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LTAP Center Technical Publications

The following publications are available in .pdf format and can be accessed using Adobe Reader and the included link. If you do not have Adobe Reader, you can download a free copy from their website.

Dust Palliative Selection and Application Guide
USDA-USFS, 1999, 22 pages (225kb)

Fish Passage Design at Road Culverts
WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, March 3, 1999, 135 pages (1.1mb)
Can also be viewed at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife website.

Maintenance of Signs and Sign Supports for Local Roads and Streets
EPP, 54 pages (7.1mb)
Can also be viewed at the Federal Highway Administration website.

 

Plan a campaign in your community to "Stop Red Light Running"

Visit FHWA website

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing (Accident Statistics and Information)

Visit FHWA website

Read Your Road - Every Highway User's Guide to Driving Safely

Visit FHWA website

 

Increasing Physical Activity Through Community Design
National Center for Bicycling & Walking, May 2002 (834kb)
Can also be viewed at the National Center for Bicycle and Walking website.

Building Projects That Build Communities Community Partnership Forum, 2003 (entire book 3.98mb)
Can also be viewed by chapter.

Utility Cuts in Paved Roads
USDOT-FHWA, 1996, 59 pages (1.1mb)

 

Wildlife Crossings Toolkit
This is a searchable database.
Can be viewed at Wildlife Crossings website.

Asphalt Seal Coats
T2Center/WSDOT, March 2003 (2.58mb)

Evaluation of Bioengineered Stream Bank Stabilization in Alaska

Visit Alaska DOT

 

Intelligent Transportation Systems Benefits and Costs
Visit I.T.S. website

Best Practices for the Design & Construction of Low Volume Roads- Revised
(Mn/DOT 2002-17REV)
Visit Minnesota D.O.T. website

Creating Communities for Active Aging
Visit Partnership for Prevention website

 

Reader-Friendly Document Tool Kit
WSDOT, March 2005 (1.42mb)

Roundabouts: An Informational Guide
FHWA, June 2000
Visit FHWA website

Understanding Flexibility in Transportation Design - Washington
WSDOT, April 2005
Visit WSDOT website

 

Designing Sidewalks and Trails for Access, Part II
FHWA, 2001
Visit FHWA website

Roundabouts and Older Drivers
June 15th, 2005
Appendices

Travel Better/Travel Longer
FHWA, 2003
Visit FHWA website

 

Above-Ground Actuated Yellow Crosswalk Lights at Uncontrolled Pedestrian Crossings
Visit Alaska DOT

FHWA Traffic Incident Management Publications
Visit Office of Operations home page

Dangerous Travelers, Controlling Invasive Plants Along America's Roadways
USFS, 2006, Runtime: 26 minutes DVD
Visit USFS home page

 

School Zone Safety - Curriculum Kit & Resource Guide
Visit WTSC home page

School Administrator's Guide to School Walk Routes and Student Pedestrian Safety
Visit WTSC home page

Emergency Resource Guide - 07
Helps you plan and prepare.
Visit Washington Emergency Department EMD home page

 

Low Cost Treatments for Horizontal Curve Safety
Visit FHWA Safety home page

Barrier Guide for Low Volume and Low Speed Roads
Visit Central Federal Lands Highway Division home page

Road Safety Audit Guidelines
Visit FHWA Safety home page

Environmentally Sensitive Maintenance for Dirt and Gravel Roads
Visit U.S. Environmental Protection Agency home page

Road Safety Audits
Visit FHWA Safety home page

 

Order Form for Free LTAP Center Technical Publications

Due to high postage costs, these publications cannot be mailed out of the United States.
PUBLICATION TITLE
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CD ROM Publications:

Context Sensitve Solutions Documents CD, WSDOT, 2006

Free

Emergency Relief Training For Washington State local Agencies CD, WSDOT 2006

Free

Forest Roads And The Environment, U.S. Forest Service CD

Free

Good Practices: Incorporating Safety Into Resurfacing And Restoration Projects CD, FHWA

Free

Gravel Roads Maintenance & Design Manual CD, S. Dakota LTAP, 2000

Free

Guide for Determining Design Resilient Modulus Values for Unbound Materials CD, FHWA

