The Iowa Local Technical Assistance Program (Iowa LTAP) is dedicated to providing technical and management assistance to Iowa's local governments through a variety of programs and resources.

 

Public Employees Leadership Institute

The Public Employees Leadership Institute is designed to create better leaders and supervisors for public agencies. On-demand training modules are available through the Iowa State University Extension program.

Roads Scholar program

All Iowa personnel who have taken LTAP training are entered in the Roads Scholar program to track participants' hours of training and progress through the curriculum. Individuals can access training records and register for workshops online.

Stan Ring Memorial Library

The Stan Ring Memorial Library carries over 2,000 transportation training materials in a variety of formats that users may order online.

Safety Circuit Rider

Iowa's award-winning Safety Circuit Rider program presents transportation safety-related workshops and offers suggestions for improving roadway safety.

Local Roads Safety Liaison

The Local Roads Safety Liaison provides consultation and training on crash-data tools and demonstrates state-of-the-art techniques for making data-based safety improvements.

Timber Abutment Piling and Back Wall Rehabilitation and Repair
from Iowa DOT, Sep 2012

Several Iowa counties have implemented various techniques to strengthen/repair damaged timber abutments ...

Best Practices for Road Weather Management, Version 3.0
from FHWA, Jun 2012

This report contains 27 case studies of systems in 22 states that improve roadway operations under inclement ...

Potential for Natural Brine for Anti-Icing and De-Icing
from New York DOT, Sep 2012

This project focused on the feasibility of the use of natural brine for anti-icing and pre-wetting in ...