The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council (LHTAC) in accordance with Title 40-2404, Idaho Code, provides copies of our Fiscal Year 2014 Annual Report to members of the Idaho House and Senate Transportation Committees.
LHTAC Annual Report FY14 (PDF)
Four-lane undivided highways experience relatively high crash frequencies–especially between high-speed through traffic, left-turning vehicles and other road users. One option for addressing this safety concern is a Road Diet, which typically involves converting an existing four-lane undivided roadway segment to a three-lane segment consisting of two through lanes and a center two-way left-turn lane. This reconfiguration has many benefits: (more…)
WSDOT is hosting a class from NHI on Traffic Signal Timing Concepts in Spokane April 21-22. The cost is $75 for local agencies.
Traffic Signal Timing Concepts Class Flyer (PDF)
This course is eligible to be used as an elective credit for the LHTAC T2 Center Road Scholar/Master Program.
Please note that registration will open in phases based on class locations
https://lhtac.org/training/courses/
From EDC News
The Chehalis-Western Trail “Bridging the Gap” project in Olympia, Washington, demonstrates that roundabouts aren’t just for cars. The $4.5 million project includes the state’s first-ever bicycle roundabout, built to enhance safety at the intersection of the Chehalis-Western and Woodland Trails. The project provides for a bridge across Pacific Avenue to close the last gap of the Chehalis-Western Trail from south of Yelm Highway north to Woodard Bay. The Thurston Regional Planning Council opened the third and final leg of the project in December.
www.trpc.org/regionalplanning/transportation/projects/Pages/BridgingtheGap-PacificAve.aspx