by sandiw | Jan 6, 2023 | LTAP
Calling all innovators! You are never afraid to cut something down, weld something up, repurpose the thing, or find a whole new way to use a tool to achieve cheaper, faster, easier, and safer results. Maybe it starts out as a harebrained scheme, but it ends up...
by sandiw | Dec 1, 2022 | LTAP
Much of Delaware Avenue in Newark is now six travel lanes. Two vehicle lanes and a sidewalk on either side have now been joined by two bike lanes. The Delaware Avenue Separated Bikeway opened the second week of November, providing a dedicated pair of bicycle...
by sandiw | Dec 1, 2022 | LTAP
We are nearly a year into the “new” Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) and many local agencies have sorted out their approach, but there remains some pain, struggling, and confusion here and there. If you have employees that require a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)...
by sandiw | Dec 1, 2022 | LTAP
There were 15 fatalities from trenching and excavation work in 2021, but in the first six months of 2022, we already saw 22 such fatalities. Simply put, these are avoidable. We know how to avoid them. We can truly get to zero deaths from trench collapses. Why don’t...
by sandiw | Nov 2, 2022 | LTAP
Training for your snow and ice fighters is important to keep their skills sharp, remind them of risks, and increase safety for roadway users and themselves. Training can take many forms and one of those is the use of a snowplow simulator. In the past, snowplow...
by sandiw | Nov 2, 2022 | LTAP
You have a list of things you keep meaning to get to. We all do. You convince yourself things will quiet down next spring and you can get at them. You don’t. We all have them. You convince yourself that only you can do them. Sometimes that’s true, but a lot of...
