Written by The National Highway Institute provides valuable training courses for agencies responsible for maintaining and inspecting bridges. Louisa Ward and Shay Burrows provide an overview of these offerings.
Dr. Ben Colucci on the Decade of Action for Road Safety
Established by the United Nations, the Decade of Action for Road Safety is a program and resource for local LTAP and TTAP Centers as well as individuals. The goal is to make local roads safer. Puerto Rico’s LTAP Director Dr. Ben Colucci explains.
For more information about the Decade of Action initiative, visit http://www.decadeofaction.org/
PAR-CAR Changes with Cameron Ishaq
Written by Cameron Ishaq with the FHWA LTAP/TTAP Technology Partnership Program provides insight to changes for the 2011 PAR/CAR.
2011 LTAP/TTAP Conference in Boston with Chris Ahmadjian
LTAP/TTAP is on the move and you do not want to miss the 2011 LTAP/TTAP Conference in Boston. This year, Region 1 is proud to invite you to the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston for a revolutionary event. It is the first time LTAP/TTAP has been to Boston and the event will be one to remember. Baystate Roads Program Manager and LTAP/TTAP Conference organizer Chris Ahmadjian says sessions will be fresh and filled with new technologies, new methods and new ideas to help move your Program toward the future.
Roundabouts and the TRB Roundabout Conference with John Habermann, Indiana LTAP
Although roundabouts have been in widespread use in other countries for a number of years, it has only been the past few years that their application in the United States has received increase attention from both the public and transportation professionals. In this edition of Interchange you will learn about roundabout usage and TRB’s 3rd Annual Roundabout Conference in Carmel, Indiana May 18-20.
For more information on roundabouts, visit http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/roundabouts
What is the Local & Rural Road (LRR) Safety Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Program?
In order to reduce fatalities and serious injuries on our nation’s road network, local and rural highway practitioners have to routinely integrate safety in their projects and programs. FHWA established the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Program as a form of technical assistance for local and rural highway agencies to adequately address safety problems on the roads they maintain. Experts with knowledge in various local and rural road safety issues volunteer their time to provide assistance to their peers requesting help. Listen and learn more from Rosemarie Anderson, FHWA Office of Safety.
For more information, visit the Local and Rural Roads Safety Peer-to-Peer Program page.
Low cost safety improvements webinar with Ron Hall, Colorado TTAP
Ron Hall, director of the Colorado TTAP informs us about the webinar the “Low Cost Safety Improvements for Tribal Communities and Federal Land Management Agencies” that will be held April 26 from 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time. The LCSI workshop identifies and provides guidance on:
- Appropriate engineering countermeasures from crash patterns;
- deficiencies in operation design and countermeasures for roadside hazards;
- deficiencies in safety performance of signing, markings, lighting, and countermeasures for these deficiencies;
- deficiencies in operation/design of intersections and countermeasures;
- deficiencies in operation/design of traffic signals and countermeasures;
- deficiencies in operation/design of railroad grade crossings and countermeasures.
For more information about the online seminar, visit the event registration page.
Brad Sant Work Zone Safety Clearinghouse
Written by LTAP and TTAP Centers can access free safety resources from the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse. It is the world’s largest online resource for road construction work zone safety information. It contains searchable databases, including: safety experts nationwide, traffic crash and worker accident data, traffic laws and regulations, agency standards and best practices, training resources and publications, safety equipment and technology, and current and past research.
LTAP/TTAP Interchange: Rema Nilakanta, Go Magazine
Go! Explore Transportation
Go! is a dynamic online magazine for teens on careers in transportation. The magazine covers transportation from all angles, from the infrastructure to the vehicles to the people behind the wheel. Go! is published and managed by Iowa State University’s Institute for Transportation (InTrans) and supported by the Midwest Transportation Consortium and the Federal Highway Administration. Rema Nilakanta, the program coordinator explains how the Go! community is made up of people interested in learning about transportation and careers in transportation.
LTAP/TTAP Interchange: Jeff Zaharewicz
Meet the new LTAP/TTAP program manager, Jeff Zaharewicz. This native Pennsylvanian has made a career of transportation programs with an emphasis on local roads.
