Pavement Markings, Crosswalk Beacons Help Students Get Back to School
Green bike lanes and bike box and continental crosswalks in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin As students in many parts of the nation begin a new academic year, families face the question of how their children will safely reach school. If the commute is relatively short, a simple and healthy solution is for children to walk or bike… Read More »
Tags: Back to School, Bike Boxes, Bike Lanes, Crosswalks, Hawk Signals, Pedestrians, Rectangular Rapid Flash Beacons, RRFB, Safety, Sharrows, Traffic Engineering
Unidirectional Flushing Scrubs Water Mains, Fire Hydrants
By Craig Schuh, PE To maintain their water supply systems, communities schedule routine water main and fire hydrant flushing, which removes sediments, deposits, and biofilm buildup from water systems and improves overall water quality. A unidirectional flushing program (UDF), however, takes those routine flushes a step further. How Does Unidirectional Flushing Work? In general, UDF… Read More »
Tags: Best Management Practice, BMP, Fire Hydrants, Municipal Engineering, UDF, Unidirectional Flushing, Water Distribution, Water Mains, Water System Models
Does My Bridge Need an Inspection?
Inspections are not required for this “nonqualifying” bridge in Broomfield, Colorado, but the City and County have such structures inspected regularly anyway. The federal government oversees and tracks the inspection and condition of the nation’s more than 600,000 bridges and pays for much of the repair and replacement to keep them safe. Did you know… Read More »
Tags: American Society of Civil Engineers, Federal Highway Administration, FHWA, Infrastructure, National Bridge Inspection Standards, National Bridge Inventory, NBIS, Nonqualifying Bridges, Structural Inspection