9/1/2017

ITD Innovation
Best of the Best employee voting now open!
It has been an exciting year of innovation at ITD. We have now saved more than $5 million, 162,000 hours, and improved our customer service and performance measures for the citizens of Idaho. Fiscal Year 2017 was a banner year, and we need your input to select the Best of the Best from the past year.
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Innovation - DEPP
ITD concrete innovation saves on bridge projects to get traffic flowing quicker
Maintaining the country’s bridge infrastructure while reducing impacts to the public is a challenge across our country – it has also created an opportunity to innovate new technologies and techniques.
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Innovation - District 6
TTA Bootcamp clears career-development path for new maintenance employees
Already seeing an influx of new Transportation Techs and anticipating even more in coming years, District 6 recently developed a "TTA Bootcamp" to get those new employees acclimated to a career in the Idaho Transportation Department.
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Public Transportation
Public Transportation summit provides next steps
The Public Transportation summit in Boise in late July provided a few highlights and some takeaways. With more than 70 in attendance, including providers, stakeholders and transit advocates, some valuable insights illuminated a path moving forward. 
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Innovation - District 6
Simple varnish fix yields big savings
Mechanic Brandon Thurber and colleagues at the District 6 shop lamented that aluminum valves, floor plates, and mounting covers on truck frames needed to be replaced twice a year because of salt corrosion. So, they decided to do something about it. The solution was simple.
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ITD InMotion
ITD projects incorporate best business practices, construction methods
ITD is implementing efficient business practices and construction methods statewide. They include a project to repave Interstate 84 in Canyon County over the course of just four weekends this summer, bridge hydrodemolition on I-15 in eastern Idaho, and a series of projects affecting drivers in the Coeur d'Alene region.
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Innovation - District 4
Low-cost magnetic sweeper could save tires, enhance mobility
A simple idea out of District 4 could help prevent flat tires, with a magnetic sweeper mounted to a patrol vehicle. Best of all, the innovation could help more than just ITD employees.
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Innovation - Admin.
Improving supply and inventory in the districts
Step into the typical ITD shed and you will find hundreds of tools, parts, and pieces of equipment. Staying on top of the rotating and consumable list of inventory items can be a logistical nightmare, but new business plans are finding efficiencies and improving service.
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District 1 - Public Safety
Ah Yee's premonition proves prophetic
When District 1 Port of Entry Inspector Chance Yee interacted with a driver who was slow in his response to questions, he became concerned. He ordered to drive to park. Good thing.
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District 6
ITD planning saves the day
Eclipse preparations in District 6 accounted for almost every scenario — even a ricocheting bullet.
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Innovation - Admin.
Division of Administration Innovation Steward Profile: Michelle Doane
Great ideas generated out in the field aren't always getting submitted into the innovation funnel. The main culprit is not an unwillingness, but rather just not knowing how. So to remove that barrier, innovation stewards were added in each district and division to facilitate the submission of ideas.
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