To report a down or damaged sign, contact 58, 24-hours a day. When critical signs (such as stop signs) are knocked down, the Sign Department's emergency crews are dispatched to re-install the sign immediately. Currently, the Sign Department maintains approximately 60,000 traffic control signs. The Sign Department oversees painting of all of the roads maintained by the Department of Roads. The Sign Department works under the direction of our Traffic Department installing and maintaining all the traffic control signs, guardrail installation and pavement markings. The Traffic Department works closely with the Engineering Department to ensure that new roadways are built with roadway safety in mind using appropriate curvature and lane configurations.
#MI MDOT TRAFFIC MANUAL#
All traffic control devices are installed after careful engineering study using the Michigan Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The purpose of traffic control devices is to promote safety and efficiency by providing for the orderly movement of all road users on streets and highways in the County. The Traffic Department performs traffic studies covering a wide range of issues from installation of stop signs, speed limits and parking restrictions to the installation of traffic signals. Traffic control devices include traffic signs, traffic signals and pavement markings. One of the primary responsibilities for the Traffic Department is to oversee the installation and maintenance of all traffic control devices in Macomb County. The Department is supervised by John Abraham, Director of Traffic and Operations.
The mission of the MCDR Traffic Department is to provide traffic engineering expertise and leadership for providing safe and efficient transportation in Macomb County. The Department of Roads is equipped to deliver a safe, efficient, informative, and reliable traveling experience to the motoring public. It is equipped to monitor, manage and respond to everything from a routine traffic crash to an escalating emergency event. The Macomb County Communications and Technology Center (COMTEC) is a 25,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility at the Department of Roads that monitors road conditions for the department, residents, motorists and first responders. Macomb County's use of technology is critical to monitoring real-time traffic flow, signal operations, and managing emergency responses to incidents on the roadways. The section also plays a pivotal role in helping to meet the data collection and reporting required by the FHWA’s Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) on all federal-aid roads.Our advanced communications network is at the core of everything we do at the Traffic Operations Center. The data is also used to drive decisions being made by other MDOT divisions, Michigan State Police, the Transportation Asset Management Council, and local agencies. The data collected is provided to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) on a monthly and annual basis. Traffic data collection consists of short-term counts/studies, year-round data from the continuous count sites, and special studies. MS2’s NMDS allows state and local planners to analyze daily, monthly and annual non-motorized volumes as well as identify the highest bicycle and pedestrian ADTs along trails, roads and sidewalks.įrom MDOT’s announcement: “The Data Collection and Reporting Section at MDOT collects, analyzes, summarizes, reports, and retains detailed traffic data and travel information for 36,000 miles of federal-aid roads in Michigan, with additional reporting requirements for the 83,000 miles of local roads. Walking and the use of bicycles have increased in the state of Michigan.
#MI MDOT TRAFFIC SOFTWARE#
We have also integrated our software with ESRI’s Roads and Highways software which will enable MDOT to manage geometric and volume changes along road segments throughout the state.
The HPMS module will assist MDOT in reporting traffic data to the Federal Highway Administration. The MDOT TDMS will be one of the most complete datasets of any of our users. Some of the modules within TDMS include: Traffic Count, Turning Movement Count, Non-Motorized, Highway Performance and Traffic Crash. TDMS is a software solution developed by MS2 that offers a variety of modules to receive, process and analyze traffic related data. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) today publicly rolled out its new Transportation Data Management System (TDMS).