8/19/2011

Highway safety
ITD working to reduce single-vehicle run-off-road crashes, fatalities
A wide-open stretch of rural roadway may lull drivers into complacency. No jockeying for lane position or suffocating cluster of cars and trucks in sight. It’s just open road and the rhythmic sound of tires gliding over pavement. Sadly, it’s also when too many motorists die in single-vehicle crashes.
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Highway safety
ITD urges caution for motorists, children as schools reopen
Playgrounds and classrooms, lonely places for the past three months, are attracting crowds again as schools across Idaho open for the academic year. School openings, while exciting for children, their parents and teachers, also bring renewed traffic concerns.
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Highway safety
Prepare for safe walks to school
ITD recommends that children walk to school if they live within a reasonable distance and if they can do so safely. The added daily physical activity promotes good health, reduces congestion, improves air quality and saves natural resources while teaching children important traffic safety skills.  
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Highway safety
School bus operations demand motorist attention
Motorists should be keenly aware of the risks that accompany the reopening of schools as more children use sidewalks and bicycle paths. But drivers also need to watch for buses transporting children to and from schools in the morning and afternoon.
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Highway safety
ITD emphasizes safe driving choices during Labor Day holiday weekend
Labor Day picnics and activities offer people many choices, from what to eat to what to do. One important choice ITD encourages everyone to make is to not drive impaired. Law enforcement officers throughout Idaho will be participating in a high-visibility impaired driving education and enforcement campaign Aug. 26-Sept. 6.
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Employees
Credit union urges students to do homework before college
Whether you or your children are heading back to school or even just looking at colleges, conversations of how much will it cost always comes up. As you explore options, a plan to anticipate the costs of school can drastically impact the costs of education.
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Employees
Understanding insurance terms important to decision-making
You wouldn't try to navigate a foreign country without knowing at least something about the culture before you visited, would you? Health insurance is a foreign subject for a lot of people and understanding the basics can help you navigate your coverage.
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Encore (8-12-11): NHTSA plans review of state's traffic record data-collection system
Idaho’s system for collecting and storing traffic records is due for a check-up. Representatives from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which provides federal grants to fund a variety of Idaho highway safety programs, will conduct a detailed review of how ITD manages traffic safety information.
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Bridges
Encore (8-12-11): Ten Mile Interchange featured in bridge magazine
The following feature appeared in the Summer 2011 edition of Aspire Magazine, which focuses on bridge design and construction. The quarterly publication featured Idaho's I-84/Ten Mile Interchange, completed in May. The I-84/Ten Mile Road Interchange project in Meridian, will add much needed interstate access for a growing community.
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Highways
Encore (8-12-11): Kiwanis chapter, Payette County inmates to be honored for cleanups
Two diverse groups that share a common commitment will be honored next week for keeping highways clean in southwest Idaho. Gem State Kiwanis, a civic organization founded a half-century ago, will be honored as the District 3 Adopt-A-Highway small group of the year. The Idaho Transportation Board also will honor the Payette County Sheriff’s inmate labor program as the large group of the year.
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GIS & engineering
Encore (8-12-11): Utah delegates explain how GIS benefits planning, design
Three Utah Department of Transportation representatives discussed the successful integration of geographic information systems, design and planning to an inquisitive audience at Headquarters Monday. More than 70 employees, representing a broad cross-section of ITD disciplines, learned how UDOT combines GIS into highway engineering.
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