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March 14, 2014  
Southern Plains TTAP Tribal Transportation News
TTAP Classes for March and April
Tribal RoadStar Program
GRS Bridge Showcase in Kay County
Defensive Driving and First Aid
FHWA Highway Safety Manual Course coming
Transportation Intern Program
TIGER Funding announced
OSU Native Americans chosen for International Research Program
Spring Fever? Explore Oklahoma
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Jim Self, Manager
jim.self@okstate.edu

or

Karla Sisco, TTAP Specialist
karla.sisco@okstate.edu
EDC Exchange ~ April 3, 2014
Intelligent Compaction 

 

Join us at noon on April 3, 2014, for a discussion with experts on Intelligent Compaction. This Every Day Counts webinar and exchange will be held at the Center for Local Government Technology in Stillwater, OK, from noon until 3:00 pm. 
Lunch will be served! Please register to reserve your spot!

Pavement is typically designed to bear traffic demands for at least 20 years with regularly scheduled maintenance. When pavement begins to crack and crumble prematurely, one of the potential causes could be that the pavement and base layer were not compacted properly, or there is not a uniform thickness.

Intelligent compaction (IC) rollers greatly improve the quality, uniformity and long-lasting performance of pavements today. Using vibration and a system to collect, process, and analyze the measurements in real time, IC rollers are able to compact greater amounts of pavement with fewer passes than the traditional static rollers sometimes in a much shorter time. IC efficiencies produce time, cost and fuel savings. With more efficient paving processes, production can increase and State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) can construct greater amounts of roadway daily.

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Events for March and April - Click on class to register!


Announcing something NEW! The TTAP
Tribal RoadStar Certificate Program 

The Tribal RoadStar Program consists of 12 different one or two day workshops that are offered through the Southern Plains TTAP. To become a 
Tribal RoadStar, you must attend at least 10 of the 12 designated workshops. Most of the training sessions will be held at the Southern Plains TTAP Center in the Center for Local Government Technology in Stillwater, OK.

 

Upon successful completion of the program requirements, participants will receive a plaque designating them as a Tribal RoadStar. 

 

(Classes taken prior to March 1, 2013 will not be eligible credit toward the certificate, as many of the courses have been changed or updated.)

      
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GRS Bridge Showcase in
Kay County 
April 22, 2014
9:00 to 3:00 pm 



The Kaw Nation and Kay County are replacing 4 bridges over Dry Creek near Blackwell, OK, using accelerated bridge construction.

Geosyntheic Reinforced Soil abutments and a combination of pre-fabricated superstructures will be used to construct the bridges in days rather than months. The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Federal Highway Administration invite you to participate in this Showcase event, which includes an introduction to the technology and a visit to the site to view the construction. 
 
DATE:  Tuesday, April 22, 2014 
 
TIMES: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
LOCATION:  Kay Electric Cooperative (KEC) Conference Room  
                      300 W Doolin Ave  
                      Blackwell, OK 746312

Please register by April 16, 2014 for this no-cost event.

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LUNCH will be provided!
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Have you scheduled the Defensive Driving Course or First Aid training for your Tribe?

The National Safety Council's Defensive Driving Course (DDC), instructed by Karla Sisco, strives to ensure that people get what they need to drive defensively--knowledge, skills and perspective that will help them continue to prevent injuries and save lives. 
 
This 6-hour course helps develop accident avoidance behavior and safe driving practices, which can significantly reduce the number of collisions and citations your drivers might experience. 

With the National Safety Council, you can also rely on First Aid Training that gives your employees the skills they need to save lives and avoid injuries. And, with the significant financial risks associated with healthcare costs and potential OSHA fines or penalties, First Aid training from the industry leader in safety can give you peace of mind in today's business environment.

Contact Karla Sisco or Jim Self at Southern Plains TTAP.
405-744-6049 
FHWA Highway Safety Manual Course coming to Sand Springs, March 25-26
FHWA Highway Safety Manual
 

This (2) two-day FHWA Safety Course provides the Highway Safety Manual methodology for the safety performance of geometric design decisions on both two-lane and multi-lane rural highways. This workshop presents applications of the Highway Safety Manual predictive equations for urban and suburban roadway segments and intersections. Each module is accompanied with an exercise for the participants to get hands-on experience with the Highway Safety Manual. 

 

The Highway Safety Manual crash prediction models for total crashes on rural two-lane roads and crashes based upon lane width, shoulder width, roadside hazard, traffic valume (exposure) and other characteristics are also presented.   

 

Case Community Center

1050 W. Wekiwa Road
Sand Springs, OK
918-246-2661 

 

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Transportation Intern Program
Applications due April 1
 
The Center for Local Government Technology's (CLGT) Transportation Intern Program (TIP) is now taking applications for the summer 2014 intern season.  As CLGT has done for the past four years, TIP will place transportation-related degree majors in paid internships with local and tribal government transportation agencies over the summer months.  CLGT is now taking applications from agencies that would like to host an intern and from students who would like to serve an internship.  For additional information and/or to apply please go the TIP website at http://clgtokstate.com/Internship.  The cut-off date for applications is April 1, 2014.

Should you have questions please contact Doug Wright.

Douglas Wright
Director
Center for Local Government Technology
College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
Oklahoma State University
5202 N. Richmond Hill Drive Stillwater, OK 74075
405-744-6049 (office)

douglas.wright@okstate.edu
   

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$600 Million for Sixth Round of TIGER Funding  
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently joined President Barack Obama to announce that $600 million will be made available to fund transportation projects across the country under a sixth round of the U.S. Department of Transportation's highly successful Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant program. 
 
The announcement was made at the Union Depot in St. Paul, which received $35 million in the first round of TIGER to renovate the facility and restore tracks. Combined with roughly $480 million in federal funding for the Central Corridor light rail transit line, St. Paul's Union Depot is proof of the impact that transportation investment can make, leading to job creation, downtown revitalization and economic growth. 

 

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OSU Native Americans chosen for International Research Program
OSU scholars Keely Redhage and Amanda Mathias have been selected to participate in an international research program that will allow them to work with globally-recognized experts.

Two Oklahoma State University students are among three Native American scholars chosen to participate in prestigious international research programs set for this summer in France and Brazil. Amanda Mathias of Inola, Okla., and Keely Redhage of Poteau, Okla., have been chosen to participate in the International Research Experiences for Undergraduates (iREU) program. The research program offers outstanding scholars opportunities to work with globally-known researchers, chemists and materials scientists while experiencing the cultures of their host countries.

Nationally, a total of 13 scholars were selected for the iREU (research) program this year, including the three Oklahomans who applied for the opportunity through the OK-LSAMP program for minority students.

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This material is based upon work supported by the U. S. Department of Transportation under Agreement No. DTFH61-12-H-00004.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the Author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Federal Highway Administration.