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The LTAP Quarterly Newsletter , LTAP MATTERS , is
written and edited by Michele Beck, LTAP Graphic Designer. She
gathers articles about transportation subjects
that are pertinent to the season of the year
relative to the newest technology. Please
feel free to submit your ideas or articles, your
participation is appreciated. If you would like
to receive a copy of the newsletter please email
Michele Beck at mbeck(at)coe.montana.edu or Genevieve Albert at galbert(at)coe.montana.edu, LTAP Conference
Coordinator, or call us at 800.541.6671 or
406.994.6100. You can also write to: LTAP, PO
Box 173910, Montana State University-Bozeman,
Bozeman, MT 59717-3910.
This newsletter is gradually going "green"and will be distributed electronically starting with the 2009 winter quarterly newsletter to most out of state addresses as well as numerous instate agencies. If you would like to be placed on this electronic mailing, please contact us at the above addresses.
We recently archived all newsletters back to the beginning, Fall 1983. If you are interested in receiving a pdf of any of those quarterly newsletters, please contact us at 1.800.541.6671 or e-mail Michele Beck at mbeck(at)coe.montana.edu. Or see specific files at the bottom of this page.
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2009
Spring -Work Zone Tech, Traffic Control Supervisor, and National Work Zone Week from the Director; Object Marker Holders from Nebraska; Traffic Control Supervisor Report from MDT; Mud Claps from Road & Bridges; Training Calendar and Calendar of Events; National Public Works Week; APWA 2009 Snow Conference; 2009 Pavement Symposium in Laramie, Wyoming; National Rural Summit on Traffic Safety Culture with AAA and WTI; Bridge Replacement Program from South Dakota; LTPP Data and Information from FHWA; Gravel Roads Registration; LTAP Library Publications; Notice Montana LTAP Office Moving to New Building
Winter -Retroreflectivity From the Director; Signs Bright Enough?; Snow Fences; Calendar of Events; Warm-Mix Asphalt; MACRS President Invites All to Spring Conference; Reducing Collisions Involving Bicycles; LTAP Celebrates 25; Library Publications and DVD's
2008
Fall -Trenching Safety from the Director; 19th APWA Annual Equipment Operator Training Workshop & Snow Rodeo; Snow Rodeo Champions 2008; LTAP 2008 Annual Training Calendar; Calendar of Events; Consideration and Implementation of Proven Safety Countermeasures (FHWA); City of Bozeman Cements Alley; The New Center for Excellence in Rural Safety (CERS); Interactive Maps on Website From CERS; New Signal Timing Manual Ready for Free Download; Montana LTAP Library; Jerry Forman, Custer County, Bids Farewell
Summer - Review of 2007 Workshops in Montana - map; NACE President Sue Miller Writes MACRS; Jim McCarthy, MACRS Past President Retires; Bring It With You - Snow Rodeo 2008; 2008 Training Calendar; Calendar of Events; Farewell from Jack Knorr; Guidance for Improving Roadway Safety - Understanding Minimum Retroreflectivity Standards; A Quick Reference to High-Visibility Safety Apparel; Ladder Safety; Montana LTAP Library
Spring -County Road Supervisor's Planning Calendar; Highways for Life: MacDonald Pass; MACRS 2008 Conference; Training Calendar; Big Sky Bicycling; 2008 Roads Scholars; Impaired Driving Assessment Center; Montana LTAP Library
Winter -Surviving Extremes, Dr. Ken Kamler; Sign Retroreflectivity Requirements Have Been Added to the MUTCD; Backs Get Some Slack from Mini Paver; Calendar of Events; City of Bozeman's Public Works Awareness Event; Biological Control of a Thorny Pest; BLM Approves Four Weed Killers; Montana LTAP Library
2007
Fall - Great Falls APWA Hosts 18th Annual Snow Rodeo, Put on the Brakes Day, A False Sense of SEcurity: The Misconceptions About Alcohol's Effects on Driving, Calendar of Events, From MACRS President Jim McCarthy, Writing a Winter Maintenance Policy, Fish Passage in Culverts, Montana LTAP Library Summer - Twenty-five roads Scholars Honored at 27th MACRS Conference, Calendar of Events, Montana Scored Higest in Alcohol-Related Fatalities in the Nation, County road by Wes Hubbel, True Team Effort, Graduated Driver Licensing Reduces Fatal Crashes, Workaholics: Extreme Workers Spring - Rulon Gardner's Seven Steps to Success, Spring Developments from LTAP Director, Innovations from MDT Research, Ten Essentials of a Good Road, Cell Phone and Driving, Stress Management, LTAP Library
