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RD0050 60:00 Basics of Local Road Engineering
Cornell Local Roads Program
A presentation by Lynne Irwin on how to build a good road. Design considerations include capacity, geometrics, drainage, pavements, and safety.
RD0065 6:00 Dispelling Myths About: “Rubber On The Road”
Bandag, Inc. 1994
This promotional video supports the idea that retreads are not what people see laying along the highways. Tires need to be checked for proper air and adjusted for weather changes.
RD0100 60:00 Comcore Roadplate System
Comcore Utilities Products
[Promotional video provided by vendor]
RD0140 26:00 Guidelines for Spring Highway Use Restrictions
City of Bellingham
US/DOT, VHS, COLOR, Run Time: 00:26:03, 1991
RD0150 11:00 Guidelines for Dust Control on Unsurfaced Roads in Alabama
Alabama Highway Research Center, 1994
This video, produced in Alabama, gives some basic guidelines and suggestions for dust control on unsurfaced roads. This video accompanies publication number PGR0125.
RD0160 35:30 Low Volume Roads Series: Setting Maintenance Priorities, Managing Maintenance
This video tells of the guidelines and cost advantages for implementing and maintaining a maintenance schedule for low volume roads.
RD0175 8:00 New Life for Old Roads
General Chemical
This video explains the method of rebuilding a road by recycling it, pulverizing it and resurfacing. Using Caltreat can help the rebuilding process in a number of ways.
RD0200 18:58 Open Roads: A Look at Freeway Incident Management
Federal Highway Administration
This video presents in clear non‑technical language, the current practices for freeway incident management. Through an effective mix of animation, special effects, on‑camera interviews, and real world video footage, this video program dramatically depicts the severity of the incident problem, then offers effective and practical solutions. In doing so, it touches upon a broad range of proven, successful incident management strategies including many simple, low‑cost procedures that can be readily adopted.
RD0215 12:00 Potholes, Causes, Cures & Prevention
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
A detailed description of causes, cures and prevention of potholes especially related to weather changes.
RD0225 30:00 Roundabouts
City of Bellingham
Information on the implementation of a roundabout in Bellingham, Washington with facts and ideas for your own city.
RD0250 55:00 Problems with Gravel Roads
Federal Highway Administration, LTAP, 1995
This three‑part video presentation examines the environment of gravel roads and the aggregate materials used to surface them, addresses problems with gravel roads and how to prevent them, and discusses maintenance equipment and techniques. Utilizes both lecture and demonstration instructional format. May be used in its entirety or broken into logical segments.
RD0260 19:00 Reducing Utility Delays During Construction: Making the Effort Works
US DOT, FHWA, and the American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials
Early and frequent coordination, cooperation, and communication (CCC) between state transportation department (DOT) and utilities' personnel typically results in faster and more efficient utility relocation. This video aims to teach how to avoid construction delays and reduce or eliminate unnecessary project costs by working in partnership.
RD0270 116:34 Safety Features for Local Roads and Streets (Tape 1)
This video assists highway authorities in identifying and correcting hazardous location on the road systems.
RD0275 70:00 Safety Features for Local Roads and Streets (Tape 2)
This video is part two of RD 0270 demonstrating hazardous locations on the road system that may need to be addressed.
RD0300 21:00 Smoothing & Shaping of Earth & Gravel Roads
International Road Federation
Regularly scheduled smoothing and reshaping will keep earth and gravel roads in good condition and reduce the need for major high cost repairs. This video has two parts:
1) Smoothing and 2) Reshaping. Each part has an equipment requirement, and work steps outlined with considerations for planning and preparing for the work and procedures for checking the road cross slope at straight and curved road sections.
RD0350 14:00 The Best Defense is a Good Road
Cornell Local Roads Program, 1989
This tape shows how lawsuits can be minimized through good management, proper record keeping, and routine inspection by local road officials. A court scene presents a road superintendent, accused of being negligent in repairing a damaged road sign. He is found innocent because of proper management and documentation.
RD0400 7:50 Unsurfaced Road Inspection
U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers
This video shows how to take measurements required for the unsurfaced road management system utilizing the inspection sheet found at the back of the Unsurfaced Roads Field Manual. It shows how to actually take the measurements of the seven major road distresses: improper cross section, inadequate roadside drainage, corrugations, dust, ruts, and potholes.
RD0450 21:00 Upgrading Gravel Roads
Montana State Film & Television Department, 1985
This video demonstrates the techniques and cost evaluation of upgrading rural gravel roads. It is directed at the problems that low maintenance budget rural agencies face in keeping their roads in good condition. Techniques for some types of maintenance are also discussed. Utilizes a demonstration format.
RD0500 11:00 Utility Cut Repair: Doing It Right
Minnesota Local Road Research Board
The main goal of this video is to increase the workmanship quality associated with making and repairing utility cuts throughout Minnesota. This video will show supervisors, workers, and public officials how everyone benefits from quality workmanship and the use of research-tested materials and methods. Conversely, the video will show how doing things the wrong way costs everyone money, headaches, and time.
RD0550 40:45 Utility Cuts in Paved Roads: Parts 1 & 2
LTAP
The relationships between roadways and utilities are not an accident. This two-part video focuses on making cuts in roadways effectively and safely with little traffic disruption and no permanent effects.
RD0660 17:00 Weather and Loads: The Effect They have on Roads
Minnesota Transportation Department
A meteorologist explains the scientific concepts of weather and loads on pavements through the use of props and models. It motivates local government officials to approve the greater initial costs of building stronger roads and defining and displaying spring load limits. This is an excellent resource for explaining the effects of weather and loads on pavements to a non-technical audience.