5/17/2013

Transportation board
Board schedules meeting, tour of D-5 routes
The Idaho Transportation Board will visit southeast Idaho as part of its May business meeting and tour Wednesday and Thursday. The District 5 tour starts in Pocatello Wednesday morning and travels south to Preston and returns later in the day. Board members will meet with local officials in Preston and Chubbuck.
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Leadership
Director to discuss transportation policies, funding
ITD Director Brian Ness will describe how transportation decisions are made and implemented as part of “A Road Map to Transportation Policy,” organized by the Idaho Business Review.
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Outstanding Customer Service
ITD hosts quartet of conferences with precision
What began as a subcommittee meeting on information systems for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) morphed – or snowballed, says Jackie Lynskie – into a party of four, concurrent and overlapping conferences.
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Highway safety
Team discusses strategies at annual safety summit
Sharing ideas for eliminating motor-vehicle deaths on Idaho highways brought more than 220 law enforcement officers and highway safety professionals together as “One Team” for the 2013 Highway Safety Summit recently in Coeur d’Alene.
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Outstanding Customer Service
Walking a mile in an engineer's shoes
Ryan Landers, a sophomore at Cascade High School, worked with Human Resource Services (HRS) staff to schedule a day of professional observation in April. Michelle George and Cindy Fosella of HRS put him in touch with Nestor Fernandez, who in turn scheduled quality learning time with four ITD engineers.
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Accolades
CE News honors Brinkman as a 'Rising Star'
Civil Engineering News features ITD’s Jason Brinkman among the nation’s top “rising stars” of the engineering field in its current edition of the online magazine CE News. Bob Drake, editor of the magazine, announced Brinkman’s inclusion in the prestigious group in March.
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Employees
District 2 initiates annual roadeo series
A different breed of cowboys will strap on their boots, mount up and chew the dust as the annual roadeo competition resumes in Idaho this spring. Equipment operators and snowplow drivers from District 2 initiated the ITD Roadeo circuit that tests driving skills and equipment knowledge, Tuesday at Dworshak Dam near Orofino.
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Highway safety
D-3 flattening median, reducing roadside distractions
District 3’s maintenance crews will work this summer to improve safety along two critical highway corridors -- on Interstate 84 east of Boise and on Idaho 55 about three miles north of Donnelly.
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Highway safety
Click it to protect lives, reduce injury, save money
Protecting lives, reducing serious injury and saving Idahoans money may be as simple as clicking a seat belt so will support efforts to increase statewide safety restraint use May 20-June 2. More than 70 Idaho law enforcement agencies will participate in the high-visibility mobilization effort
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Aeronautics
Vintage aviation film to be shown Thursday
The Idaho State Archives will sponsor its second Night of Flight film series at 2205 Old Pen Road in Boise. The evening will feature one of the vintage 16mm Division of Aeronautics films recently donated to the archives from a local resident.
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Alternative transportation
BSU Bike Congress looks at economics of bicycling
Boise State University's Community Bicycle Congress presents a workshop for business and civic leaders, advocates and all interested members of the community: "Bike-Friendly Business Districts," Thursday, May 30, at Boise State University.
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Employees
Encore (5-10-13): A week to celebrate
As State Employee Appreciation Week winds down at ITD, the Idaho Transportation Board and ITD's Executive Team offer their sincere thanks for all that each of you do to make Idaho such a great state.
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Highways
Encore (5-10-13): Oh, that sinking feeling
Monday night (May 6) ITD maintenance crews responded to a great depression on Idaho 78 east of Givens Hot Springs, near Marsing. The culprits, as they were in the tragic death last summer of Sonia Lopez, were gophers that undermined the roadway, causing the surface to weaken and sag.
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Technology
Encore (5-10-13): GIS symposium looks at emerging technologies
Delegates from throughout the U.S., Canada and abroad converged in Boise this week for four concurrent technology expositions: the 26th annual Geospatial Information Systems for Transportation symposium, AASHTO’s Administrative Subcommittee on Information Systems (ASIS), the Transportation Research Board and a Business Intelligence Peer Review.
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Outstanding Customer Service
Encore (5-10-13): Construction bid information goes digital
In its continuing effort to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of its services, ITD changed the way it issues construction bid material. It now uses Quest Construction Data Network (QuestCDN) services to bring contractors online digital project advertisements and digital project bidding documents.
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Aeronautics
Encore (5-10-13): Career options 'looking up' for ACE teens
Navigating small airplanes, controlling air traffic and exploring Blackhawk helicopters are all part of the Aviation Career Exploration (ACE) Academy, June 24-26 in Boise, hosted by ITD’s Division of Aeronautics.
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