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Traffic Control Description

TC01 Breakaway Sign Program
New Jersey Department of Transportation       12 Minutes

Overview of the breakaway sign system that was established in the 1970's.  Discusses and shows components of the sign supports, assembly and installation details, crash tests, and repair procedures following collision damage.

TC02 Danger Signs
American Traffic Safety Services Association       9 Minutes

Shows a compelling real-life story that creatively illustrates the consequences, financial constraints, and safety issues involved with roadway sign vandalism.  Features interviews and actual footage of sigh vandalism cases from across the nation.  Brings to light the unfortunate consequences of those acts, and shows what regions across the country are doing to combat these crimes, as well as, what any citizen can do to help eliminate sign vandalism. 

TC03 Establishing a Realistic Speed Limit
Michigan Department of Transportation       11 Minutes

This video provides information on how to arrive at a speed limit that can be acceptable, yet realistic for people to follow. 

TC04 Flagger
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation       12 Minutes

This program demonstrates the importance of the flagger within the work zone site and the duties and responsibilities of the flagger.  To protect lives, guide traffic, ease traffic flow, and provide information.

TC05 Flagging and the Flagger
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation       18 Minutes

This video discusses what is flagging, where flagging is done, when is flagging used, why flagging, and who is the flagger.

TC06 Flagging Operations and Procedures
North Carolina Department of Highways and Transportation       23 Minutes

Covers the importance of proper advance warning of work zone areas and the responsibilities of flaggers.  The skills of stopping, releasing, and slowing traffic are demonstrated using six different flagging situations

TC07 Flagging Safety
Connecticut Department of Transportation       30 Minutes

This video discusses where and when to use flaggers, the attributes of a good flagger, the flagger's role in promoting good relations, safety equipment and clothing, the use of the stop/slow paddle, the flagger's position in the work area, flagging in a moving operation, hand signals, emergency procedures, and communications with other flaggers.

TC08 Nighttime Traffic Control in Work Zones
American Traffic Safety Services Association       18 Minutes

Explores the factors that make work zones more dangerous at night and the techniques and devices that make them safer.

TC09 Pavement Marking Inspection: Thermoplastic
American Traffic Safety Services Association       21 Minutes

Details steps and requirements of the entire thermoplastics pavement marking inspection process.  Discusses topics such as materials and equipment, road/air temperatures, road surface, layout and premarkings, material preparation, marking quality, tape test, retroreflectivity, post-application evaluation, documentation, as well as discussing solutions to commonly occurring problems.

TC10 Pavement Marking Inspection: Traffic Paint
American Traffic Safety Services Association       15 Minutes

One of the roads most important feature is pavement markings.  This video will describe inspection and quality control practices that help ensure the successful application of traffic paints.

TC11 Ramp Metering: Signal for Success
Federal Highway Administration       17 Minutes

The video discuss the importance of ramp metering and talks with officials from all over the country about how ramp metering has eased congestion within their city.

TC12 Thermoplastic Striping
Texas Highway Department       15 Minutes

The purpose of the video is to help understand striping procedures and to show what to watch for to achieve a high quality pavement marking.

TC13 "To Warn, Guide and Protect: An Introduction to Flagging"
New Mexico Highway and Transportation Department       22 Minutes

This video introduces flagging and its important role in traffic control: to warn the motorist, to guide the traffic flow, and protect the motorist and workers within the work zone site.

TC14 Traffic Barriers
Federal Highway Administration       46 Minutes

This video discusses the general procedures that must be followed with the most commonly used roadside barriers, median barriers, bridge rails and end treatments.  It describes how various highway safety features work, why they are used, and what to look for that might cause them to fail.  it also deals with the initial installation, maintenance, and repair of highway traffic barriers.

TC15 Traffic Control in Moving Operations
Utah Department of Transportation       14 Minutes

Traffic control is a life and death situation for workers and motorists.  This video discusses properly placed and maintained traffic control areas.

TC16 Traffic Control Series: Markings and Islands
International Road Federation       19 Minutes
This video includes basic information about markings and islands.
TC17 Traffic Control Series: Special Use Traffic Controls
International Road Federation       17 Minutes

This video includes information about beacons, lane use control signals, pedestrian signals, freeway ramp control signals, narrow bridge or tunnel signals, high occupancy vehicle facilitates, changeable message signs, movable concrete barriers, and other devices.

TC18 Traffic Control Series: Traffic Control for Schools, Railroad and Bicycle Facilities
International Road Federation       24 Minutes

This video includes information about traffic control for schools, railroad crossings, and bicycle facilities.

TC20 Traffic Control Series: Traffic Sign Inspection and Maintenance
International Road Federation       21 Minutes

This video provides information on sign inspection procedures, an inspection and maintenance system, sign shops, field equipment, sign materials, sign maintenance budgeting, and a sign inventory system. 

TC21 Traffic Control Series: Traffic Sign Placement and Location
International Road Federation       22 Minutes
This video provides general information on the placement and location of signs, including general rules, urban settings, rural settings, and freeways.
TC22 Traffic Control Series: Worldwide Traffic Sign Systems
International Road Federation       26 Minutes

This video covers the international sign standards, including regulatory, warning and guide signs, colors and shapes, and special considerations.

