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Transportation Maintenance

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Transportation Maintenance

The Transportation Division maintains various traffic control devices. The Signal and Lighting Maintenance and the Signs and Markings Maintenance are the sections in the division responsible for maintaining the field infrastructure used on our 3,000 miles of roadway to insure safe operation for roadway users.

Signal and lighting

The Signal and Lighting Maintenance Group maintains all traffic signals, streetlight and warning beacons in the City. Maintenance staff is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to respond to traffic signal emergencies. They respond to approximately 3200 requests for service a year. On average they respond to 150 service calls for equipment damaged by collision.

Over the past 15 years the city has transitioned to video detection at a significant number of signalized intersections, which has helped accommodate different road users such as bicyclists, reduce the maintenance calls, and improve safety. The City has replaced approximately 95% of older incandescent traffic signal light bulbs with LED displays and has converted approximately 70% of streetlights to LED.

All new street lighting projects are standardized to LED lighting. The LED updates are a significant step toward energy conservation and annual cost savings.

There are over 800 traffic signals in the City of Sacramento. Their locations can be found here:

Traffic signals dataset.

There are over 40,000 street lights in the City of Sacramento. Their locations can be found here:

Street lighting dashboard and dataset

Signs and markings

The Sign and Marking Maintenance Group is responsible for all traffic signs and markings in the City of Sacramento. This includes all roadway markings, parking meter posts, painted curbs, and crosswalks. Additionally, they repair and replace guard rail and crash attenuators on all the city's roadways. Funding for these activities is provided from state gas tax and traffic safety funds. Annually, staff complete approximately:

2,500 marking maintenance work orders
4,800 sign maintenance work orders
9,000 shop manufactured signs
400 gallons of paint striping on City streets
60 tons of thermoplastic markings on City streets

Sign and marking information:

Markings for approximately 3,000 lane miles of roadway
Approximately 125,000 traffic signs currently in service
In excess of 6,000 parking meter posts
All on-street curb markings and loading zones.
Repair and maintenance of guardrails throughout the city

There are over 50,000 street signs in the City of Sacramento. Their locations can be found here:

Signs dataset

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