AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION • JULY 2013 • www.apwa.net Lake Champlain Bridge Replacement: One of the 25 Projects of the Year (page 76) Also Inside: • Annual Transportation Issue • Snow Conference highlights • Core Competencies • Global Solutions Pumps You Can Trust For Over 75 Years Since 1934 Griffin Pump & Equipment, Inc. 5306 Clinton Drive • Houston, TX 77020 Call: (713) 671-7000 or Toll Free: (866) 770-8100 Email: [email protected] www.griffinpump.com July 2013 Vol. 80, No. 7 The APWA Reporter, the official magazine of the American Public Works Association, covers all facets of public works for APWA members including industry news, legislative actions, management issues and emerging technologies. TRANSPORTATION & PROJECTS OF THE YEAR 41 61 70 76 INSIDE APWA FEATURES 2 President’s Message 48 A traffic safety focus for local agencies 10 Candidates for the APWA Board of Directors named 51 Superstorm Sandy NYC MTA Bridges and Tunnels’ road to recovery 14 Technical Committee News 54 Transportation challenges demand a fundamental 16 Snow Conference focuses on emergencies cultural shift 18 National Public Works Week 2013 honors public works 56 The Transportation and Development Institute’s professionals’ contributions to quality of life Sustainability Mission 21 Get the Inside Track: Become your APWA Chapter’s 58 2013 transportation safety activities at the Transportation Transportation Liaison Research Board Annual Meeting and the latest in 22 Close the door on what you think you know about leadership transportation safety news 26 Chicago on the cheap: an opportunity for a Kodak Moment 60 Alternative intersection design delivers 28 Sneak peak at Chicago’s Congress transportation sessions 64 Partnering for success: an improved approach to Florida’s Local Agency Program 30 APWA’s Donald C. Stone Center: It’s all about you! 66 Safety data and analysis capability: steps to the future 31 Recognize Your Leaders 68 High friction surface treatments: a cost-effective strategy 32 Honey Hill Road Improvement and Beautification Program, that saves lives Charleston County, South Carolina 71 Green Streets and Porous Pavement: Lessons for 36 Shhh….Listen sustainability, savings, and success 76 APWA announces the 2013 Public Works 74 Every Day Counts: FHWA’s initiative to shorten project delivery Projects of the Year MARKETPLACE COLUMNS 104 Products in the News 6 Washington Insight 110 Professional Directory 38 Core Competencies for a Public Works Leader 40 Global Solutions in Public Works CALENDARS 102 Ask Ann 5 Education Calendar 112 World of Public Works RESEARCH 44 Applied Public Works Research 112 Index of Advertisers July 2013 APWA Reporter 1 APWA members are focused on MAP-21 Elizabeth Treadway, PWLF APWA President n July 6, 2012, President that encompasses most activities Obama signed into law MAP- funded under the Transportation 21, the Moving Ahead for Enhancements, Recreational Progress in the 21st Century Trails, and Safe Routes to School Official Magazine of the Act (P.L. 112-141). Funding surface programs under SAFETEA-LU (see American Public Works Association transportation programs at essentially table on page 3). PUBLISHER fiscal year (FY) 2012 levels for FY13 American Public Works Association • Enhances innovative financing. 2345 Grand Blvd., Suite #700 and FY14, the law also extends current Kansas City, MO 64108-2625 • Encourages private sector (800) 848-APWA (Member Services Hotline) federal motor fuel taxes through FY16 (816) 472-6100 (Kansas City metro area) and ensures two years of solvency for investment through a substantial FAX (816) 595-5330 increase in funding for the e-mail: [email protected] the Highway Trust Fund. Website: www.apwa.net TIFIA program (Transportation EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAP-21, the first highway Infrastructure Finance and Peter B. King authorization enacted since 2005, Innovation Act), which provides EDITOR spans only two years and expands federal credit assistance to finance R. Kevin Clark the National Highway System (NHS) surface transportation projects of GRAPHIC DESIGNER Abbey Russell to incorporate principal arterials national and regional significance. ADVERTISING SALES not previously included. It includes Kristen Creel R. Kevin Clark reforms and consolidates or eliminates Through the efforts of the APWA Amanda Daniel Kansas City Liaison Transportation Committee and (800) 800-0341 (816) 595-5230 about 60 current programs, shifting funding to reflect changes in priorities Transportation Reauthorization APWA WASHINGTON OFFICE Task Force a number of streamlining 1275 K Street NW, Suite 750 within the legislation. Performance Washington, D.C. 20005-4083 management is a cornerstone in provisions were adopted in MAP-21, (202) 408-9541 FAX (202) 408-9542 the law. It provides more efficient including a host of changes aimed Disclaimer: The American