Putting Results of Research to Use: the Local Technical Assistance Program
Sharing the results of research with local transportation agencies is one of the primary goals of the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), a federally funded program in every state, Puerto Rico, and several tribal governments.
Iowa LTAP helps move research results into practice in three primary ways:
- training events
- technical assistance
- technology transfer via
- a library of materials (search the online catalog and order materials)
- a bimonthly newsletter; Technology News is Iowa LTAP's regular channel for sharing articles about research results and directing readers to additional resources
- publication and distribution of manuals (e.g., Iowa Traffic Control Devices and Pavement Markings: A Manual for Cities and Counties)
- the Safety Circuit Rider (more about this safety training program)
Recent articles based on research
Technology News includes articles based on research conducted by CTRE and by the Iowa Department of Transportation, as well as any other research that may be of use to local agencies.
In 2004, the following research articles appeared in Technology News:
- Improving safety for older drivers
- Optimizing pavement bases for good drainage
- Winter driving: risks, costs, and safety strategies
- Protecting Iowa's covered bridges
- Stringless paving: a promising alternative
- Expressway crash data tell an interesting tale
- Examining traffic safety on rural expressways *142 k pdf
- Dollars and sense of urban pavement markings
- Pavement marking paint test in the works
- When the “school” bus isn’t yellow
- You say "camino," I say "road" *174 k pdf
- Blended cements improve (and complicate) concrete mixtures for pavements *188 k pdf
- Where the rubber really meets the road *220 k pdf
- High-performing bridge decks *402 k pdf
- Winter maintenance decision support system *150 k pdf
- Reducing crashes at rural intersections *136 k pdf
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