Chris Melton from the Louisiana Transportation Research Center made a fabulous video from footage he collected at this year’s NLTAPA 2018 conference held in New Orleans. Thank you Chris!
Youtube Video link https://youtu.be/aQWwtpMbBc8
News
Training Resources
TRWG has several items of interest and opportunities for participation at the conference in New Orleans:
Partnerships
The 2018 NTTD (National Transportation Training Directors) Conference will be held from October 7-11, 2018 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Hope to see you there! Here is link to the conference information:
http://nttdonline.net/nttd-annual-conference/
Safety
The Safety Work Group May 17, 2018 webinar recording is available at the following link:
https://connectdot.connectsolutions.com/pklqotwa98op/
Safety
The Federal Highway Administration Acting Administrator, Brandye Hendrickson, has announced the fifth round of FHWA’s Every Day Counts (EDC) program. This list of 10 selected innovations are those chosen from more than 160 suggestions that were the result of the EDC-5 solicitation. Three are safety initiatives:
Reducing Rural Roadway Departures
Safety
July 2018 – Roundabouts (Thursday, July 19th from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Mountain/1:00 to 2:30 PM Eastern)
More details and registration TBA
August 2018 – Designing for Rural Bike Safety (Thursday, August 16th from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Mountain/1:00 to 2:30 PM Eastern)
More details and registration TBA
Safety
The next Road to Zero Coalition meeting will take place from 1 to 4 p.m.(EST) on June 28 at the National Transportation Safety Board Conference Center, 420 10th St. SW, Washington, D.C. If you would like to register to be part of the webcast, you may register at: