LTAP Newsletters
Spring 2020
In This Issue:
- The Basics of A Good Road - LTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Kansas LTAP Equipment Loan Program Adds a Radar Speed Trailer for Traffic Calming - LTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Townships and Road Maintenance in Kansas - LTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Mike Perkins is Our Newest Local Field Liaison (PDF)
- Meet Our New Communications and Outreach Coordinator, Megan McReynolds (PDF)
- An Update of LTAP Training and Programs (PDF)
- Good Reads - Interesting Content from Around the Country (PDF)
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.]
Winter 2019 - 2020
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)
November | December 2018
- Local Public Agency Project Manager Certification Program (PDF)
- Guidance for driving on gravel roads (Fact Sheet - PDF)
- There are new faces at KUTC
- Updates for the Roads Scholar Program
- Want to learn more | Roads Scholar Participation (PDF)
- Pavement preservation keeps good roads in good condition (Fact Sheet - PDF)
- Guidance on design of bicycle lanes (PDF)
- Focus on portable rumble strips (PDF)
- LTAP Newsletter Nov|Dec 2018 (PDF - downloadable and printable)