2002 Technology News
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November-December 2002
- Ames, Bettendorf switch to LED signal lamps 122 k pdf
- Web-based course for 2002 roadside design guidelines 122 k pdf
- Remove salt and sand with underbody wash
305 k pdf
--see 2002 Better Mousetrap winners - Draft retroreflectivity standards for signs in 2003 93 k pdf
- "Vital" strategies for highway safety 88 k pdf
- 0.08 or 0.10? Iowa's legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit 125 k pdf
- Reducing alcohol-related crashes in Iowa: Successful initiatives 125 k pdf
- Funding is available to improve highway-rail crossing safety 151 k pdf
September-October 2002
- Anti-ice bar installs easily 141 k pdf
- Better Mousetrap winners for 2002 169 k pdf
- 2002 "roadeo" winners 169 k pdf
- Pre-season winter maintenance checklist for fleet managers 117 k pdf
- Making snow plows more visible 140 k pdf
- Complying with Phase II storm water regulations by March 10, 2003 82 k pdf
- Multidisciplinary teams implement safety initiatives that work 68 k pdf
July-August 2002
- Keeping county roadsides safe 468 k pdf
- Selecting pavement marking materials: Balancing initial cost and durability 179 k pdf
- Traffic calming: an option in Iowa? 325 k pdf
- MUTCD compliance dates: January 2003 64 k pdf
- Websites that work for you 64 k pdf
- It's HOT out there! 331 k pdf
- Road workers and skin cancer 526 k pdf
- E.Z. rack simplifies hauling, unloading
pipe 440 k pdf
-- see Better Mousetrap winners - CTRE-Iowa DOT library partnership expands knowledge base 148 k pdf
May-June 2002
- 2nd annual "Build a Better Mousetrap" competition and demonstrations (flyer, entry form)
- Keeping up with Iowa's pavement management program 161 k pdf
- IPMP information request form 161 k pdf
- Multidisciplinary approach to highway safety works best 17 k pdf
- Look inside this "toolbox" for proven highway safety strategies 259 k pdf
- Iowans' opinions on highway safety 259 k pdf
- Extensive revisions to the MUTCD are proposed 116 k pdf
- Unofficial and unauthorized traffic control devices 202 k pdf
- ITCSA and IASE sponsor joint annual conference 202 k pdf
- Liner installation tools 400
k pdf
-- see Better Mousetrap winners - Management wisdom 39 k pdf
March-April 2002
- Low-volume road lessons from the Land Down Under 236 k pdf
- Laser scanning can improve project efficiency 185 k pdf
- Low water stream crossings: Affordable alternative to bridge replacement 175 k pdf
- Two new MUTCD requirements: Post and support requirements and new mandate for crossbucks 181 k pdf
- Connecting with small communities 78 k pdf
- Scratching your head about management systems? 86 k pdf
- Staying organized with concrete
supply trailer 411 k pdf
-- see Better Mousetrap winners - Expert help with gravel roads 62 k pdf
- A quick tutorial about acquiring real estate 64 k pdf
January-February 2002
- Tailoring traffic control plans for specific projects 214 k pdf
- Get "Quick" help evaluating temporary traffic control scenarios 91 k pdf
- Use "Road (Street) Closed" signs correctly 91 k pdf
- Working with Indian tribes during project planning: a "template" for local agencies 2.6 mb pdf
- "Tribal consultaion": what it is and why local agencies should care 2.6 mb pdf
- Other activities to improve agency-tribal communications 2.6 mb pdf
- Signing for weight restrictions 115 k pdf
- Got a question about the millennium edition of the MUTCD? 110 k pdf
- New MUTCD means new flagger training 110 k pdf
- These web sites work for you 58 kpdf
- Prune trees easily with the limb lopper
1.8 mb pdf
-- see Better Mousetrap winners - Meet national experts on today's hot transportation topics 58 k pdf
- "Click, Listen, and Learn": practical web-based training modules 44k pdf