Public Works Association at ensuring the timely delivery of assumes no responsibility for statements and/or investment of federal transportation opinions advanced by either editorial or advertis- funds by focusing on national transportation projects. The changes ing contributors to this issue. APWA reserves the will improve innovation and right to refuse to publish and to edit manuscripts transportation goals, increasing to conform to the APWA Reporter standards. efficiency from the development of accountability and transparency of the Publisher’s Notice: The APWA Reporter, July programs, and improving investment projects, through the planning and 2013, Vol. 80, No. 7 (ISSN 0092-4873; Publications environmental review process, to Agreement No. 41450540). The APWA Reporter is decision making. published monthly by the American Public Works project delivery. APWA’s advocacy Association, 2345 Grand Boulevard, Suite 700, concerning categorical exclusions was Kansas City, MO 64108-2625. Subscription rate MAP-21 also: is $195 for nonmembers and $25 for chapter- pivotal in expanding those currently sponsored students. Periodicals postage paid at allowed. MAP-21 extends their usage Kansas City, MO and additional mailing offices. • Doubles the funding for the POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the APWA Highway Safety Improvement to a variety of other types of projects, Reporter, 2345 Grand Boulevard, #700, Kansas including projects within existing City, MO 64108-2625. Canada returns to: P.O. Box Program, a core federal-aid 2600, Mississauga, ON L4T 0A8. operational right-of-way, and projects program requiring a data-driven, Reprints and Permissions: Information is available strategic approach to improving receiving limited federal assistance. at www.apwa.net/Publications/Reporter/guidelines. highway safety on all public asp. roads. The U.S. Department of © 2013 by American Public Works Association Transportation will have to undertake Address Change? • Restructures core highway many rulemakings to implement To alert us of a change to your membership formula programs. record, contact an APWA Membership Specialist MAP-21’s provisions. APWA has at (800) 848-APWA or [email protected]. • Creates a new program called already provided comment on a The APWA Reporter is printed by Royle Printing, the Transportation Alternatives number of provisions and will be Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. 2 APWA Reporter July 2013 inception in 2007, two years before MAP-21’s predecessor expired, to get a head start researching and planning recommendations for a new transportation bill. Little did the Task Force members know that they had signed up for a six-year-plus tour of duty! The Task Force’s chief goal for the authorization bill was to ensure increased transportation revenues to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent. They are in the process of updating APWA’s Reauthorization Position Paper to address MAP- 21’s replacement, but their main goal remains the same—to adopt a sustainable funding program for the nation’s transportation system. Apart from the reauthorization process, APWA has also been engaged in a number of efforts focused on reducing the red tape involved in the delivery of federally-funded transportation projects, in order alerting members for opportunities The Transportation Reauthorization to save money and make limited to comment and participate in the Task Force has been hard at work on project dollars go further. APWA future. behalf of APWA members since its has partnered with the Federal AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION Mission Statement: The American Public Works Association serves its members by promoting professional excellence and public awareness through education, advocacy and the exchange of knowledge. BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVISORY COUNCIL PRESIDENT DIRECTOR, REGION IV DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE, ENGINEER- Elizabeth Treadway, PWLF Tommy J. Brown, PWLF ING & TECHNOLOGY (Past APWA Presidents) Principal, Water Resources Superintendent of Fleet Services David L. Lawry, P.E. Robert Albee Judith M. Mueller Executive Director AMEC Environment & City of La Grange, GA Director of Municipal Services Roger K. Brown Ronald L. Norris Peter B. King Homer L. Chastain & Associates, LLP Infrastructure, Inc. George Crombie Michael R. Pender Johnson City, TN DIRECTOR, REGION V Chicago, IL Linda Petelka, B.Sc., PWLF Nick W. Diakiw Richard L. Ridings Executive Director Emeritus PRESIDENT-ELECT Independent Consultant DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE, Jerry M. Fay John J. Roark Edward A. Gottko, PWLF Burlington, ON ENVIRONMENTAL Robert D. Bugher Bob Freudenthal Harold E. Smith Adjunct Professor MANAGEMENT William E. (Bill) Spearman, III, P.E. New Jersey Institute of Technology DIRECTOR, REGION VI Larry