Traffic Engineering

Some of the many activities performed by Traffic Engineering include:

• Maintenance and daily operation of the city's computerized traffic control system,
• Issuing permits to contractors and others whose activities require lane blockages.  Click here to to view the latest Lane Blockage Summary Report.
• Street lighting plans for pole placement,
• Technical assistance investigation and layout for signs and markings, including site determination, sizing, and placement reviews of new subdivision and commercial development plats and plans to ensure that easements are properly located and adhered to first-line response for emergency signal repair
• Signs and pavement markings
• Handling pavement markings for street lanes, edging, parking, intersection control and curbs.

In addition, the division works with neighborhoods to address quality of life issues that are the result of traffic-related problems such as speeding and cut-through traffic in efforts to alter driver behavior by focusing on psychological and physical changes to residential roadways. A wide menu of traffic calming options are available, and professional staff in the Division of Traffic Engineering are available to work directly with interested neighborhoods.

 Traffic Engineering consists of three distinct operations:

Construction and New Development Redevelopment, new development, streetlighting, and signals-related construction.	Traffic Management Center Traffic signal timing, traffic information, cameras, and electronic repairs.	Neighborhood Traffic Management, Signs, Markings Signs, pavement markings and traffic calming.