Quality Quick Takes

June, 2009
Snapshots of quality-related highway developments

Vermont Ads Feature Highway Workers: “Stay Alert!” in Work Zones

Two Vermont highway workers deliver the message to slow down, stay alert and put away cell phones when traveling through roadway work zones.

Listen to the latest ads from Vermont Highway workers Tom Lewis and Sandy Balzanelli.

www.aot.state.vt.us

New York Gives GreenLITES to Quality Transportation Projects

NYDOT’s “GreenLITES” improves the quality of State’s transportation infrastructure by stressing sustainability. Program targets minimal impacts to the environment, including a reduction in the depletion of irreplaceable resources.

www.nysdot.gov/programs/greenlites

Self-certification program measures performance, recognizes good design practices and provides a way to demonstrate to the driving public how sustainable practices are being advanced on the road.

Kansas T-LINK Calculator Offers Novel Approach to Transportation

Users create a theoretical transportation program and submit it to the Transportation-Leveraging Investments in Kansas (T-LINK) Task Force for consideration. The task force is charged with examining the state of transportation in Kansas and developing recommendations for a new, strategic approach to future transportation needs.

Participants make assumptions about current/new funding sources, allocate revenues among several modes of transportation, then allocate funding on a variety of transportation modes.

www.kansastlink.com

"Between the Barrels" Educates Tennessee Students on Work Zone Safety

New, high-tech, interactive presentation is supplied to Tennessee high schools at no cost in order to reduce the chances of young drivers being involved in dangerous work zone accidents.

"Between the Barrels" provides work zone tips, links, laws and signs to know, as well as special sections designed specifically for students, parents and teachers.

www.tdot.state.tn.us/wzsafety/

Indiana Makes Major Moves

"Major Moves" keeps Hoosiers in the know as a one-stop source for everything about Indiana's transportation and jobs program.

Site includes wide range of information, from active highway construction work and plans for upcoming projects to dollars expended on local transportation and up-to-the-second calculations of interest earned on "Major Moves" funds.

www.in.gov/indot/7039.htm

North Carolina Dashboard Measures and Improves Performance

NCDOT deploys Dashboard with real time updates to display how effectively it is connecting people and places, safely and efficiently, with accountability and environmental sensitivity.

The Dashboard serves as an indicator of how well NCDOT is meeting its mission and goals.

www.ncdot.org/programs/dashboard/

Quality Words to Live By

"Quality has to be caused, not controlled."
Phil Crosby

"Quality, quality, quality; never waiver from it, even when you don't see how you can afford to keep it up. When you compromise you become a commodity and then you die."
Gary Hirshberg

"The quality of expectations determines the quality of our action."
Andre Godin

"You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal."
William S. Burroughs

"It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality."
Max Beerbohm

For more information:
Bob Templeton, P.E.
Executive Director
National Partnership for Highway Quality
12009 W. Highway 290, Suite 4
Austin, Texas 78737
Tel (512) 301-9899
Fax (512) 301-9897
btemplenphq@aol.com
www.NPHQ.org

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