Winter 2004 Technology Exchange
Register now for Spring
Maintenance Training Expo
The expo, April 27-28 at the St. Cloud Civic Center,
will emphasize quality training and education in roadway maintenance,
best practices and operations, and new technologies.
Red-light running: low-cost solutions
for small communities
Red-light running has become one of the leading causes of crashes
in the United States.
Minnesota LTAP distributes 2004 workshop
posters
If you're not sure how to spruce up your office, shop, or cafeteria,
we've got just the thing: the 2004 Minnesota LTAP workshop poster.
TEA-21 reauthorization: National LTAP
needs your voice of support!
With continued support, the LTAP
network can build on its strong base program to address the anticipated
workforce and system needs of the next decade.
Hats off to you, Minnesota LTAP Steering
Committee
To express our gratitude for their contributions, we
take this page to tell you more about the members of the LTAP Steering Committee.
Partnerships-the heart of Minnesota LTAP
Relationships truly defines the heart of Minnesota
LTAP, allowing us to share transportation knowledge, improve
skills, and put research and new technology into practice.
LRRB introduces new logo, newsletter
The new logo will appear on LRRB research reports and products,
letterhead, the Web site, and other items, such as the new Update newsletter.
Find the best way to repair frost-damaged
roadways
Researchers have compiled a practical guide, Effective Methods to Repair
Frost-Damaged Roadways, describing how to effectively repair frost-damaged roadways
Best practices for design and construction
of city streets and county roads
An LRRB-sponsored project has develop a new one-day
LTAP training session to present best practices
related to the design and construction of bituminous pavements.
Inventory shows counties' usage of digitized
parcel map data
The Statewide Digital Parcel Data Inventory Research Project is
an ongoing effort to track which Minnesota counties maintain digital
parcel data.
DataFinder Café useful tool for
accessing local geographic data
MetroGIS has come up with a new way for local agencies to access
local geographic data including GIS data sets.
Research
Understanding road taxes from both the
government and taxpayer perspectives
Minnesota state and local roads cost taxpayers $2.6 billion a year,
yet few understand how these tax dollars are raised or spent.
Transportation funding system increasingly
reliant on property taxes
A recently published research
report concludes that more and more revenues supporting Minnesota's
state and local transportation infrastructure needs are coming from
general revenue sources, primarily the local property tax.
Fall 2003 maintenance expo
The first day of the 2003 Fall Maintenance Expo had an appropriate
emphasis on snowplow operation and heavy equipment operation, with
much of it related to safety.
Coming LTAP Attractions
A partial listing of workshops and other transportation
events.
U of M to hold geotechnical engineering
conference
The University of Minnesota Annual Geotechnical Engineering Conference
will be held February 27, 2004.
Earn Roads Scholar credit at Northland
"How-To" workshop
NCATSSA will be holding its "How To" 12th Annual Training
and Education Workshop March 23Ð24, 2004.
Information Services
Thanks for the memories: index of 2003 articles
LTAP Training & Events Calendar
For an up-to-date list of events in Minnesota, please see the LTAP training and events calendar