Iowa LTAP has moved from CTRE to the Institute for Transportation
2008 Technology News
Throughout this year, Iowa LTAP will be celebrating its 25th anniversary with a special series that looks back on our history.
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The new Metropolitan Salt Storage Facility holds 22,000 tons of salt.
With the winter winds soon blowing, it is never too soon to prepare your equipment for the season to come.
A rain garden is a flexible and aesthetic solution where a landscaped area collects surface runoff and then filters it through a variety of plants and a specially engineered soil mixutre (photo courtesy of NRCS).
Success of the motor grader operator program in the 1990s helped shape and develop many more programs over the years at Iowa’s LTAP.
Safety Circuit Rider Tom McDonald.
Stan Ring worked in the LTAP library for several years after retiring from ISU.
November–December 2008
Full newsletter 600 kb
- Shop focus: Snow and ice control 101 149 kb
- Safety tips for snowfighters 84 kb
- Salt away for winter 83 kb
- LTAP 25th Anniversary: The Iowa LTAP staff 117 kb
- Stanley L. Ring Memorial Library: New acquisitions 53 kb
- Ten commandments for snowfighters 53 kb
- Conference calendar 43 kb
- Interactive Highway Safety Design Model available for free download 43 kb
September–October 2008
Full newsletter 1.8 mb pdf
- Shop focus: Preparing your equipment for winter 319 kb pdf
- 2008 Snow Roadeo winners 294 kb pdf
- Fenced in: Keeping snow off the road 253 kb pdf
- Just for street and road workers: Routine bridge observation activities 295 kb pdf
- Just for street and road workers: Routine bridge work 319 kb pdf
- LTAP 25th Anniversary: The Iowa LTAP Advisory Board 261 kb pdf
- Stanley L. Ring Memorial Library: New acquisitions 64 kb pdf
- Conference calendar 188 kb
- Low-cost safety and traffic studies workshops 188 kb
- Tractor-Mower workshops a success 188 kb
July–August 2008
Full newsletter 934 kb pdf
- Reducing water pollution through stormwater BMPs 346 kb pdf
- Not-so-new urban specifications for Iowa DOT 156 kb pdf
- Shop focus: Mowing operations 115 kb pdf
- LTAP 25th Anniversary: Focus on special events and programs 120 kb pdf
- Complete streets: Improving the health and safety of your community 222 kb pdf
- Free web-based concrete materials training available through the National Highway Institute 152 kb pdf
- Rumble stripes may increase rural roads’ safety 198 kb pdf
- Finding the ideal hot mix asphalt pavement mixture 71 kb pdf
- Library acquisitions 62 kb pdf
- Upcoming Iowa Roundabouts Conference 41 kb pdf
- Conference calendar 41 kb pdf
May–June 2008
Full newsletter 362 kb pdf
- LTAP 25th Anniversary: Focus on training 209 kb pdf
- New faces, familiar faces attend advisory board meeting 123 kb pdf
- Road safety audit? Assessment? 63 kb pdf
- Buchanan County honored for railroad flatcar bridges 132 kb pdf
- MUTCD revision on the horizon 77 kb pdf
- Tractor/Mower Operator
Safety Training 64 kb pdf - Conference calendar 64 kb pdf
March–April 2008
Full newsletter 463 kb pdf
- Soggy spring gravel roads: Dealing with a bumper crop of frost boils 209 kb pdf
- LTAP 25th Anniversary: The Safety Circuit Rider Program 127 kb pdf
- Just for street and road workers: A checklist of shoulder maintenance issues 103 kb pdf
- Shop focus: Tire care and safety 109 kb pdf
- Library acquisitions 59 kb pdf
- Tractor/Mower Operator Safety Training 74 kb pdf
- Conference calendar 74 kb pdf
January–February 2008
Full newsletter 1.3 mb pdf
- 25 years of service for Iowa LTAP 907 kb pdf
- Iowa’s Mr. LTAP: Stan Ring 120 kb pdf
- Shop focus: Personal protective equipment 133 kb pdf
- Just call Bob: A new safety resource for Iowa’s cities and counties 88 kb pdf
- New sign retroreflectivity rules require management plans 49 kb pdf
- November 24: Worker visibility compliance 61 kb pdf
- Library acquisitions 61 kb pdf
- Conference calendar 48 kb pdf
- June 15 application due date for traffic safety funds 48 kb pdf
- New online, on-demand supervisory training available 48 kb pdf
Acronyms in Technology News
- AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
- APWA American Public Works Association
- CTRE Center for Transportation Research and Education (at Iowa State University)
- FHWA Federal Highway Administration
- Iowa DOT Iowa Department of Transportation
- ISU Iowa State University
- LTAP Local Technical Assistance Program
- MUTCD Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
- NACE National Association of County Engineers
Newsletter staff
- Marcia Brink, Managing Editor
- Michele Regenold, Issue Editor
- Alison Weidemann, Designer
- Sabrina Shields-Cook, Contributing Writer
- Theodore Wolff, Contributing Writer