Winter - Stormwater Management BMP's - Fall Topic for County Roads, Butte-Silver Bow Resolves Opencut Mining Act Violations, Public Works Professional Briefs Congress About Pandemic Flu, Bozeman Public Works Awareness Event, Build a Crashworthy Work Zone Sign Stand, Annual Calendar 2007, MACRS President Tim White, Woodard Avenue Project Wins, LTAP Library
Past Newsletters
2006
Fall - 17th Annual Equipment Operator Training & Snow Rodeo, Gravel Roads Training in Park County, Winter Safety Tips, Annual Calendar 2006, Calendar of Events, Safe at Any Speed, Put the Brakes On Fatalities Day, Bikeability Checklist, LTAP Library Summer - Gravel Road Operators Gather in Conrad, MACRS 26th Annual Convention Highlights, Road Scholars 2006, New Rule Proposed for Wetland Conservation Practices, City of Bozeman's "Winter Stress Blowout", Summer Danger, Retroreflectivity Changes Proposed in MUTCD, LTAP Library
Spring - "Do You Have a Plan" - Community & Personal Preparedness, APWA Disaster Response, Working at the Speed of Night, Barriers Increase Work Zone Safety, Traffic Safety Facts from NHTSA, Reducing Work Zone Collisions, Roadwise Spring Cleaning, Perpetual Pavement Concept, Amendments to ADA, E-Waste, Time Management, LTAP Library Winter - Winter Survival Training - A Very Hot Topic, Local Recycling, Equipment Safety Event, Road Supervisors Training, Earthquake Facts, Tapering - A National Highway Safety Perspective; Technology Keeps the Gang Tight, FHWA Breakaway Info, LTAP Library
2005
Fall
- 16th Annual Equipment
Operator Training and Snow Rodeo, Lightweight
Fill, Lessons from Katrina, Improving Signalized
Intersections, Meth Waste: Danger for Road
Crews, Put On the Brakes Day - October 10,
Making America Walkable, LTAP Library
Summer - Sign Vandalism, NACE Report, The
Need for Plasticity in the Mix, West Nile Virus,
MACRS 2005 Spring Conference, MACRS President's
Message, Tick Warning, LTAP Library
Spring
- Gravel Roads
Stabilization, Annual Calendar, Calender of
Events, Gravel Roads Workshop Application,
Temporary Traffic control Handbooks, Nat'l Work
Zone Week, ARTBA Foundation Scholarship, Cycling
Safety in the Big Sky, LTAP Library
Winter
- SPCC, Work Zone Rule, From the
Director, Multitasking, Frost Bites, In Memory,
NACE Conference, Roads Scholars, MDT Research
Needs, National Bicycling
2004
Fall-Snow Rodeo, Winter
Survival,Traffic Signs for Wildland Fire
Incidents, Pedestrian Safety
Summer- Who & What About the Advisory
Board, Summer Survival, MACRS 24th Annual
Conference, The Value of Training
Spring- Winter Maintenance, Trench
Safety, Work Zone Safety
Winter- Roads Scholar, Crosswalks
Safe?
2003
Fall-
Gravel Roads, Culvert
Inspection, Message from MACRS President Jack
Knorr
Summer- MACRS 23rd Conference, Message
From MACRS President
Spring-
Graduated Drivers Licensing,
2nd Annual Safety Congress, APWA's Click,
Listen, & Learn, Dial 511 for Road
Conditions, Steel Tube Sign Posts
Winter-
PASER, Earth Day
2002
Fall-
Snow Rodeo, Pedestrian
Safety
Summer-
Drainage & Culvert, Road
Rage, Humor
Spring-
MACRS 2002, 1st Annual
Safety Congress - a Success, MACRS Spouses
Program, Don't Shrug Shoulder Repair
Winter-
Laughter the Best Medicine,
Depressed - Exercise Can Help, Laughing in Tough
Times, MACRS Agenda, LTAP Course Descriptions,
Is it Really a Crisis?, Safety Congress Agenda
2001
Fall-
12th Annual Equipment
Operator Training & Snow Rodeo, 2001 "You
Show Us How" Contest Winner, MACRS
2001
Summer-
MACRS 2001, Stay Alert on
the Road, Operation Lifesaver, MUTCD, Pavement
Management Class, 2001 "You Show Us How"
Contest, Forest Service Training
Spring-
Work Zones in Montana, The
Cost of Occupational Injuries
Winter-
Winter Travel & Safety
Workshops Offered by LTAP, Protect Yourself from
Winter Work Hazards, 2001 MACRS, Develop the
Critical Skill of Listening
2000
Fall-
11th Annual Equipment
Operator Training, 2000 "You Show Us"- Winner,
MACRS Conference, GPS Training a
Success
Summer-
MACRS 2000, A Roadside
Attraction, You Show Us- 2000, Flourescent
Yellow Green Warning Signs
Spring-
Name Our Newsletter Contest
Winner, Montana Work Zones, MUTCD, Treasure
State Endowment
Winter-
2000- You Show Us, Garfield
County Road Review, Name Our Newsletter, North
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