Traffic Engineering
Traffic Engineering designs and reviews traffic plans for intersections, signing and marking, signals and traffic calming. The division is also responsible for traffic signal timing, traffic signal controller maintenance and communication.
Division staffers collect and analyze traffic data (crash histories, traffic volume counts etc.) and conduct traffic studies. This division also represents the County's interest in the Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) projects which will incorporate most of the County's traffic signals into the Traffic Management Center (TMC).
Traffic Systems Section
The mission of the Traffic Systems Section is to establish and maintain communications between traffic signals, video monitoring stations, variable message signs and the Traffic Management Center (TMC); and to establish and maintain safe and efficient traffic signal timing plans.
This section is responsible for monitoring the efficiency of traffic flow through coordinated traffic signal systems. This includes designing traffic timing plans to meet the minimum efficiency requirements established for the roadway, implementing and testing the timing plans, and maintaining the timing plan database. Furthermore, this section monitors traffic conditions and intersection controllers via the Advanced Transportation Management System (ATMS) real time video monitoring system and the system network to make adjustments where needed.
In order to maintain successful coordination of the traffic signal systems, this section also installs and maintains various communication network devices. This includes real time video monitoring, alarm monitoring and remote system programming and updates.
If you have further questions or need additional assistance, please contact the Traffic Engineering Division at 941-749-3502.