{"id":10,"date":"2017-02-02T14:26:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T14:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/public-works\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2023-09-26T16:35:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T16:35:49","slug":"traffic-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/public-works\/traffic-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2><strong data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Libre Franklin\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"700\" style=\"font-family: 'Libre Franklin';font-weight: 700\">About the Traffic Department<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Traffic Department is responsible for providing safe and visible signage on our roadways. We comply with the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD) on all our traffic-related operations.<\/p>\n<p><b>Responsibilities of the Traffic Department include:<\/b><span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color);font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family);font-size: var(--awb-font-size);font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style);letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing);text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform);background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover)\"><b> <\/b><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color);font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family);font-size: var(--awb-font-size);font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style);font-weight: var(--awb-text-font-weight);letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing);text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform);background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover)\">Maintenance of traffic signals and traffic signs on city streets<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color);font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family);font-size: var(--awb-font-size);font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style);font-weight: var(--awb-text-font-weight);letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing);text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform);background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover)\">Painting of pavement markings<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color);font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family);font-size: var(--awb-font-size);font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style);font-weight: var(--awb-text-font-weight);letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing);text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform);background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover)\">Conducting traffic counts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color);font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family);font-size: var(--awb-font-size);font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style);font-weight: var(--awb-text-font-weight);letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing);text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform);background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover)\">Setting up barricades for temporary traffic control<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color);font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family);font-size: var(--awb-font-size);font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style);font-weight: var(--awb-text-font-weight);letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing);text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform);background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover)\">Downtown snow removal<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color);font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family);font-size: var(--awb-font-size);font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style);font-weight: var(--awb-text-font-weight);letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing);text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform);background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover)\">Installing signage for emergency and special events<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: var(--awb-text-color);font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family);font-size: var(--awb-font-size);font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style);font-weight: var(--awb-text-font-weight);letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing);text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform);background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover)\">Placing banners downtown for holidays<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/manage\/videos\/828994327\">Check out our lastest video featuring the Traffic Department&#8217;s paint truck crew and operations!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nContact the Traffic Department for:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sight Distance Issues: <\/strong>If you see a traffic, speed limit, or stop sign that is blocked by tree limbs and is not visible, please contact us at (812) 376-2509.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Street and Stop Signs: <\/strong>We repair or replace damaged signs.  If you are requesting the installation of a new stop, street, or physically disabled sign, please contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/engineering\" style=\"font-family: var(--awb-text-font-family);font-size: var(--awb-font-size);font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style);letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing);text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform);background-color: var(--awb-bg-color-hover)\">Engineering <\/a><font face=\"var(--awb-text-font-family)\"><\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/engineering\"><font face=\"var(--awb-text-font-family)\"><span style=\"font-style: var(--awb-text-font-style);letter-spacing: var(--awb-letter-spacing);text-align: var(--awb-content-alignment);text-transform: var(--awb-text-transform)\">Department<\/span><\/font> <\/a>at (812) 376-2540.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Traffic Signals: <\/strong>We repair signals on city streets, however, we do not repair signals that intersect with state highways. To report a damaged or non-working traffic signal, contact us at (812) 376-2509.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":625,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-22 20:19:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/public-works\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/public-works\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/public-works\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/public-works\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/public-works\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/public-works\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/public-works\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/public-works\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}