Tuesday, September 1, 2015
ON THE ROAD

Time for the industry conferences to gear up again.

Brown Traffic will be in attendance at many of these:

  

SEPTEMBER

23   2015 Streets and Roads Annual Conference

Ames, IA

 

24  13th Annual TEAM Transportation Fair

St. Louis, MO

 

29/30 2015 ITS Midwest Annual Meeting

Oak Brook, IL

QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite."
 
 ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
 TODAY IN HISTORY
On September 1, 1998, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 finally goes into effect. The law required that all cars and light trucks sold in the United States have air bags on both sides of the front seat.
Inspired by the inflatable protective covers on Navy torpedoes, an industrial engineering technician from Pennsylvania named John Hetrick patented a design for a "safety cushion assembly for automotive vehicles" in 1953. 
 Inflatable-safety-cushion technology languished until 1965, when Ralph Nader's book "Unsafe at Any Speed" speculated that seat belts and air bags together could prevent thousands of deaths in car accidents.
ARCHIVE

We have archived our Brown Traffic Products Tuesday Traffic Tips dating back to 2013.  These have proven to be a valuable resource to many traffic professionals.  Visit the complete archives here:

Tuesday Traffic Tips Archive 


Welcome to this week's "Tuesday Traffic Tips." 

 

Do you have questions with understanding the standards in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices? Learn the answers in this week's Tuesday Traffic Tip.

 

Welcome to September, we hope everyone has a safe and happy Labor Day Weekend.

 

We hope you enjoy this week's Tuesday Traffic Tip. 

TRAFFIC TIP

The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices or MUTCD defines the standards used by road managers nationwide to install and maintain traffic control devices on all public streets, highways, bikeways, and private roads open to public travel. The MUTCD has been administered by the FHWA since 1971.

 

Anytime there is a new release, there are always new questions that come to mind.

 

The most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) are covered in the following list of categories:

  • Traffic Control Signals-General
  • Traffic Control Signal Need Studies
  • Traffic Control Signal Features
  • Pedestrian Control Features
  • Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons
  • Flashing Beacons
  • In-Roadway Lights

Click here to find all the answers from MUTCD. 

TRAFFIC "LITES"

 

So can you be lost if there is a sign

 directing you to Lost?

 

 

If you have a funny picture of a traffic related item, send it to marketing@browntraffic.com 

TRAFFIC TRIVIA

Know your traffic trivia? Here's your chance  to show us. 

 

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Labor Day used to be celebrated on September 5th, what year did it change to the first Monday in September?

 

Send your answer to:

marketing@browntraffic.com 

with "Traffic Trivia" in the subject line.

 

The correct answer to the August 4th trivia is "I-74 bridge crossing the Mississippi River and overseen by Illinois and Iowa DOT's"

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