TxDOT Research Project

Texas Local Technical Assistance Program (TxLTAP)

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What Was the Need?
"Municipal and county road agencies are responsible for maintaining over 220,000 miles of roads and 12,000 span-type bridges while building more to meet the transportation needs of the state. All of this amounts to a tremendous need for sound technical advice from experienced road, bridge/culvert, and traffic safety professionals."

What's the Solution?
"In 1982 the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) launched an initiative with the goal of improving local roadways, known as the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP). The nationwide program is modeled after the successful agriculture extension service and is supported through funds provided by FHWA and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)."

"The objective of this program is to demonstrate a nationally recognized reputation of excellence for meeting the varied training and technical assistance needs of the large and diverse population of local city and county road agencies in Texas, aligning and presenting training and technical assistance services that meet those varied needs, and being widely known as the training and technical resource for local road agencies in Texas."

Research Benefits
"The training provided through this program will increase the performance of the transportation workers in Texas by ensuring they conduct their duties in a safe, efficient, environmentally sound, and cost effective manner. This program will also allow city/county agencies to maximize benefits from their often limited fiscal and staffing resources. Through training geared to local government circumstances, customized technical assistance, advice provided at events, and a library of resources, TxLTAP provides relevant and impactful information focused on road and bridge/culvert maintenance, the use of traffic control devices, and other techniques to promote traffic safety."

Project Number
5-0575-16
Status
Completed

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Start Date
9/29/2015
Renewal date
9/1/2017
End Date
8/31/2020
Performing Institution(s)
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)
Research Team
RS: Bryan Sims
Sponsor
Project Manager
Shelley Pridgen
Contract Specialist
Barbara Davenport
TxDOT Advisor
Katie Salter, HRD
Amount Funded
$5,626,801.68
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Functional Area
Program Support
Index Terms
Local transportation
Technical assistance
Technology transfer
Training
Lead University
UTA
Researcher
Sims, Bryan
Geographic name
Arlington, Tex.
TxDOT District
HRD

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kevyn
kevyn
A 2019 "Year in Review" was presented at the December 2019 TxSTIC meeting and can be found starting on page 139 of the presentation compilation: http://www.txstic.org/docs/TXSTIC_dec5_presentation.pdf

TxLTAP includes an equipment lending library.
8/14/2020 at 6:32 PM
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Record Added:
7/14/2015
Record Updated:
1/12/2023 5:30 AM EST

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