Learn more about the Downtown / South Knoxville Connectivity Study

	PERMITS & APPLICATIONS
	Community Decorative Painting Application [PDF]
	Parking Meter Bagging & Single Event Parking Permit [PDF]
	Temporary Traffic Control Permit [PDF]
	REQUESTS FOR SERVICE
	When submitting a request by email to the Transportation Engineering Division, please include the following information: • First and last name, street address, and daytime telephone number • Location of the traffic concern (street address or intersection name) • Nature of the problem and the requested action Emergency sign or signal maintenance problems, such as a downed stop sign, or a traffic signal that is on flash, should be called into the Sign or Signal Shop, depending on the problem. After normal business hours (8 am to 4:30 pm), please contact Police Dispatch at 865-215-4010.      Traffic Operations takes requests for all types of traffic signs and markings. However, only standard traffic controls are generally used. Warning signs (such as curve warning) or regulatory signs (speed limit or stop sign) are examples of standard traffic signing. Centerlines, edgelines (or fog lines), stop bars and crosswalks are examples of standard traffic markings. Requests for new traffic signals. Traffic Operations also takes requests from the public concerning traffic safety. Typical issues are: run-off-road vehicles, recent traffic accidents, concerns about certain roadway hazards, and visibility concerns. Treatment typically involves changes to signs and markings, or removal of legitimate visibility obstructions to address any traffic safety issues.

Karen J. McKeehan, P.E.
Transportation Engineering Chief
[email protected]
865-215-6100

Public Works Service Center
3131 Morris Ave.
Knoxville TN 37909


The Transportation Engineering Division is involved in transportation issues on all roadways and streets in the City of Knoxville, excluding the interstate highways, which are controlled by the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT).

The Transportation Engineering Division has three groups: Traffic Signals, the Sign and Marking Shop, and Traffic Operations.


   


TRAFFIC SIGNALS GROUP

The Traffic Signals Group is responsible for the maintenance, timing and coordination of all existing traffic signals. 

Contact the Signal Shop at 865-215-6730.

To report a Streetlight Outage, please call 311 (865-215-4311) or fill out the Streetlight Outage Form.


TRAFFIC SIGN AND MARKING SHOP

The Traffic Sign and Marking Shop is responsible for the production, installation, and maintenance of all existing traffic control signs, markings, and parking meters. 

Contact the Sign Shop at 865-215-6721.


TRAFFIC OPERATIONS

Traffic Operations conducts routine traffic counts and other studies, keeps crash data on Knoxville's roadways, and takes traffic-related requests such as for new traffic signs, markings, and signals. 

Contact the Traffic Operations office at 865-215-6100. 

The current traffic count data can be seen online at the Knoxville Regional TPO website.