Workshop Spotlight ADA and the Public Right-of-Way – Overview and Preparing Transition Plans 08/11/2021 | 1 Day Hybrid Online Class 7:45 AM – 4:00PM REGISTER HERE With the 25-year anniversary…
Workshop Spotlight: Introduction Transportation Asset Management
Workshop Spotlight Introduction Transportation Asset Management 08/10/2021 | 1 Day Hybrid Online Class 7:45 AM – 4:00PM REGISTER HERE At a fundamental level, asset management involves understanding an agency’s…
Workshop Spotlight: Confined Space Entry
Workshop Spotlight Confined Space Entry 08/10/2021 | 1 Day Hybrid Online Class 7:45 AM – 4:00PM REGISTER HERE The training will focus on the requirements under 29 CFR 1910.146. Classroom…
Focus on Reducing Rural Roadway Departures: Proven Countermeasures
There are many flexible, cost-effective countermeasures that are proven to reduce rural roadway departure (aka lane departure) crashes. They can be installed in various situations and on many types of…
Innovation of the Month: Focus on Reducing Rural Roadway Departures
Roadway departures (aka lane departures) on the rural road network account for one-third of traffic fatalities. Systemic application of proven roadway departure countermeasures, such as rumble strips, friction treatments,…
Innovation Spotlight: Virtual Public Involvement
Introduction Early, effective, and continuous public involvement brings diverse viewpoints and values into the decision-making process. Transportation agencies can increase meaningful public involvement in planning and project development by integrating…
June’s Innovation of the Month: Virtual Public Involvement
Virtual public involvement supports agencies’ efforts to engage the public more effectively by supplementing face-to-face information sharing with technology. Innovative virtual public involvement techniques provide State departments of transportation (DOTs),…
Innovation of the Month: Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian
Over the last few weeks, we’ve discussed the Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP) program’s spectacular seven countermeasures and several State and local agencies who have systemically or programmatically implemented…
Innovation Conversation Episode 1: Safety Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP) in Virginia DOT
Pedestrian deaths are on the rise across the country, but State and local agencies are fighting to make pedestrians safer in their communities. Join Mark Cole from the Virginia…
Will You Build a Better Mousetrap?
The FHWA Local Aid Support office is taking nominations for Build a Better Mousetrap (BABM) 2021 until June 11, 2021. BABM celebrates innovative solutions for challenges that local and…