Posts Categorized: LHTAC News

How Many Bridges to Bundle?

Posted & filed under Every Day Counts Initiative, LHTAC News.

When it comes to project bundling, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. States have successfully used bridge bundles ranging from 2 to more than 500.

  • Missouri replaced or rehabilitated 802 bridges over 3.5 years using a single contract for 554 bridges and smaller bundles for the remainder.
  • Georgia accelerated the replacement of 25 local bridges using 5 bundles with 4–6 bridges each, based on location.
  • Pennsylvania is replacing 558 State bridges in under 3 years in a single public-private partnership procurement. The State also offers a local agency program that bundles bridges with similar designs into smaller contracts.

Learn about the criteria used to determine bundle size and select projects for these programs and others in FHWA’s Bridge Bundling Guidebook. For details, contact Romeo Garcia, FHWA Office of Infrastructure, or David Unkefer, FHWA Resource Center.

New Visual Tools Promote STEP Countermeasures

Posted & filed under Every Day Counts Initiative, LHTAC News, Technical Articles.

The FHWA Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP) program developed a series of videos that demonstrate how to reduce crash risk for pedestrians crossing roadways.

Each video highlights transportation officials describing how pedestrians and drivers use or interact at the crossing improvements. These brief videos explain the safety benefits of five countermeasures including:

You can use these videos in public meetings, conferences, or share them through social media to help educate pedestrians, drivers, and local decision-makers.

To learn more about the STEP countermeasures featured in these videos, please contact Becky Crowe of the FHWA Office of Safety or Peter Eun of the FHWA Resource Center.

EDC News Upcoming Events

Posted & filed under Every Day Counts Initiative, LHTAC News.

2D Hydraulic Modeling User’s Forum

August 8, 2019
1:00-2:15pm ET
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Capitalizing on the Value Created by Transportation

August 8, 2019
1:00-2:30pm ET
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Road Weather Management Stakeholder Meeting

August 27 – 29, 2019
Hyatt Regency Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
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Data-Driven Safety Analysis Workshop

Free two-day workshop explores how geometric design, traffic control, and other factors affect roadway safety. Schedule a workshop in your state. Contact Norah.Ocel@dot.gov,
(443) 717-0891.

Innovation Exchange Webinar – Value Capture for Tribal and Local Agencies

Posted & filed under LHTAC News.

August 8, 2019
1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EST

EDC 5 Value Capture: Capitalizing on the Value Created by Transportation (Flyer PDF)

To join the webinar, participants must register to participate in the meeting room. Wherever possible, we encourage you to attend from a conference room where everyone can gather.

Click HERE to Register

Target Audience: Local Agencies, Tribes, and Federal Land Management Agencies (more…)