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Volume 27, Number 2

LRSP Expands Its Efforts through Regional Safety Coalitions
LTAP Spring Course Offering a Huge Success
Local Public Agency Qualification and Training Program: Pilot Class to be Offered
Local Agency Sessions to be Included in 2013 LTC
LPESA Holds Spring Meeting and Conference
NACE 2014 Planning Efforts Underway
OSHA Kicks Off Summer Safety Campaign
LTAP Creativity Session a Hit
Update on Retroreflectivity Requirements

Volume 27, Number 1

LTAP Celebrates 25 Years
Complying with New Retroreflectivity Standards for Roadway Signs
Local Public Agency Programs Undergo Changes
LTAP Participates in EDC
LPESA to Host 2014 NACE Conference
DOTD Initiates Update of Local Road Inventory with LTAP Assistance

Volume 26, Number 1

The Safety Edge: A Pavement Edge Drop-Off Treatment
National Work Zone Awareness Week April 4-8, 2011
Roadside Vegetation Management
APWA National President Swears in New Chapter Officers
Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020
LTAP Regional Meeting Highlights Safety
Baton Rouge Mayor President to Speak at APWA Meeting

Volume 25, Number 1

New Look and Easier Access to LTAP
Sign Inventory Deadline
La. Traffic Engineering 101
NHI Resources for Training
Time Out For Professional Development
Speed Management Issues
FHA: Every Day Counts
LTAP Center Staff News

Volume 24, Number 4

Sustainability Conference
Reducing Roadway Departures
Seatbelt Programs
Culvert Workshop Recap

Volume 24, Number 3

Sustainability Workshop
Can You See Me Now?
Right of Way Acquisition
Environmental Conference

Volume 24, Number 2

Correct, Protect, Warn
Off-System Bridge Updates
Ladder Safety
LPESA Spring Conference Highlights

Volume 24, Number 1

LTAP Joins New Core Safety Coalition
Construction Inspection Workshop Recap
Work Zone Safety Week Information
Public Works Week

Volume 23, Number 4

Local Road Safety Program Update
ASTM - A New Generation of Asphalt
LA Receives Federal Funds for Road Safety
New LADOTD EDSM for Roadway Medians

Volume 23, Number 3

Introduction to Crack Sealing
Local Road Safety Program Update
TIMED Program
Combating Drunk Driving

Volume 23, Number 2

Transportation Asset Management
Work Zone Safety Week
Time to Prepare for Hurricane Season
Protecting Workers from Heat

Volume 23, Number 1

More Miles in Roads
When to Pave Gravel Roads
Natural Drainage Systems
New LTAP Publications

Volume 22, Number 4

State of LPESA
Speed Management System
Roundabouts: Tool for Safety?
Managing Pavement Edge Drop-Offs
Phase II Stormwater Permits to Renew
Work Order System for Road Maintenance

Volume 22, Number 3:

LPESA Spring Conference
Moving LPESA Forward
Managing Nonpoint Sources of Pollution
Conference Session Summaries
Outside Employment for the Public Servant
LaHouse Tour

Volume 22, Number 2:

APWA Update
LPESA Scholarship Awarded
Keep Louisiana Beautiful
Trenchless Rehabilitation for Culverts
Keeping Your Bridge Deck Free of Debris
Louisiana Strategic Highway Safety Plan

Volume 22, Number 1:

New Workshops and Updated Roads Scholar Classes
Local Road Safety Program
Looking Back at 2006
LRSP Eligible Project Listing
NIMS Compliance
“Drive Safe Louisiana” Public Service Announcement

Volume 21, Number 3:

LPESA Fall Conference
Operation Lifesaver Annual High School Speech Contest
Louisiana State Uniform Construction Codes
A Sign of the Times
Highway-Rail Safety Highlighted
Controlling Roadside Invasive Species

Volume 21, Number 2:

Local Road Safety Program Kicks Off
LPESA Spring Conference
To Track or Not to Track: HMA Tack Coats
Safety on the Job
Conversion of Signals to LED Technology
Job Challenge Program Trains Future Heavy
Equipment Operators and Other Public Works Employees

Volume 21, Number 1:

Operational Safety for Public Works Responders
Basic Maintenance Leveling and Grade Preparation
Work Zone Safety Week
Accelerating Concrete Admixtures
Chain Saw Training
Public Works Response to the Storms of 2005
APWA Represents Members at National Hurricane Response Review

