Upcoming Webinar:

GIS Applications for Local Public Agencies

Are you interested in building data maps and data-rich narratives for your local public agency? CALTAP invites you to join us for a webinar to learn more about the uses and benefits of GIS applications and tools for state DOTs and local public agencies.

The webinar will take place on:

January 17, 2023 from 10:00 – 11:00 AM (PST).  

This training will provide the necessary information and steps for professionals, with no formal training in GIS, to dive in and use GIS tools. Here is what you can expect to learn:  

• How to overcome barriers in using GIS, 
• What the basics of GIS are, 
• What you can do using only license-free, web-based GIS tools,  
• How your agency can benefit from GIS/StoryMaps,  
• How GIS competencies and knowledge can help you be a better partner to consultants, 
• How to do interactive mapping (even if you don’t think you can),  
• How to use GIS at your agency to reach a broader audience, and more. 

The session will provide perspective from GIS experts and users in the field including:  

• Terry Bills, Global Transportation Industry Director, Esri 
• Sean Reseigh, Senior Engineer and Planner, Fehr & Peers 
• Riley Keller, Senior Transportation Planner, Caltrans 
• Ben Olson, GIS and Data Manager, CALTAP/CITT 

Register for the webinar here

Email us with any questions about the training at admin@caltap.org

Research and Training Spotlight:

FHWA Pavement Management Roadmap

In September, the FHWA released its Pavement Management Roadmap, which identifies the steps needed to address current gaps in pavement management and to establish research initiatives and priorities in four key areas: Pavement Management Data, Analysis tools, Workforce and Organizational issues, and Technology Advancements. The Roadmap is an update of a 2010 report and documents the changes in the state of pavement management since that time. 

The Roadmap, and similar reports, help CALTAP identify our own training priorities. If you have thoughts on priorities from the list, or what's missing from it, let us know.



We will feature responses in upcoming news and social media.   

Email us your thoughts and responses at admin@caltap.org

RAISE Grant

Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO):

Earlier this year, the U.S. DOT announced that the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded more than $2.2 billion from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program to help urban and rural communities move forward on projects that modernize roads, bridges, transit, rail, ports, and intermodal transportation and make our transportation systems safer, more accessible, more affordable, and more sustainable.

A total of $1.5 billion is available for the FY 2023 RAISE grant program. These funds will be awarded on a competitive basis, per statute, for surface transportation infrastructure projects that will improve:  

• safety;  
• environmental sustainability;  
• quality of life;  
• mobility and community connectivity;  
• economic competitiveness and opportunity including tourism; state of good repair;  
• partnership and collaboration;  
• and innovation. 

The current closing date for applications is: February 28, 2023.  

Refer to the grants.gov website for more information

on eligibility and the application process