The Traffic Operations Division operates and maintains the city's transportation network through an Advanced Traffic Management System.
The traffic operations system includes a wireless communication network that improves traffic safety and synchronizes traffic flow.
With this system, city staff monitor roadway issues remotely at the operations center as traffic signals communicate with one another, allowing traffic signals to be adjusted to current traffic flow.
Traffic signal technicians monitor all parts of the system remotely. Additionally, automatic notification of signal malfunctions such as power outages and flashing operations alert on-call personnel outside of normal working hours.
Irving’s sign shop is the birthplace of most official street signs within city limits, from speed limit and stop signs to logos and decals on official city vehicles.
On average, about 3,500 street signs originate from the sign shop each year. The majority of the signs fabricated are replacement signs that need to be updated to accommodate federal and state guidelines.
Staff in the sign shop also assists in conducting the city’s annual traffic count.
The annual traffic count helps the department monitor and improve traffic flow. The city’s traffic engineers select more than 90 locations to measure annually throughout Irving and they study the number of vehicles that use the roads each day.
Traffic engineering technicians, with help from the sign shop technicians, choose the appropriate roadway locations to place tubes and ensure accurate data collection. This work may seem simple, but in reality, it’s difficult because staff must negotiate setting up the tube counters on active roadways. This is challenging work to even the most skilled traffic crew member.
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Irving, TX 75061
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