LTAP Newsletters

 

Wishing you a Happy 2020 from the staff of the University of Kansas Transportation Center (KUTC)

(Left to right)  Toni Dixon, communications coordinator; Steve Schrock, KUTC director; Alice Kuo, administrative assistant; the newest addition to our LTAP Equipment Loan Program – the Speed Trailer; Anne Lowder, Kansas RTAP outreach coordinator; Lisa Harris-Frydman, KUTC associate director; Hemin Mohammed, road safety resource coordinator; and Lisa Koch, research associate.
[Not pictured:  Emily Wilder, education program manager; Clark Rusco and Mike Perkins, local field liaisons, and our trainers, Roger Alexander, Norm Bowers, Dale, Dorsch, Justin Mader and Larry Wilson.]

 

End-of-the-Year Holiday Issue 2019

In this issue

• Brighter Signs Can Make Your Roads Safer at Night
  How Do You Inspect Your Traffic Sign's Reflectivity? - LTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Minimum Retroreflectivity Requirements for Pavement Markings - the Expected Standards  - (PDF)
• Photos from the Road - Chernobyl (PDF)
• Calendar and Events in 2020 - (PDF)

 

November - December 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this issue

• Technologies for Replacing and Rehabilitating Corroded Steel Drainage Pipes in Roadways - LTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
• There is One More LTAP Class for 2019 (PDF)
• Photos From the Road - My Not So Relaxing Vacation (PDF)
• Good Info - Interesting Content from Around the Country (PDF)

 

September - October 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this issue

• The Public Works Role in Emergency Management - LTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Using Turning Movement Counts (TMC) at Intersections- LTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Learn More About Cooperative Purchasing- LTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Snow Roadeo Prepares Public Workers for Winter Weather Ahead (PDF)
• Meet One of Our Instructors - Dale Dorsch (PDF)
• Kansas LTAP Local Field Liaison - an update (PDF)
• A Report on the National LTAP Association Conference (PDF)
• Kansas LTAP Announces Fall 2019 Training Classes (PDF)
• Photos From the Road: "Stop Means Stop" (PDF)
• LTAP Good Reads (PDF)
• Coming Events (PDF)

June - July 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this issue

• Erosion Control During Construction - Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Which Traffic Counter Works Best for You?  A Comparison - Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Kansas Rural Intersections - Can't See? Don't Drive! - Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Useful Resources from Around the Country - (PDF)
• An Update of LTAP Training and Programs
• MINK Local Roads Meeting 2019 - September 25-26, St. Joseph, MO
• Photos From the Road - No Parking Signs

 

April - May 2019

In this issue

• Video-Based Fatique Crack Detection of Steel Structures - Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Meet Our New Local Field Liaison - Clark Rusco (PDF)
• A Ball-Bank Indicator is Helpful for Establishing Advisory Speed on a Horizontal Curve (including "When Was the Advisory Speed Determined? Before 2009?") - Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Acquiring Right-of-Way  -  Let's Play Twenty (One) Questions
  Answers to the Quiz (PDF)
• Update to the Noxious Weed Law (PDF)
• KUTC Begins Research on the Use of Drones (PDF)
• Every Day Counts (PDF)
• An Update of LTAP's 2019 Training Schedule (PDF)