Humans naturally love to complain — about things like the weather, the cost of living, and especially about traffic. When the general public’s daily travel routine is interrupted by construction, infrastructure updates, or heavily attended events, they can get frustrated and form a negative opinion of the project, event, or even your employees.

How can you protect your company’s reputation? Traffic Plan has solutions that can make these traffic situations better. By moving people safely and efficiently through work zones, we help them view your work more favorably, protecting your company’s good name — and your workers’ ears from unkind comments by passersby. Here are just a few of the positive traits an expert traffic control team brings to your work zone or event.

• Safety & Confidence: Effective traffic control ensures that the public feels safe when navigating through or around an event or construction project. Plainly understandable signage, visible personnel, and well-marked routes give drivers and pedestrians confidence that their safety is prioritized, fostering a positive impression.
• Efficiency & Convenience: Steady, smooth traffic flow through a work zone or around an event minimizes confusion and frustration. When people can move through an area with minimal delay and disruption, they are more likely to view the event or project favorably. Careful planning and expert foresight will help avoid traffic entanglements and other pitfalls that inconvenience the public as well as the construction crew working on-site.
• Professionalism & Organization: Trust is built with the public when they can see that the traffic management system is of top quality. From clean uniforms and clearly marked detours to well-thought-out diverting and confident signaling through the work zone, drivers and pedestrians alike appreciate the situation being handled in a professional manner.
• Trust with Local Authorities: Ensuring your traffic management team has a good relationship with the municipality where you’re working makes things easier for all parties involved. When they know which department head to call in a given situation, projects can keep moving efficiently — and keep the public, the municipality, and your crews happy.
• Positivity: Good attitudes are contagious. Even though flagger crews are required to bear all sorts of weather, they stay focused, professional, and positive. These feelings can spread to drivers who may be in a sour mood due to the detour or delay and help improve their perception of the project dramatically.
• Ability to Defuse Crises: Irritated drivers can become irate drivers when frustrated by slow-moving traffic. But by identifying and proactively defusing situations where tempers may flare, flagger crews protect the safety of those in the work zone, including the agitated driver. Staying calm and nonjudgmental helps to control the situation and can prevent it from escalating further.

Expert Traffic Control Fosters Positive Perceptions

We get it. Changes in routine aren’t always easy and often come with some tension. An experienced traffic control team can reduce the stress the public experiences around work zones, lowering frustrations as positive opinions rise.

For your next project or event in need of traffic control, or for 24/7 emergency traffic management, trust the experts — call Traffic Plan at 844-875-2644, or submit a message through our contact form.