Iowa LTAP publications
Handbook
Sample page from Best Practices for Low-Cost Safety Improvements on Iowa's Local Roads (17 mb pdf)
Best Practices for Low-Cost Safety Improvements on Iowa's Local Roads (17 mb *pdf) offers practical guidance from local Iowa agencies on
- Signing and Delineation
- Traffic “Calming”
- Pavement Marking and Rumble Strips/Stripes
- Roadside and Clear Zone
- Guardrail and Barriers
- Lighting
- Pavements and Shoulders
- Intersections
- Railroad Crossings
- Bridges and Culverts
Technology News newsletter
The LTAP program publishes Technology News, a bimonthly, tech-transfer newsletter. Subscriptions are free. Subscribe online.
Posters
- Snow Plow Safety (522 kb *pdf), prints on 11 x 17 paper
- Vehicle safety: Avoiding backing accidents (81k *pdf), prints on 11 x 14 paper
Special publications
- Worker safety training modules: Employee handouts and trainer guides included on a variety of topics
- Spin your web: A series for local transportation agencies who are planning their own web sites
- Get the Word Out: Public Relations Tips for Transportation Agencies (1 mb *pdf): This booklet is also available in hard copy. Please contact Jim Hogan, library coordinator, hoganj@iastate.edu or 515-294-9481, to request a copy.
- Tips from the Field (263 kb *pdf): This booklet compiles many of the best tips that were orginally published in Technology News, Iowa's Local Technical Assistance Program newsletter.
See also a list of publications produced by InTrans.
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