Survey 2025:

California Local Assistance

CALTAP, Caltrans DLA, and FHWA, request your input to assess the value, quality, and types of training and support you receive from Local Assistance ... or would like to receive.

• What are your staff training needs?
• Are they being met by current class offerings?
• Do you need more effective (or responsive) technical support?
• Are you kept informed of key funding opportunities & trainings?

With this brief survey, you can help us plan, develop, and prioritize local assistance services to more effectively serve your agency goals. Last year's feedback brought us 4 REA and 2 Labor Compliance classes!

Caltrans Local Assistance Day

Caltrans DLA and California LTAP present another edition of Local Assistance Day, the quarterly statewide webinar designed to update and inform our RTPA, MPO, local agency, and tribal partners. LAD is free attend and all interested transportation stakeholders are invited.

Free Webinar: August 19th, 8:30 – 11:30am (PT)

Planned Topics Include:

• City of Sacramento Transportation Safety Initiative
• Avoiding Common Invoicing Errors
• Latest from the Division of Local Assistance
• Training Updates from California LTAP

Tribal Grant Writing Workshop

August 18th – 20th, 2025 

Struggling to seek and secure the funding to bring your Tribal transportation and infrastructure projects to life? Don’t miss the upcoming National Tribal Grant Writing Workshop in Las Vegas, Nevada!

Come to learn how to:

• Effectively search for and identify grant funding opportunities
• Craft grant narratives that showcase need, impact, & viability
• Manage grant awards & fulfill program reporting requirements
• Network with experts from Southern TTAP, Western TTAP, FHWA, & other industry leaders for one-on-one guidance

Webinar: AI Tools in Public Works

APWA is hosting a 90-minute webinar to explore the use of non-generative AI tools in sewer inspection and pavement assessment.

APWA Webinar: July 24, 2025, 8 – 9:30am PST

Learn how to:

• Deploy AI in the field, including budgets, training, & staffing
• Apply AI tools for implementation, assessment, & design
• Determine the suitability of AI tools for your project & workplace

Webinar: Nighttime Visibility for Safety

What's Signs Got to Do with It?

Join FHWA for a free 90-minute webinar on nighttime visibility for safety and the importance of signs and pavement markings.

Free Webinar: July 8, 2025, 10 – 11:30am PST

Learn how TxDOT developed an innovative methodology to track the life cycle of traffic control devices and evaluate their retroreflectivity in real time, while MoDOT covers the evolution of sign inspections and the move towards contracted inspections and interval-based, corridor-wide replacements.

National Transportation in Indian Country

September 21st – 24th, 2025

The 2025 National Transportation in Indian Country Conference (NTICC) will be held at Gila River Casino & Resort Wild Horse Pass in Chandler, AZ.

NTICC features learning sessions for the transportation related professional development needs in Indian Country, hands-on training opportunities, and a one-of-a-kind Heavy Equipment Roadeo Competition.

Recording Available:

Talking Freight: Military at the Table

Watch FHWA's most recent Talking Freight webinar from June 10th, 2025, where panelists discuss the "Military at the Table" program.

Presenters include:

• Doug Briggs - Chief, Highways for National Defense, U.S. Army
• Danielle Kochman - Manager Strategic Partnerships, SANDAG
• Sam Belfield - Sr Transportation Engineer, Hampton Roads TPO
• John C. Jameson - Dir Local Government Programs, Texas DOT

Talking Freight webinars provide technical assistance, training, tools, and information to help you meet the transportation challenges of tomorrow.

Recording Available:

How Human Factors Impact Rural Road Safety

Watch the National Center for Rural Road Safety's (NCRRS) June 19th, 2025, webinar on how human factors impact rural road safety.

Learn the discipline of human factors, how they impact road safety, and how communities can mitigate their related risks. Featured are Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems and NCHRP Research Report 1111.

Other July Training Events

Need a closer look? Stop by CALTAP.org for a calendar view of upcoming training and events focused specifically on local agency project success.

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