About Us

As a result of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and its provisions, LTAP has been able to expand its services to include urbanized areas between 50,000 and 1 million population. We are now providing LTAP services to the entire state of Texas with the exception of three large urbanized areas. This new comprehensive program will satisfy tasks similar to those of RTAP. Additionally, the urban branch of training emphasizes problems unique to urban areas such as traffic signals, congestion management, and traffic management systems while the rural section continues to focus on improving the performance of local roads and bridges. LTAP is funded jointly by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) . The Texas Engineering Extension Service's (TEEX) Engineering, Utilities and Public Works Training Institute (EUPWTI) is an integral part of the team transferring current technology and providing appropriate training to local governments to increase the cost effectiveness of their road maintenance and repairs.

In order to meet the requirements of this contract and partnership, LTAP maintains a current mailing list; prepares and distributes a quarterly newsletter; distributes technology transfer materials; and provides local government officials with requested technical assistance, seminars, workshops and conferences. Nearly 3000 technical publications and over 350 videotapes are available through the center's collection. Publications and tapes cover topics such as seal coats, potholes, work zone traffic control, motor grader operations and roadway drainage, and are usually obtained free of charge. The videotape listing has been revised to delete tapes of poor audio/visual quality and new tapes are added to the collection by listing them in the "Milepost" each quarter. Nearly 500 videos were loaned out this fiscal year.

Cities and counties continued to take advantage of the new Texas Road Scholar Training Program which was introduced last year as a low cost training program for improving road and bridge maintenance skills. LTAP is truly an alliance between FHWA, TxDOT and the counties and cities of Texas. FHWA and TxDOT provide funding, LTAP provides the expertise and information, and cities and counties provide new ideas, requests and feedback.