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| Traffic Safety Information |
| Jeff Jaeger, PE - Traffic Safety Information Engineer
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Mission Statement: The mission of the Traffic Safety Information Section (TSIS) is to provide a broad spectrum of quality traffic safety related data to its customers to assist with the Traffic Safety Unit's (TSU) goal of reducing the frequency and severity of traffic crashes. To that end, the TSIS is charged with managing, expanding, and disseminating accurate and timely traffic safety information to its customers, which is to be accomplished through enhanced quality control procedures, increased quantity and character of data, and broadened and simplified accessibility. The TSIS is also charged with administering various safety programs within the Unit including the Spot Safety Program, Hazard Elimination Program, Traffic Safety Ordinances, STAA Dimensioned Vehicle Routes, and Traffic Data Collection.
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Fostering and maintaining a safe workplace and safe working habits is critical to the ability of employees to conduct their daily business. Responsibilities in this area include instruction and training on safe working habits and environments, conducting facility safety, security, and sanitation audits, and identifying, assessing, and abating potential risk areas and hazards.
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Mileposting is the process of determining the location of features on a road, in miles, from the beginning of the road, and is a fundamental requirement of the Traffic Engineering and Accident Analysis System (TEAAS) necessary for crash studies and analyses, crash rates, and ordinance overlap checks. Mileposts are based on information in NCDOT's Universe File (MLI1) maintained by the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Unit, and are used to determine where crashes occurred, or where ordinances are located, in relation to roadway features. Features requiring mileposts are intersections and interchanges, at-grade railroad crossings, mile markers, structures (that carry the road), and political boundaries (municipal, county, and state lines).
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Equipment and supplies are generally procured for Traffic Safety Unit personnel through either stock items maintained by the department or through the use of vendors who are under contract with the state. In the case of equipment necessary to meet specific engineering needs but which are not under state contract, individual vendors may be contacted for specification comparisons and price quotes.
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