LTAP/TTAP Data Performance Overview2012 LTAP/TTAP National Conference: Grapevine,

TX

2011 Performance Report Highlights

2011 PAR Points for LTAP/TTAP• Steady growth in total training provided• Highway safety and infrastructure

management sessions steadily increasing• Number of participants increasing after a 2

year decline• Steady increase in reported technical

assistance provided• Predominant interest in peer-to-peer

information sharing

LTAP/TTAP PAR Dashboard Data

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Sessions 5,175 5,009 5,150 5,238 5,355Participants 138,866 155,293 141,402 148,760 151,075Participant Hours 861,991 940,187 836,501 911,630 889,756

Newsletter Circulation 349,877 373,322 363,885 387,720 336,135

Total FTE 3.36 3.31 3.35 3.37 3.24

LTAP/TTAP Training Distribution

17%

26%

27%

30%

2011 Participant Hours by Focus Area

Worker SafetyWorkforce Devel-opmentHighway SafetyInfrastructure Management

LTAP/TTAP Training Distribution

60%

4%

17%

19%

2011 Breakdown of Participants

LocalTribalStateFederal & Other

NLTAPA/FHWA Joint Safety Program

Strategic Focus on Safety • Goal: Achieve the fullest possible integration of

roadway safety into the program

“By strategically managing our safety efforts, we can bring

greater alignment to our work and ensure we use our resources in

an efficient and effective way. Safety has always been a

cornerstone of LTAP/TTAP and this more strategic focus will

enable the Program to provide even more effective services to

our local customers and safety stakeholders.”

--NLTAPA Endorsement Statement, August 2011

Working as a Joint Program• Maintain, manage and grow road safety

partnerships with key external stakeholders (National LTAP Association)• AASHTO, APWA, NACE relationships

• Create and maintain a tool kit of road safety resources for Centers; Greater liaison with Office of Safety, Resource Center (FHWA)

• Implement road safety activities and initiatives (LTAP/TTAP Centers)

2011 Performance Report Details:

Safety

LTAP/TTAP Highway Safety Dashboard Data

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Sessions 1,526 1,508 1,499 1,456 1,622

Participants 38,951 38,988 38,479 36,501 40,235Participant Hours 227,204 239,811 207,755 209,029 233,710

Data on Center Safety Activities• Categorized by primary LTAP/TTAP functions

• Training & Education• Technical Assistance• Communications & Marketing • Technology Transfer• Local Liaison & Participation

• Organized by level of effort, ease of implementation, etc.

Training and Education Activities• Most identified activities:

• Provide relevant courses to impact specific needs (46)

• Collaborate with FHWA and DOTs (46)• Coordinate existing training opportunities for

locals (37)• Connect to relevant FHWA NHI/Resource

Center training opportunities (31)• Identify gaps in available road safety

training (29)

Training and Education Activities• Opportunities?

• Develop a training module on Strategic Highway Safety Plan (4)

• Develop a targeted training and education plan addressing safety challenges (16)

• Coordinate with TTAP Centers to maximize resource sharing (19)

• Offer a multidisciplinary safety workshop (e.g. Road Safety 365) (21)

Technical Assistance Activities• Most identified activities:

• Provide site visit assistance (36)• Access, review and analyze crash data (32)• Perform RSAs and/or coordinate RSAs with

others (27)

Technical Assistance Activities• Opportunities?

• Develop local road safety plans (7)• Conduct a local agency outreach program

(e.g. safety circuit rider) (15)• Participate in local/regional road safety

coalitions (20)• Provide assistance to access available safety

funding (27)

Communications and Marketing Activities• Most identified activities:

• Promote the value of LTAP/TTAP as a safety partner (37)

• Share training opportunities within and beyond LTAP/TTAP (35)

• Include road safety messages in all center communications and marketing strategies (33)

Communications and Marketing Activities• Opportunities?

• Develop specific messages from SHSP, GHSR to local agencies (8)

• Define how the SHSP impacts local agencies (19)

• Share local road safety successes (28)

Technology Transfer Activities• Most identified activities:

• Run loaner programs for technologies and tools (26)

• Opportunity?• Create safety briefing for elected officials

(19)

Local Liaison and Participation Activities• Most identified activities:

• Coordinate with DOT safety office (40)• Include DOT or FHWA safety staff on Center

advisory boards (29)• Crash data access and analysis (28)

Local Liaison and Participation Activities• Opportunities?

• Create safety briefing for elected officials (7)• Represent locals on traffic data

coordination/collection groups (11)• Represent locals on the SHSP planning and

implementation groups (17)• Coordinate with DOT local access to HSIP

funding (17)

National Summary• First program-wide view of LTAP/TTAP safety

activities is now available• Centers are increasing their roadway safety

training and technical assistance in response to the joint safety program

• Findings from PAR better enable FHWA Technology Partnership Programs to identify specific needs to FHWA Resource Center and Office of Safety

National Summary

“By having ‘a seat at the table’ on the state SHSP, it is our Center’s belief that we have coordinated with our DOT safety office, field personnel and other relevant DOT offices to the greatest extent possible on local safety issues.”

--Ohio LTAP

Jeff ZaharewiczLTAP/TTAP Program Manager

(703) 235-0991jeffrey.zaharewicz@dot.gov

Cameron IshaqStrategy and Management Consultant

(703) 235-0525cameron.ishaq@dot.gov

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