As an industry-leading innovator, TAPCO manufactures, distributes and services a wide portfolio of traffic safety solutions designed to increase safe travel for all. Since 1956, TAPCO’s mission has been to save lives by setting the standard for delivering reliable, cutting-edge traffic safety enhancements. From wrong-way mitigation measures and pedestrian crossing enhancements to the leading line of LED-enhanced BlinkerSign® solutions, safety is at the heart of all TAPCO innovations.
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OMNIA Partners & TAPCO are proud to partner on a competitively solicted and publicly awarded cooperative contract to offer public organizations a variety of traffic control products and safety solutions.
Smart Crosswalk Portfolio
With pedestrian fatalities at heightened levels, enhancing vulnerable road user safety is a priority for many communities. TAPCO’s Smart Crosswalk Portfolio is designed to create a safer crosswalk environment through highly customizable systems, allowing you to select enhancements like RRFBs, crosswalk illuminators, passive detection and more — all available for purchase through a cooperative contract with OMNIA Partners.
Driver Awareness Solutions
When looking to enhance awareness and compliance on your roads, it’s important to select the right tools. Fortunately, leveraging a cooperative contract with OMNIA Partners allows agencies to access a comprehensive portfolio of systems, signage and more for your community’s unique safety needs.
Wrong-Way Mitigation Portfolio
Immediately elevate awareness at common wrong-way entry points with TAPCO’s dedicated wrong-way measures. Offering a variety of treatment levels aligned with NCHRP guidance, it’s possible to improve roadway safety by encouraging wrong-way drivers to turn around.
Radar Feedback Signs
On roadways in need of speed calming, TAPCO offers a range of radar feedback signs to heighten safety and compliance. Radar feedback signs can be mounted alongside static speed limit signs, providing drivers with a real-time reminder of their speeds via LED digits and alerts.
Smart Curve
Enhance safety and awareness at dangerous horizontal curves with TAPCO’s Smart Curve Warning System. Engineered to fit the unique layout of any curve, the system works to reduce in-curve speeds and keep motorists safely on the road.
LED-Enhanced Alerts
In addition to a variety of static and custom signs, TAPCO’s portfolio includes LED-enhanced warning alerts. Enhancements like beacons, edge-lit warning lights, RRFBs and illuminated legends are designed to increase compliance by commanding the attention of motorists.
Message Trailers
TAPCO’s extensive portfolio includes portable message trailers designed for any occasion. Easily share high-visibility messages at key locations to keep motorists informed of construction or new traffic patterns, redirect traffic during events and much more.
Specialty Safety Solutions
Engineered to help agencies address niche safety concerns, TAPCO’s specialty warning systems provide motorists with advanced warning and important context in unique roadway situations.
Overheight Warning System
When an overheight vehicle approaches a low-clearance infrastructure, TAPCO’s Overheight Warning System activates when a vehicle exceeding height restrictions is detected, notifying the driver of the potential collision hazard.
Emergency Vehicle Warning System
When an emergency vehicle leaves the station, TAPCO’s Emergency Vehicle Warning System alerts nearby drivers, encouraging them to slow down and proceed with caution — mitigating collision between motorists and emergency responders.
High Water Warning System
In the event of flooding, TAPCO’s High Water Warning System detects when water levels rise and activates to provide nearby motorists with real-time warning of flooded roads, giving them the notice needed to re-route.
Icy Road Warning System
If conditions are favorable for ice to form on roadways like curves and bridges, TAPCO’s Icy Road Warning System activates its warning alerts to encourage drivers to exercise caution on their route.
School Zone Safety Solutions
Designed to create a safer environment for students in your community's school zones, TAPCO’s smart school zone warning portfolio includes customizable crosswalk and speed calming measures to help you address a variety of safety concerns.
Smart Crosswalk Systems
With TAPCO’s customizable Smart Crosswalk Portfolio, it’s possible to design smarter, safer school zone crosswalks to boost driver yield rates and overall awareness — as well as give students the infrastructure needed to cross safely.
Smart City Software
All Smart School Zone measures come with the ability to connect to TAPCO’s smart city platform, Smart Hub. Schedule system activations during active school zone hours, check statuses and alerts, collect activation data and much more — all in one place.
BlinkerRadar™ Driver Feedback System
Customizable traffic calming measures like BlinkerRadar™ make it possible to address speeding in school zones. By showing drivers their speed alongside posted speed limits and activated alerts, the systems increase awareness and compliance.
Traffic Safety Resources
Intelligent Transportation Systems Brochure
Speed Awareness Solutions Brochure
Wrong Way Brochure
Service Agreements
The management of Intelligent Transportation Systems extends beyond procurement and installation — but finding the resources to conduct annual inspections can be challenging. TAPCO offers preventative maintenance packages to optimize system performance and lifespan through annual visits, leveraging an expansive, nationwide network of experienced service technicians.