The Center for Local Aid Support (CLAS) team is the conduit for connecting Local agencies, Tribes and Federal Land Management Agencies to innovative market-ready deployment opportunities that can be used on our nation's highways to save lives, project delivery time, and money. Through Innovation Exchange webinars, we are bringing cutting-edge transportation leaders to the table […]

Safety Service Patrol programs play an important role in traffic incident management (TIM) by assisting stranded motorists, supporting responders, reducing roadway clearance times, and helping prevent secondary crashes.  The upcoming Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Talking TIM webinar will highlight research, good practices, and resources developed to help agencies strengthen and improve their Safety Service Patrol […]

The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Office of Operations is collaborating with the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) to host a bimonthly webinar series on road weather management (RWM). These webinars, called the Road Weather Spotlight Series, align with the mission of the FHWA RWM Program to inform stakeholders and improve […]

New Jersey DOT and many other states have adopted the Toward Zero Deaths initiative This workshop will introduce the Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) road safety strategy, the background of the zero deaths philosophy, and the latest roadway fatality trends. It will identify the six emphasis areas in the TZD National Strategy and explain the importance […]

This webinar will focus on Partnering with Universities for Traffic Management System Support. The partnerships between or procuring services transportation agencies (i.e., state/local DOTs, traffic management systems (TMSs) or centers (TMCs)) and academia is a common practice with several benefits to all partners, yet the nature and role of these partnerships or opportunities is often […]

Industry Day will showcase deployable technologies and practical pathways to implementation for improving bridge safety, assessment and management while addressing adoption barriers. Presentations will include a mix of emerging and existing technologies without widespread penetration among bridge owners in the United States. This national forum will bring together leaders from federal, state, city, and county […]