TC23 Traffic Signal System- Go for the Green
Federal Highway Administration       28 Minutes

Part 1: Demonstrates the need for proper traffic signization and installation.  Part 2: Descries design, installation, operation and maintenance of state-of-the-art signal control.

TC24 Workzone Safety for Roadway Maintenance Operations: Part 1-7
Federal Highway Administration       108 Minutes
This video provides three reasons for setting up clear and useful work zones: safety for workers. Liability, and image of your agency.  Each section covers a single topic.  Part 1 dramatically emphasizes the need for safety in work zones to help reduce the risk of accidents in a day time operations.  This part covers the basic concepts for planning and implementing safe work zones.  Part 2 discusses the elements of design, proper application and placement of traffic control devices, including signs, channelization devices, barricades, warning lights, arrow panels, and portable variable message signs.  Part 3 examines the five traffic control areas; advance warning, transition, buffer, work zone and termination.  Part 4 illustrates traffic control schemes for some common types of operations, including work in the shoulder on two-lane roads, two-lane roadway closure, urban four-lane undivided highway, four-lane divided highway, and mowing operations. 
Part 5 covers the responsibilities of flaggers, including proper attire, equipment and skills.  It also illustrates some typical situations faced by flaggers: advance flagging, single flagging, night-time flagging, one direction of traffic flagging, and emergency flagging.   Part 6 illustrates the importance of liability issues.  It outlines the steps to take to prevent liability in the work place: having a traffic control plan for each job, following the MUTCD, removing traffic control devices that are no longer needed, and documenting all work.  Part 7 sums up the subject be presenting a typical day.  Utilizes both lecture and demonstration instructional format.  May be used in its entirety or broken into logical segments.
TC25 Safety Made Simple: The ABC's of Work Zone Safety
American Traffic Safety Services Association       14 Minutes

This video assists in the training of employees to know and understand three simple rules that will help work and move safety through a work zone. They are the ABC’s of Work Zone safety: AWARENESS, BE VISIBLE and COMMUNICATION.

TC26 Life in the Closed Lane: Part 1 & 2
American Traffic Safety Services Association                50 Minutes

This two-part, 20- and 30-minute safety training video trains workers who install, service, and remove traffic control devices in work zones, with safety as the bottom line.

TC27 Right Before Your Eyes
American Traffic Safety Services Association               10 Minutes

This 10-minute video describes how a good pavement marking maintenance program can help highway agencies provide higher levels of service and safety to their customers, and the motoring public. It stresses the need for regularly-scheduled maintenance of markings and the use of more durable marking materials where appropriate. An excellent educational tool for elected officials, Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO) and civic groups, as well as highway agency personnel.

TC28 Stripers Survival Guide
American Traffic Safety Services Association                12 Minutes

This 12-minute video focuses on crew safety during pavement striping operations. It describes some of the hazards associated with pavement marking materials and equipment, and discusses how workers can protect themselves through the use of protective clothing, good housekeeping, and proper traffic control.

TC30 Why Should You Care?
American Traffic Safety Services Association                7 Minutes

A five-minute video produced by ATSSA's Legislative Committee designed to impress upon MPOs (and others with transportation budgeting influence) the importance of investing in traffic safety.

TC31 Night Lights: How Retroreflectivity Makes Our Roads Safer
FHWA and ATSSA        10 Minutes
 

This video explains the benefits of "retoreflectivity." It provides a range of scenarios to help illustrate the necessity of this important roadway feature. This video also describes the technology involved in the retoreflectivity process in easy-to-understand, non-technical terms.

   
TC32 Flagger Training: Work Zone Traffic Control
  Arizona Department of Transportation          14 Minutes
 

The video covers basis Flagging Standards and Procedures, situation were a flagger is needed, equipment used in flagging and traffic control procedures.

 
TC33 Highway Work Zone Safety: Traffic Control
  Iowa DOT, AGC, FHWA, IGTSB             10 Minutes
   
 

This video covers how to recognize and practices the proper procedures for installing and maintaining effective traffic control through a highway work zone and recognize dangerous situations related to traffic movement through a highway work zone, and avoid unsafe activities.

   
TC34 Barrier Delineation In Work Zone
  American Traffic Safety Service Association             24 Minutes
   
  Produced by FHWA, this 24-minute video covers the pros and cons of various methods and devices used with concrete safety-shaped barriers in work zones. Coverage includes delineation standards, devices, techniques, end treatments, maintenance, and selection guidelines.
   
TC35 Pavement Marking Inspection: 2 Part Epoxy
  American Traffic Safety Service Association             15 Minutes
   
  This 15-minute video covers the basics of two-part epoxy pavement marking materials, including: material preparation; weather and temperature restrictions; pavement preparation; workmanship; retroreflectivity; and documentation. Included with each tape are 5 copies of an inspector’s guide that reinforces points made in the video.
   
 
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