result in the best use of an agency’s available resources.
The use of a sign inventory to help facilitate implementing and administering an effective retroreflectivity maintenance program will be discussed. This will include identifying which sign inventory data can prove to be most useful to use or add to an existing inventory in order to maximize the effectiveness of the assessment or management method that is selected.
Learning Outcomes
Webinar participants will become familiar with how to comply with the requirements and guidelines set forth in the MUTCD for maintaining minimum levels of retroreflectivity for traffic signs. The background and intent of the MUTCD language regarding sign retroreflectivity will be discussed, and participants will learn how to evaluate and select the most appropriate assessment or management method that is in line with the resources that are available to carry out the program. The use of a sign inventory and specific data fields that can help facilitate implementation of a retroreflectivity maintenance program will also be included.
Seminar Benefits
- Become familiar with the background and intent of the MUTCD provisions for maintaining minimum levels of traffic sign retroreflectivity
- Understand the various methods available for assessing or managing sign retroreflectivity
- Learn how to evaluate the appropriateness of the methods with respect to the resources available to carry out the work
- Learn how a sign inventory can be more effectively used as a means of administering a retro reflectivity maintenance program
- Become aware of other MUTCD provisions involving street name signs that should be considered when upgrading or replacing these signs for retroreflectivity
Intended Audience
Maintenance supervisors and technicians who are involved in the maintenance and operations of traffic control signing for streets and highways will benefit from this webinar. In particular, this would include state, county and city public works personnel who are responsible for ensuring that their traffic signing complies with the requirements and recommendations of the MUTCD. Having some background or training in the general use of the MUTCD would be helpful.
Seminar Outline
- Why sign retroreflectivity is important
- Overview of the MUTCD requirements for sign retroreflectivity
- Assessment and management methods
- Selecting a method according to your available resources
- The role of retroreflectivity measurements
- Making your sign inventory work for you
- Sign sheeting selection
- Ground mounted, overhead, and street name signs
- Compliance dates