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Partnership Opportunities with TTAP

Posted & filed under LHTAC News.

The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council (LHTAC) is partnering with the Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) to spread information regarding upcoming training sessions.

TTAP will be delivering the following training in Idaho in the next several months:

  • 8 Maintenance & Ops Classes – Pocatello, ID – 5/8-5/11
  • 8 Planning & Procurement Classes – Coeur d’Alene, ID – 7/24-7/27
  • 8 Project Delivery Classes – Lewiston, ID – 10/2-10/5

Bringing Transportation Training to You Flyer (PDF)

View the PDF above that lists the registration site, as well as upcoming dates in the Northwest Region.

For questions contact:

Beth O’Donnell, Director

Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP)

434-924-6362 (office)

434-760-3912 (cell)

833-484-9944 (toll free)

http://www.ttap-center.org

Grant Available for Locals

Posted & filed under LHTAC News.

AARP Community Challenge

We know it takes time to build great communities. But, we also believe that quick action can spark longer-term progress. The AARP Community Challenge funds projects that build momentum for local change to improve livability for all residents. In 2017, the AARP Community Challenge awarded 88 grants. (more…)

ARE YOU READY TO RUMBLE?

Posted & filed under LHTAC News, T2 News, Technical Articles.

New Handbook Offers Guidance for Installing of Shoulder and Center Line Rumble Strips on Non-Freeway Facilities

By: Cathy Satterfield, FHWA Office of Safety and Abdul Zineddin, FHWA Office of Safety R&D

Center line and shoulder rumble strips are proven safety countermeasures for reducing roadway departure crashes, including head-on crashes and run-off-road crashes, but not all roadways are good candidates for rumble strips. So how do practitioners know where rumble strips can be most advantageous for reducing roadway departures? (more…)

TAP FY2018 Application Wrap-Up Webinar

Posted & filed under LHTAC News.

The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is going to host a webinar on the Transportation Alternative Program (TAP) selection process and allow for a question and answer session. Amanda LaMott, LHTAC’s Safety TAP Engineer, will be participating along with other members of the TAP selection committee.

You are invited to join this webinar too.

If you cannot make the webinar, it will be recorded and made available via ITD’s website.

Thursday, April 26 – 11:00 AM (Mountain Time) 
 
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Meeting number (access code): 807 435 766
Meeting password: cjFXjjb9  
 
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1-844-740-1264 USA Toll Free 
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2018 Excellence in Transportation Awards

Posted & filed under LHTAC News.

We are emailing to let you know the deadline to submit entries in this year’s Excellence in Transportation Awards has been extended to

Wednesday, April 25, at 5:00 p.m.

Please feel free to contact Adam Rush with any questions about the contest and submitting entries. (more…)