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Management Systems Descriptions

MS01 Basic City Management- Public Facilities
Texas Engineering Extension Services         103 Minutes

Explores municipal public facilities, a topic that is rarely discussed in city management training. This video with assist city managers to see themselves as stewards of the public's physical assets.

MS02 Construction Management Systems
International Road Federation       30 Minutes

Reviews the elements of a Construction Management System: Planning, staffing, budgeting, scheduling, monitoring, and systems updating. In addition, CMS covers surveying, inspecting, and the importance of quality control.

MS03 Equipment Management System
Federal Highway Administration          40 Minutes

Demonstrates the use of equipment management and the use of developing inventory, equipment maintenance, equipment management, financial management, parts, and supply systems. 

MS04 GIS Infrastructure Management
American Public Works Association      4 Hours (three tapes)

Defines what GIS is as a spatial data management tool. Infrastructure management includes preventative maintenance, repairs, planned asset retirement, new construction, rehabilitation and replacement, product performance analysis, plan for future demand, and financial tracking.

MS05 Highway Management Systems
International Road Federation      30 Minutes

Provides insight to three different systems and their relationship to each other. 1. Pavement Management System 2. Bridge Management System 3. Maintenance Management System.

MS06 Introduction to Equipment Management Systems
International Road Federation      30 Minutes

Primary purpose of a equipment management system is to provide the right equipment at the right time at the lowest possible costs. The video covers authorize, purchase, deploy, use, maintenance, and replacing the equipment.

MS07 Maintenance Management System
International Road Federation       30 Minutes

Discusses the benefits of a Maintenance Management System to reach the maintenance goals in areas of planning, organization, direction, and control.

MS08 Maintenance Management Systems
Federal Highway Administration       35 Minutes

A successful system consists of planning, organizing, directing and controlling streets. The video refers to the FHWA handbook on maintenance Management Systems.

MS09 Management of Non-Passenger Car Roads
U.S. Forest Service      10 Minutes

Identifies the use of a system, to properly manage and maintain non-passenger car roads.

MS10 Multiple Use Management
U.S. Forest Service     25 Minutes

The Forest Service, through their own system, maintains their entire transportation network to keep their roads safe.

MS11 Open Roads: A Look at Freeway Incident Management
Federal Highway Administration           20 Minutes 

This video program dramatically depicts the severity of the incident problem, then offers effective and practical solutions. In so doing, it touches upon a broad range of proven, successful incident management strategies including many simple, low-cost procedures that can be readily adopted.

MS12 "Pavement Management, Daily Overview"
New Mexico State Highway Department               10 Minutes

The proper development of a pavement management system is needed for quality roads.

MS13 Pavement Management Systems for Local Administrators
Arizona State University            17 Minutes

Pavement engineers need guidance from management for three critical decisions 1. which pavements need attention first 2. when repairs should be done 3. what the appropriate repair strategy is. The video shows the use of the pavement management systems by federal/state governments and local administrators. 

MS14 Smart Moves: A Decision Maker's Video on the Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure
Federal Highway Administration      10 Minutes

Description of intelligent transportation systems and how some local agencies have developed programs to make their transportation system more user friendly and efficient.

MS15 Surface Condition Rating Systems
Minnesota Department of Transportation            21 Minutes

Excellent explanation of preserving pavement systems and how to determine the proper time to repair roads.

MS16 Unsurfaced Road Management
U.S. Army Cold Research & Engineering Laboratory    9 Minutes

This video Illustrates how developing a road rating system provides the manager with better knowledge of the entire roadway and its condition.

MS17 Vehicle Fleet Management
Technology Transfer Center      18 Minutes

This video Illustrates how developing a road rating system provides the manager with better knowledge of the entire roadway and its condition.

MS18 IVHS: A Smart Choice
Federal Highway Administration      12 Minutes

This video explains the four elements that compose the Intelligent Vehicle Highway System: advanced traffic management, advanced driver information systems, commercial vehicle operation, and advanced vehicle control systems.

MS19 IVHS Architecture
Federal Highway Administration     26 Minutes

This video explains Intelligence Vehicle Highway Systems and the new technologies being developed by states such as sensors, cameras, and on board directional guides to help drivers and DOT's identify problems that can be avoided.

MS20 National Advanced Driving Simulator
Arizona Department of Transportation      7 Minutes

This system has been developed by ASU, ADOT, and McDonald Douglas to assist ADOT in understanding and solving problems drivers will have while traveling these roadways.

MS21 New Directions in Sign Management
ACES      17 Minutes

This video explains that having a proper sign management system in place will reduce legal issues because signs need to be easy to read and able to catch to travelers eye or they will be ignored.

MS22 Geographic Information Systems for Transportation- Videoconference
CTRE      100 Minutes (two tapes)

The instructor, Tom Mays, is the director of CTRE at Iowa State University. Iowa LTAP assisted in the presentation of the videoconference which was viewed in many different states. The agenda consists of : 1) ESRI 2) Intergraph 3) Calapor Corporation. This program emphasized the need for more information systems for transportation geographically.

MS23 Traffic Signal Management Cost Effective Street Capacity & Safety
Federal Highway Administration     13 Minutes

Demonstrates the importance and benefits of maintaining optimized and current traffic signal timing plans, and investing resources in traffic signal systems. Local officials describe the benefits of traffic signal management and improvements. Describes techniques used, types of signal systems and how to implement plans.

MS24 Schedule Lives, Stressful Lives
Department  of Transportation      22 Minutes

Communicating current travel conditions lowers travelers' stress and saves them time and money. This videotape illustrates hoe Advandec traveler Information Systems return control to traveler by giving them choices- choices of time, route, and mode of travel.

   
MS25 New Directions In Sign Management
  American Traffic Safety Services Association      15 Minutes
   
  This 15-minute video describes how local jurisdictions can develop an effective sign maintenance program, including inventory, evaluation, and scheduled replacement. Designed for cities, counties, and other local programs.
 
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