Iowa LTAP has moved from CTRE to the Institute for Transportation
2004 Technology News
Beginning with the June–August 2004 issue of Tech News, articles are available as standard web pages rather than Adobe Acrobat (pdf) documents.
Median left-turn acceleration lane (from Harwood, D.W., “Innovative Intersection Improvements,” Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO) (November–December 2004)
The frame of the Cedar Bridge during reconstruction in the summer of 2004. Photo courtesy of Kenneth F. Dunker, Iowa DOT. (September–October 2004)
Artist's rendering of the Iowa River Bridge. Illustration courtesy of the Iowa DOT. (June–August 2004)
Iowa DOT trailer modified to carry signs with metal bases and slide-on legs. Photo courtesy of the Iowa DOT. (March–May 2004)
East 9th Street, Des Moines, bridge deck pour: finishing machine and crew, October 2002. Photo courtesy of Kenneth Dunker, Iowa DOT. (Jan–Feb 2004)
November–December 2004
- Safe rail crossings without train horns
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- Improving safety for older drivers
- Optimizing pavement bases for good drainage
- Improving safety at expressway intersections
- Winter driving: risks, costs, and safety strategies
- Watching out for winter walkers’ welfare
- Roll out the barrels: “roadeo” results
- Traffic data collection methods you can count on
- Liability checklist for local road departments
- Mid-Continent Transportation Research Symposium
- Training available on security reporting
- Stanley L. Ring Memorial Library new acquisitions
September–October 2004
- Re-covering a bridge to the past
- Protecting Iowa's covered bridges
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- Stringless paving: a promising alternative
- Expressway crash data tell an interesting tale
- Simplified spot speed studies
- Traffic safety funds purchase replacement signs
- Better Mousetrap: Telspar hand
driver hits the spot
-- see other Better Mousetrap winners - MUTCD proposed amendment re sign retroreflectivity
- Work zone safety final ruling published
- Check out these web resources
- Stanley L. Ring Memorial Library new acquisitions
June–August 2004
- Envisioning a more beautiful community
- Dollars and sense of urban pavement markings
- Pavement marking paint test in the works
- Big and not-so-big digs
- When the "school" bus isn't yellow
- Saleem Baig retires
- A website just for Iowa's local agencies
- Expo becomes "road show"
- SUDAS goes corporate
- Better Mousetrap: Portable
stop sign and modified sign trailer
-- see other Better Mousetrap winners - Spot the motorcyclist (oops!)
- Video documents rare bridge construction method in Iowa
- New acqusitions, Stanley L. Ring Memorial Library
All the files below are in pdf format. To read pdf files you must have a copy of the Adobe Acrobat reader, which you can download free.
March–May 2004
- You say "camino," I say "road" 174 k pdf
- New guardrail system should save lives 325 k pdf
- Blended cements improve (and complicate) concrete mixtures for pavements 188 k pdf
- Traffic Safety Improvement Program (TSIP) could fund your project 164 k pdf
- Raising motorcycle safety awareness 195 k pdf
- Keeping up with Iowa's pavement management program 169 k pdf
- Better Mousetrap: Sign trailer
modification 267 k pdf
-- see other Better Mousetrap winners - Wake up drivers with milled rumble strips 150 k pdf
- Take advantage of free crash data analysis and mapping service 89 k pdf
January–February 2004
- Where the rubber really meets the road 220 k pdf
- High-performing bridge decks 402 k pdf
- Computer-based anti-icing and RWIS training 150 k pdf
- Winter maintenance decision support system 150 k pdf
- Anti-icing/deicing video 150 k pdf
- Focus on rural highway safety
- Reducing crashes at rural intersections 136 k pdf
- Examining traffic safety on rural expressways 142 k pdf
- In and out of the driver's seat–safely 142 k pdf
- A network of information resources at your fingertips 142 k pdf
- Better Mousetrap: Replacing a salt shed
door 187 k pdf
-- see other Better Mousetrap winners
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