Transportation Center

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	Training & Technology Transfer Tennessee Transportation Assistance Program (TTAP)

The Federally initiated Local Transportation Assistance Program (LTAP) is a special program set up by the Federal Highway Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation. This program is funded and backed by the U.S. Congress with FHWA putting in fifty percent of the funds and the agency housing the state arm putting in the other fifty percent. In Tennessee, the Tennessee Department of Transportation contributes twenty-five percent of the funds, and The University of Tennessee, through the Transportation Center, provides the remaining twenty-five percent.

The purpose of LTAP is to provide assistance to local governmental transportation agencies through training, advisory service and the transfer of technology through demonstrations, road shows, literature, videos, and other available resources. In the past, LTAP has been referred to as the Technology Transfer Program or the T2 program. In Tennessee, the program is called the Tennessee Transportation Assistance Program, or TTAP.

TTAP offers a number of short courses, workshops, and seminars each year around the state. The courses are generally free to local governmental transportation employees and range from a course on gravel road maintenance to courses on traffic signal installation, operation, and maintenance. Pothole patching, work zone traffic control, and safety in the workplace are examples of workshops presented by TTAP. Examples of direct assistance include traffic counts with classification and speed analysis, traffic signal and intersection analysis, sign and roadway inventory, pavement management, and assisting a newly incorporated city in learning about the needs and operation of its local street and road system.

Project Sponsor		Completion Date	Contract Amount
Technology Transfer Program for Local Highway/Transportation Agencies Tennessee Department of Transportation		12/31/95	$578,857
Technical Assistance for Governor's Highway Safety Program Traffic Sign Grant for Small Cities and Counties in Tennessee Tennessee Department of Transportation		09/30/96	$6,000

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