Comments on: The joys of parking: When asphalt has fault lines http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/roadguy/2008/08/28/the-joys-of-parking-when-asphalt-has-fault-lines/ Travel along with our transportation geek Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:00:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Amy http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/roadguy/2008/08/28/the-joys-of-parking-when-asphalt-has-fault-lines/#comment-15215 Amy Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:43:46 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/roadguy/2008/08/28/the-joys-of-parking-when-asphalt-has-fault-lines/#comment-15215 Patching but never fixing the underlying cause. Isn't that Mn Dot's mission statement? Patching but never fixing the underlying cause. Isn’t that Mn Dot’s mission statement?

]]> By: bill f http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/roadguy/2008/08/28/the-joys-of-parking-when-asphalt-has-fault-lines/#comment-15181 bill f Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:09:41 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/roadguy/2008/08/28/the-joys-of-parking-when-asphalt-has-fault-lines/#comment-15181 Rember DOT isn't the only group that works with pavement or that owns orange cones (I have one in my garage and I know auto groups that have hundreds of them). I suspect that if DOT people are placing cones, that they have a work order to document what they are supposed to be doing. We may not see it but bosses like to see that jobs get finished. Rember DOT isn’t the only group that works with pavement or that owns orange cones (I have one in my garage and I know auto groups that have hundreds of them).

I suspect that if DOT people are placing cones, that they have a work order to document what they are supposed to be doing. We may not see it but bosses like to see that jobs get finished.

]]> By: lovetodrivegirl http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/roadguy/2008/08/28/the-joys-of-parking-when-asphalt-has-fault-lines/#comment-15178 lovetodrivegirl Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:51:11 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/roadguy/2008/08/28/the-joys-of-parking-when-asphalt-has-fault-lines/#comment-15178 Roadguy, does DOT keep an "orange cone" database so they know where their cones are and a "cone" spot doesn't get neglected and forgotten? I hope they don't drive around looking for blemishes holding a cone in order to fix these spots. That'd be a neat database to keep up to date. With everything on the computer now, they've gotta know where their cones are. (I could see someone being mischievious with that database though) (I thought you meant this was for dairy queen cones) Roadguy, does DOT keep an “orange cone” database so they know where their cones are and a “cone” spot doesn’t get neglected and forgotten?

I hope they don’t drive around looking for blemishes holding a cone in order to fix these spots.

That’d be a neat database to keep up to date. With everything on the computer now, they’ve gotta know where their cones are. (I could see someone being mischievious with that database though) (I thought you meant this was for dairy queen cones)

]]> By: Suz http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/roadguy/2008/08/28/the-joys-of-parking-when-asphalt-has-fault-lines/#comment-15176 Suz Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:24:11 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/roadguy/2008/08/28/the-joys-of-parking-when-asphalt-has-fault-lines/#comment-15176 I have a hole just like that in front of my house. The problem is actually in the base beneath the pavement, not in the pavement itself. Every few years the city will patch it but it caves in again in about a week because they don't ever fix the cause of the problem. I have a hole just like that in front of my house. The problem is actually in the base beneath the pavement, not in the pavement itself. Every few years the city will patch it but it caves in again in about a week because they don’t ever fix the cause of the problem.

]]> By: kirk http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/roadguy/2008/08/28/the-joys-of-parking-when-asphalt-has-fault-lines/#comment-15174 kirk Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:10:17 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/roadguy/2008/08/28/the-joys-of-parking-when-asphalt-has-fault-lines/#comment-15174 Where I work, we own a full block-sized parking lot downtown Mpls. It, too, is full of patches and fault lines and my lady friends tell me that it is a major pain to walk on in heels. But apparently there is a city ordinance that if you tear up and re-pave the entire lot there has to also be a certain amount of green space added. Can anybody confirm or refute that? Where I work, we own a full block-sized parking lot downtown Mpls. It, too, is full of patches and fault lines and my lady friends tell me that it is a major pain to walk on in heels. But apparently there is a city ordinance that if you tear up and re-pave the entire lot there has to also be a certain amount of green space added. Can anybody confirm or refute that?

]]> By: Ryan http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/roadguy/2008/08/28/the-joys-of-parking-when-asphalt-has-fault-lines/#comment-15173 Ryan Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:14:03 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/roadguy/2008/08/28/the-joys-of-parking-when-asphalt-has-fault-lines/#comment-15173 The road buckles underneath a cone? Boy, I would hate to see what a feather does! The road buckles underneath a cone? Boy, I would hate to see what a feather does!

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