This report provides an exploration of procurement methods utilized by state and provincial agencies throughout North America to provide a comparative analysis to operations within the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The primary goal of this investigation is to explore comparable institutions that manage statewide fleets of vehicles or equipment to unveil methods, strategies, or metrics that may assist Caltrans to improve their current production and procurement methods. In addition to the immediate goals of evaluating and clarifying the Caltrans production and procurement process, the survey provides an exploratory analysis of the agencies that currently build, have built, and agencies that may have considered or have never considered building equipment. Additional information on renting, leasing, and alternative procurement methods was collected to identify when traditional purchasing methods were not the preferred method of vehicle acquisition.
Numerous prior studies indicated that street lighting improves nighttime traffic safety. However, lighting at unsignalized intersections (e.g., stop-c...
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