Free

Guidelines for the Selection of W-Beam Barrier Terminals CD, FHWA, 2006

Free

High-Performance Concrete Structural Designers' Guide CD, FHWA

Free

Highway Safety And Trees – The Delicate Balance CD, FWHA

Free

Managing Pavement Edge Drop Offs CD, FHWA

Free

Pedestrian Facility Design Training – Reference Documents CD, WSDOT 2006

Free

Roundabouts, An Informational Guide CD, FHWA, 2000

Free

Workzone Safety For Roadway Maintenance and Operations CD

Free

DVD Publications:

Danger Signs DVD, 2004

Free

Defensive Flagging: A Survivor’s Guide DVD, FHWA

Free

Driving Modern Roundabouts DVD, WSDOT, Cities of Lacey & Olympia, 2002

Free

Lightly on the Land DVD, FHWA, 2004

Free

Modern Roundabouts: Tomorrow’s Solution For Today’s Traffic DVD, City of Bellingham, WA LTAP

Free

Hard Copy Publications:

A Guide For Local Agency Pavement Managers, NWPMA, WSDOT

Free

Asset Management Primer, FHWA, 1999

Free

Data Integration Primer, FHWA, 2001

Free

Distress Identification Guide, LTAP

Free

Entering The Quiet Zone, 2002

Free

Excellence In Highway Design, 2002

Free

Flagging Handbook

Free

General Field Reference Guide (pocket sized), 2006

Free

Guidebook On Statewide Travel Forecasting

Free

Guidelines for Temporary Traffic Control, Pocket Spiral, FHWA, 2005

Free

Highway Rail Crossing Consolidation And Elimination

Free

How Long Does It Take To Secure Your Load, WSDOE

Free

Intelligent Transportation Systems – Peer To Peer Program

Free

Local Agency Pavement Management Application Guide, WSDOT, 1997

Free

Manual For Corrosion Protection Of Concrete Components In Bridges, 1992

Free

Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices – Millennium Edition, Parts 1, 5, 6

Free

Materials and Procedures for Repair of Potholes in Asphalt-Surfaced Pavements, LTPP, 2001

Free

Pavement Preservation Checklist Series
1. Crack Seal Application, FHWA, 2004

Free

2. Chip Seal Application, FHWA, 2004

Free

3. Thin Hot-Mix Asphalt Overlay, FHWA, 2004

Free

4. Fog Seal Application, FHWA, 2004

Free

5. Microsurfacing Application, FHWA, 2004

Free

6. Joint Sealing Portland Cement Concrete Pavements, FHWA, 2004

Free

7. Diamond Grinding of Portland Cement Concrete Pavements, FHWA, 2005

Free

8. Dowel-Bar Retrofit for Portland Cement Concrete Pavements Checklist, FHWA, 2005

Free

9. Partial-Depth Repair of Portland Cement Concrete Pavements, FHWA, 2005

Free

10. Full-Depth Repair of Portland Cement Concrete Pavements, FHWA, 2005

Free

11. Hot In-Place Asphalt Recycling Application Checklist, FHWA, 2005

Free

12. Cold In-Place Asphalt Recycling Application Checklist, FHWA, 2005

Free

13. Slurry Seal Application Checklist, FHWA, 2005

Free

Pavement Surface Condition Field Rating Manual for Asphalt Pavement, NWPMA, WSDOT, 1999

Free

Portable Changeable Message Sign Handbook

Free

Prevailing Wage Law, Washington State L&I

Free

Prefabricated Bridges 2004: Good Business-Best Practice, AASHTO TIG/FHWA

Free

Reflective Sheeting Identification Guide, FHWA, 2005

Free

Retroreflectivity Requirements, 2007

Free

Road Symbol Signs, FHWA, 2002

Free

Roadway Safety Training Institute Publication

Free

Roundabouts – A Safer Choice

Free

Serving Rural America

Free

StreetWise - A Simplified Local Agency Pavement Management System, WSDOT

Free

Urban Design Alternatives – Medians And Roadsides

Free

Washington Bicycle Map, WSDOT

Free

Washington Highway Map, WSDOT

Free

Washington Interstate Guide Map, WSDOT

Free

What Every City Should Know About Intelligent Transportation Systems

Free

Non-Credit Self-Study Guides Produced by WSDOT Staff Development:
The following non credit self-study guides may be obtained from the LTAP Center. An invoice will be sent with the books. Charges cover printing costs.

Basic Surveying Study Guide (Temporarily Unavailable)

$20.00

Advanced Surveying (Metric) Self Help Study Guide

$20.00

Contract Plans Reading Study Guide

$25.00

Technical Mathematics I Study Guide

$20.00

Technical Mathematics II Study Guide

$20.00

 

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