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Traffic Industry Articles and Blog Posts

ELTEC manufactures products used in traffic cabinets as well as several unique traffic warning systems. Under each category our stories highlight ELTEC’s ability and flexibility to solve specific traffic related issues. We are great at standard systems, but we excel at customized solutions: AC or solar powered.

Additionally, you’ll find published articles intended to increase knowledge and awareness on traffic related topics.

Pedestrian/RRFB/HAWK Crossings

ELTEC and 511 Technologies Announces IoTraffic Systems “TIGERS” Made Safer with HAWK Crosswalk New RRFB WW+S Flash Pattern (IMSA Jan/Feb ’15)Using a Rapid Flashing Beacon Crossing Rapid Flashing Beacons Long Construction Project Comes to an End RRFB New Flash Pattern Municipal Magazine Pedestrian Safety Feb ’14 “Great Debaters” College and Marshall Hospital (ISMA May-June’12)Oregon Coast Increases Pedestrian Safety with RRFB’s (IMSA Nov-Dec ’10)City of Dallas installs Solar Powered RRFB crosswalk (FOX 4 News)Not All RRFB Signals Are Created Equal (The Municipal Oct’12)Hawk/ Hybrid Pedestrian Crossing System Walkable, Bike-able Summit The HAWK Crosswalk – Innovative Pedestrian Safety Not All RRFB Signal’s Are Created Equal (IMSA Nov-Dec ’12)Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons – Solving Pedestrian-Traffic Interactions RRFBs : Back from the Brink

Time Clocks/School Zones/DLPRO Software

Antennas Mounted on Water Towers Support School’s IP Time Clocks Solutions for Spot Devices’ School Beacons (IMSA Jan/Feb ’15)School Zone Safety Report Here Today, Here Tomorrow DLPRO 17E Software updates Mar-Apr ’10 System 3000 Network Based Time Clock (IMSA July-August ’10)Improve Safety with School Zone Beacons

Emergency Vehicle

Solar Powered Emergency Vehicle with 3 Signal Heads Ambulance Drone Technology Emergency Vehicle Warning System – Function and Features

High Water/Flood

Flood Detection-Sirens Alert Residents (IMSA May-June ’17)High Water (IMSA Jan-Feb ’09)

Lighting & Camera-Solar Powered

Solar Powered Security Lightning (IMSA Sept-Oct ’10)Solar Powered Light Brightens City Park Pavilions (Marshall News Messenger 9/23/2011)Solar Lightning Valero (IMSA Sept-Oct ’09)Marshall News Messenger – Celebrating the Sun 6/20/2010

Specialty Systems

ITS Wavetronix (IMSA Nov-Dec ’09)Cameras Monitoring in Corpus Christi (IMSA May-June ’09)TxDOT Over-height Truck Detection (IMSA July-August ’11)Restricted Road Access (industrial traffic)Why Did The Horse Cross The Road (IMSA March-April ’15)Industrial Railroad Crossing CDOT Sharp Curves Warning (IMSA Mar-April ’11)Traffic Control/Work Zone (IMSA Mar-Apr ’09)

Time Sync-GPS

TimeSync-GPS’s Creates TBC’s (IMSA May-June ’13)

General-Miscellaneous

Congestion Solution – Always Green Traffic Control River Ferry and 2-way Paging Always Green Traffic Control – Congestion Solution (Aerial View)

RRFB Approval Termination

Federal Highway Administration returns RRFB’s to approved product list.

The new approval was announced on March 20, 2018. As a result, all patents rights have been made public, and all manufactures may produce RRFB’s

Read below for the appropriate use of (IA-21)

https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/interim_approval/ia21/index.htm