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…)
February 11, 2016 1-2:30 ET
Description:
FHWA and FTA’s Regional Models of Cooperation initiative is part of the Every Day Counts 3 program. It provides a framework and process for state departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, transit agencies, and partners, to improve communication, collaboration, policy implementation, technology use and performance management across agency boundaries.
February 9, 2016 1:30-3 ET
Description:
During this webinar the application of 4D and 5D models to existing 3D models will be discussed. Ideal projects for 4D and 5D model application will be reviewed. The benefits and cautions when using 4D and 5D models will be examined. Subject Matter experts will go over project examples where 4D and 5D models have been successfully applied.
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/innovation/events.cfm
Don’t miss this FREE Safety Summit covering the four E’s of Safety: Enforcing, Engineering, Education and Emergency Medical Services.
March 15-16, 2016 in Coeur d’Alene, ID (more…)
The second distribution of HB312 funds was released. The first quarter distribution was smaller due to a lag in collection of tax revenues. What you receive this quarter should also be similar to future distributions.
ITD Payments to Local Governments – Highway Distribution Account (HDA) FY16 QTR2
Please remember that reporting will need to be done on the additional HB312 revenue that your jurisdictions are receiving. Reporting for the HB312 revenue will be collected yearly on the Road & Street Finance Report.
For more information visit our webpage below:
www.lhtac.org/resources/annual-road-and-street-financial-report/