Volume 20, Number 3:

Katrina and Rita Blow through Louisiana
Building and Maintaining Better Roads
2006 LA Transportation Engineering Conference Postponed
Louisiana’s New Local Road Safety Program
A Safer Surface: Open-Graded Friction Course
Planning Tools: A Decision-Making Grid
Know Your Roads
A Digital World of Pavements

Volume 20, Number 2:

Railroad Crossing Safety
Pipe Installation Workshops Held Statewide
LPESA Spring Meeting
Drive Safely Work Week: October 3-7, 2005
Elderly Drivers: Baby Boomers Mature
Back to Basics: Spotting the Problem First
Getting the Word Out

Volume 20, Number 1:

Benefits of Access Management
Work Zone Safety is Everyone’s Concern
10 Tips for Driving Safely in Work Zones
Signs and Pavement Markings
TTEC Construction Underway
Customer Service Matters
7 Easy Steps to Turn a Complaint into an Opportunity

Volume 19, Number 4:

LA LTAP in 2005: New Classes and Programs!!
LTAP Is at Your Service
Traffic Help for Small Towns and Parishes
Louisiana’s LTAP National Program, Local Focus
More Free Learning Opportunities:
Click, Listen & Learn
National Public Works Week: May 15 - 21, 2005
It’s Not Too Early to Plan!
Drainage: The Key to Roads That Last Roads Scholar #3
Traffic Safety Summit and Local Road Safety Workshop

Volume 19, Number 3:

Maintaining Louisiana's Off-System Bridges
Cost-Effective Asphalt Pavement Preservation
LPESA Spring Seminar Convenes in Crowley
Employee Performance Appraisals
Ideas to Action: Rumble Strips
References and Resources for the 3rd Quarter

Volume 19, Number 2:

Lafayette Joins Roundabout Circle
National Public Works Week
LADOTD Transportation Enhancement Program: A Call for Projects
Remarkable but True: Mendocino County, CA, Reduces Road Accidents by 42%
Road Traffic Injuries: A Worldwide Threat
Workplace Safety is Always Important
Useful Information on Transportation Education and Careers
LADOTD Urges Motorists to “Stay Alert” in Work Zones

Volume 19, Number 1:

Motorists Urged to “Stay Alert”
Introductionducing the Peer-to-Peer Program on Traffic Control Devices
Grouchy Retires as LTAP Director
Walsh Named New LTAP Director
Small Construction Site Storm Water Program Workshop
One Nation on the Move!

Volume 18, Number 3:

Understanding the Applications of Louisiana's Public Bid Law, Part 2
Lafayette Consolidated Government Wins First Ever Golden Crawfish Trap Award
Working Successfully with the News Media
Exploring Flowable Fill
LPESA Scholarship Awarded to Seth Woods of McNeese
2004 Transportation Engineering Conference Plans Progress

For Volume 18, Numbers 1 and 2 or Volume 17, Numbers 1-4 email us at webmaster@ltrc.lsu.edu for more information.

Volume 16, Number 4:

Potholes - Is There a Solution?
TRB Transportation Security Web Page Formed to Assist in Nation's Response
Why Meetings Should Last Only 29 Minutes and 59 Seconds
Pedestrian Resource Pack Available
LTAP Year 2001 Roads Scholar and Road Master Training Recap
ATSSA's "Night Lights" Video Now Available
Plans Progress for LADOTD's 2002 Transportation Engineering Conference
Motivating Highway Maintenance Workers: Tools for Peak Performance

Volume 16, Number 3:

Grouchy Elected Chairman of Executive Committee for National LTAP Association
Enhancing Louisiana
Local Coastal Programs Symposium Offers PDH Credit
McFarland Named to National Review Committee
Is Your Parish Traffic Safe?
Plans Progress for LADOTD's 2002 Transportation Engineering Conference
Municipalities Invited to Join Louisiana Parish Engineers and Supervisors Association

Volume 16, Number 2:

GPS/GIS - Tools for Efficiency
GIS - Limitless Applications
Supervisors Corner: "Who Knows You?"
LTAP Partners With Operation Lifesaver
NACE Guides Available
Technology Exchange Online

Volume 16, Number 1:

GASB 34: What is it?
Maintaining Gravel Roads
Incident Management Training Schedule
Dangers of Sleep Deprivation
FHWA Study Finds Red-light Running Violations Down
Grade Crossing Collision Investigation Course