Fostering Livability on Commercial Highways and Arterial Streets

Posted February 17, 2016 & filed under LHTAC News.

Webinar – March 3, 2016

We would like to inform you about the upcoming Fostering Livability on Commercial Highways and Arterial Streets webinar. This webinar is part of the Context Sensitive Design and Solutions webinar series and is sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty and Project for Public Spaces. This webinar will explore how the City of University Place and the City of Charlotte implemented strategies to improve walkability from automobile-dominated commercial roadways into multi-modal corridors as a result of changes in infrastructure redesign, transit access, street design standards, and land use policy. (more…)

Highway Safety Grant Applications

Posted February 12, 2016 & filed under Funding News, LHTAC News.

Safety Grants available for Local Highway Jurisdictions!
NOW Accepting FFY 2017 Highway Safety Grant Applications

The Idaho Department of Transportation Office of Highway Safety funds grants, which address specific traffic safety priority areas, including Impaired Driving, Aggressive Driving, Distracted Driving, Occupant Protection, Child Passenger Safety, Motorcycle Safety, Youthful Drivers and Traffic Records. Grants may be awarded for assisting the Idaho Office of Highway Safety in addressing traffic safety deficiencies, expansion of an ongoing activity, or development of a new program or intervention. This application is for year‐long grants and is not the same as the Traffic Enforcement Mobilization Agreement (TEMA). (more…)

Nationally Significant Freight and Highways Project Program

Posted February 12, 2016 & filed under Funding News, LHTAC News.

Potential Funding for Local Highway Jurisdictions

The U.S. Secretary of Transportation recently released a message to transportation stakeholder regarding the first guidance on a new Federal grant program for freight. (more…)

Pocatello Safety Fest – Class Schedule

Posted February 4, 2016 & filed under LHTAC News.

The tentative class schedule is available for viewing on the on the Pocatello Safety Fest website.

http://safetyfest-pocatello.org/

Registration starts February 22, 2016. Be sure to mark your calendar because classes fill up fast.

EDC Smarter Work Zones

Posted February 4, 2016 & filed under Every Day Counts Initiative.

Innovation of the Month: Smarter Work Zones

From: FHWA Center for Accelerating Innovation

The Every Day Counts innovation of the month for February is smarter work zones. This innovation provides strategies to optimize road user and worker safety and traffic mobility while highway construction projects are underway. (more…)