LTAP Newsletters
SUMMER 2021
The Summer edition of the Kansas LTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device! Click below to view this season's edition, or click here for a printable version.
In this issue:
- Smart Work in Summer Heat
- Flaggers are Frontline Professionals
- New Learning Management System Now Live
- Asset Management and Condition Ratings
- Don't Say Goodbye to Virtual Training
- Kansas LTAP's Gravel Roads Maintenance Class
- OSHA Requirements for Public Works Agencies in Kansas
- Traffic Data Collection in Cherokee County
Comments? Questions? We'd love your feedback! Email our Communications and Outreach Coordinator Kara Cox at kara.cox@ku.edu and let us know what you think.
Spring 2021
Click below to view the spring edition, or click here for a printable version.
In this issue:
- Do Local Agencies Need Flagger Training Tailored to Their Needs?
- Making Safer Roads: Local Road Safety Plans (LRSPs)
- Do Your Public Works Employees Need Training or Technical Assistance?
- Road and Bridge / Public Works Officials See Big Benefits in Leadership Training
- Field Guide for Rural Roads Update
- Kansas LTAP Training Update
- Traffic Data Collection in Ness County
- The Red Clearance Extension System: A New Innovation in Work Zone Safety
Comments? Questions? We'd love your feedback! Email our Communications and Outreach Coordinator Kara Cox at kara.cox@ku.edu and let us know what you think.
WINTER 2020
The Winter edition of the Kansas LTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device! Click below to view this season's edition, or click here for a printable version.
In this issue:
- Best Practices for Scooters, Golf Carts, and Electric Bikes - Fact Sheet
- Best Practices for Weed Control on Roadsides in Kansas - Fact Sheet
- Getting Started with Fleet Management and Replacement - Fact Sheet
- An Interview with Leon Hobson
- Director's Update
- Kansas LTAP Training Update: Beyond the Usual
- New CDL Regulations and Training Related to Public Works Agencies in Kansas
- Photos from the Road: Moscow's "Floating" Bridge in Zaryadye Park
Comments? Questions? We'd love your feedback! Email our Communications and Outreach Coordinator Kara Cox at kara.cox@ku.edu and let us know what you think.
Autumn 2020
The Autumn edition of the Kansas LTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device! Click below to view this season's edition.
In this issue:
- Alley Maintenance Best Practices - Fact Sheet
- Lyon County's New Format for Weekly Safety Meetings is Having Great Results - Fact Sheet
- Managing Roadside Vegetation for Roadway Safety - Fact Sheet
- How to Educate Elected Officials about Public Works
- Kansas LTAP Build a Better Mousetrap Competition
- Kansas LTAP Training Update
- Photos from the Road: Transnistrian Cable Ferry
Summer 2020
The Summer issue of the Kansas LTAP Newsletter is now available and accessible from any device! Click below on individual articles to learn more, or view all.
In this issue:
- What Should Local Governments Be Doing to Prepare for Automated Vehicles in Kansas? - LTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
- A New Pavement Management System for County Roads - LTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Parking Restrictions for On-Street Parking - LTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Seeding: An Effective Erosion Control Measure - LTAP Fact Sheet (PDF)
- The Use of Drones by Road and Bridge Agencies in Kansas - Now and in the Future (PDF)
- How to Use Pneumatic Road Tube Counters (PDF)
- Decorative Crosswalks (PDF)
- Three Helpful Guides Are Heading Your Way (PDF)
- Welcome Emily Wilder as New Kansas LTAP Director (PDF)
Spring 2020
The Spring issue of the Kansas LTAP Newsletter is available and accessible from any device! Click below on individual articles to learn more.
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)