NYS LTAP Center - Cornell Local Roads Program

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From the New York State LTAP Center - Cornell Local Roads Program

December| 2022

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Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

-John Ruskin

The start of meteorological winter. The start of the spring workshop season? Yes!

While the calendar says it is the end of the year and the beginning of winter, it is also the start of our 2023 workshop season. We are launching our registration for the spring workshops today! As you can see below, we are all over New York State with workshops next spring, including a new reducing liability offering. Now is the time to sign up.

If you don't see the workshop you wanted, we can help there too. All of our workshops are available by request. Here is a listing of our workshops. Hope to see you on the road.

Spring 2023 workshop registration is now open!

or download the registration form.

Build A Better Mousetrap!

A national competition where your idea

might be the solution to someone else's problem!

Entry Forms are available!

Not sure if your project/invention fits?

Reach out to us at clrp@cornell.edu

Foundational Webinars

Join us on Tuesdays at 9:00 am for our ongoing series of free Foundational Webinars focused on the important principles key to local highway agency operations and management. Each one-hour webinar offers a convenient way to learn the basics of a particular topic. Taken together, they cover the foundation of local highway issues.

Upcoming Events and Conferences

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL/IIJA) Resources

We are compiling a list of resources for you to easily access.

Please follow this link and click on the

Resources & Links drop-down menu

A PSA to share with your community

A quick and easy infographic about the "Whys of Snow Plows"

Click here to download.

On the road and have a question?

Check out our new question submission section! Send us a picture, or drop us a note! Let us know what we can do to help you.

We are one click away!

Building Information Modeling (BIM) to Improve the Delivery of Infrastructure Projects.

BIM uses collaborative digital processes to collect, organize and move data and information efficiently through all transportation construction project phases such as Planning, Project Delivery, Operations & Maintenance, and Asset Management.

Benefits of this system include:

Improved staff effectiveness with less errors
Better clash detection prior to construction
Increased worker safety on projects
Improved project communications
Increased ability to better predict cost
Improved schedule performance and optimizes design
Improved access to data for better decision making

Resources:

For more information on BIM, contact: Katherine Petros (FHWA) or Lori Porreca (FHWA)

Upcoming 2023 Value Capture Strategies National Webinar Series

FHWA will launch its latest webinar series on value capture strategies beginning in January 2023. The webinar series will spotlight the value capture techniques promoted by the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Everyday Counts (EDC-5) initiative.

Click here to look at the webinar catalog

Grant Writing - How to Get Started!

If you are interested in learning how to tackle a grant or funding application or would like a refresher, this webinar is for you!

December 15, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Click here to register

Older Driver Safety Webinar

Older drivers are at greater risk of severe crashes, especially in rural areas, so we need to help them. We will take a look at crash risk, the effects of aging, how to incorporate an older road user emphasis area into your safety plan, the infrastructure supporting older driver safety, and available resources.

December 7

11 AM to 12:30 PM Mountain/

1 PM to 2:30 PM Eastern.

Click here to register

Survey

Evaluation of New Methods for Improving Crack Sealing Process

The project aims at identifying cost-effective and reliable new equipment and technologies that can help improve the efficiency of crack sealing installation and enhance the safety of employees involved in the installation process.

To complete this survey, please click here.

The 13th TRB International Conference on Low Volume Roads

4 Full Days, Sunday through Wednesday, July 23 – 26, 2023

The TRB International Low Volume Roads Conference will focus on issues that impact all aspects of life throughout the world, including the first and last mile of the roads where trips by people, produce, and resources start and end.

Click here for more information

New York State LTAP Center -

Cornell Local Roads Program nysltap.clrp.cornell.edu