STREET MAINTENANCE-TACTICS AND TECHNIQUES

THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING GOOD RECORDS ON STREET MAINTENANCE AND LEVEL OF SERVICE IS EMPHASIZED. THE MAINTENANCE PLAN CALLS FOR AN INVENTORY OF STREETS WHICH HAVE NOT RECEIVED ATTENTION FOR THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS. LATEX RUBBER ADDITIVE FOR RESURFACING AND SEALING HAS BEEN FOUND SATISFACTORY. THE LATEX ADDS RESISTANCE TO WATER PENETRATION AND TO CRACK REFLECTION. LATEX HAS ALSO CUT THE LOSS OF CHIPS FROM CHIP SEALS. IT KEEPS CHIPS IN PLACE WHEN CARS ACCELERATED OR STOPPED SHORTLY AFTER TRAFFIC WAS ALLOWED TO USE THE NEWLY SEALED STREET. FAST-DRY PAINT IS USED TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO CROSS STREET MARKINGS WITHOUT TRACKING IN 12 TO 15 MINUTES. THE USE OF RAISED, REFLECTORIZED MARKERS IS SUCCESSFULLY REPORTED. THE NEED FOR GOOD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT AND GOOD RECORDS OF MAINTENANCE ARE STRESSED.

• Corporate Authors:

  Itte, University of California, Berkeley

  Abstracts of 19th California Street & Highway Conference
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Cole, L F
• Publication Date: 1967-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway maintenance; Latex; Level of service; Maintenance equipment; Maintenance management; Records management; Reflective signs; Resurfacing; Sealing (Technology)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Records
• Old TRIS Terms: Maintenance administration; Reflector markers; Sealing; Street maintenance
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218274
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: pp 35-36
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 15 1994 12:00AM