Data Safety Mining to Support your Roadway Safety Plan

The FHWA Center for Local Aid Support is hosting a webinar on February 21st on Data Mining to support your Roadway Safety Plan. The webinar will list numerous safety data types and their relevance to roadway safety, define systemic safety, and list three low cost roadway safety solutions. Data Safety Mining WebinarThursday, February 21, 201910:00am … Read more Data Safety Mining to Support your Roadway Safety Plan

2019 LAPM and LAPG Released

Caltrans Division of Local Assistance has released the 2019 Local Assistance Procedures Manual (LAPM) and the 2019 Local Assistance Program Guidelines (LAPG). The LAPM helps California local agencies scope, organize, design, construct and maintain their public transportation facilities when participating in Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) funded federal-aid or state funding. The manual describes the processes, … Read more 2019 LAPM and LAPG Released

Attend a Webinar on Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPM), Adaptive Signal Control Systems and SPaT/Connected Vehicle Applications

As part of Every Day Counts, the Federal Highway Administration is hosting a webinar on Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPM), Adaptive Signal Control Systems and SPaT/Connected Vehicle Applications on January 24th. This webinar will explore the relationship between ATSPM, adaptive signal control systems, and SPaT/connected vehicle applications. ATSPM is a simple and effective approach … Read more Attend a Webinar on Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPM), Adaptive Signal Control Systems and SPaT/Connected Vehicle Applications

Attend a Safety Peer Exchange for Local Agencies

Are you involved in your agency’s safety program or HSIP applications? Caltrans, along with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the California Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), is hosting a 1 & 1/2 day Local Agency Peer Exchange on February 5th and 6th in Sacramento. If you are involved with your agency’s safety program or … Read more Attend a Safety Peer Exchange for Local Agencies

New Technical Brief “Hydraulic Considerations for Shallow Foundation Abutments” from FHWA

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released a Memorandum implementing the new Technical Brief (TechBrief) “Hydraulic Considerations for Shallow Foundation Abutments.”  The TechBrief provides programmatic and technical considerations for evaluating and mitigating abutment scour at bridges with shallow foundations.  This information supersedes certain materials on shallow foundations in two FHWA Hydraulic Engineering Circulars (HEC-18 “Evaluating … Read more New Technical Brief “Hydraulic Considerations for Shallow Foundation Abutments” from FHWA