Local Training & Assistance Program (LTAP)

Upcoming Webinars, Workshops, and Grants

June 19 How Human Factors Impacts Rural Road Safety Thursday, June 19, 2025 at 9:00 am to 10:30 am AKST Organization: National Center for Rural Road Safety In this webinar you will learn what human factors are, how they impact rural road safety, and strategies you can implement in your community for mitigating this risk. For more information about this training, click here. Zoom Meeting Link
June 24 HSIP Applications of Probe Data, Safety Surrogates, and AI Tuesday, June 24, 2025 at 9:00 am to 11:00 am AKST Organization: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Recent advances in safety data sources and analysis techniques have improved the ability of transportation agencies to plan, implement, and evaluate highway safety improvements. This webinar will feature noteworthy applications of probe data, safety surrogate data, and artificial intelligence to improve safety on public roadways. For more information about this training, click here. Webinar Registration
July 8 Traffic Incident Management in Work Zones: Training for Contractors and Field Engineers Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 9:00 am to 11:00 am AKST University of Wisconsin–Madison: Work Zone Safety Grant Courses Free Course for Contractors and Field Engineers Description: This two-hour instructor-led webinar focuses on the best practices for prevention, response, and follow-up involving Work Zone Traffic Incident Management (WZ TIM). Dealing with a motor vehicle crash or similar incidents in a highway construction zone requires the combined skills of multiple personnel, including police, fire, emergency medical services (EMS), highway agency personnel, and contractor personnel. WZ TIM is more complicated than ordinary TIM because access to the incident site is often difficult, there is limited space for response operations, and multiple organizations need to be coordinated. Response can be hampered by the combined effect of incident traffic backups and construction closures. Who Should Attend: This workshop is directed toward first responders, contractors, and field engineers. Webinar Registration
July 23 Traffic Incident Management in Work Zones: Training for Contractors and Field Engineers Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 9:00 am to 11:00 am AKST University of Wisconsin–Madison: Work Zone Safety Grant Courses Free Course for Contractors and Field Engineers Description: This two-hour instructor-led webinar focuses on the best practices for prevention, response, and follow-up involving Work Zone Traffic Incident Management (WZ TIM). Dealing with a motor vehicle crash or similar incidents in a highway construction zone requires the combined skills of multiple personnel, including police, fire, emergency medical services (EMS), highway agency personnel, and contractor personnel. WZ TIM is more complicated than ordinary TIM because access to the incident site is often difficult, there is limited space for response operations, and multiple organizations need to be coordinated. Response can be hampered by the combined effect of incident traffic backups and construction closures. Who Should Attend: This workshop is directed toward first responders, contractors, and field engineers. Webinar Registration
July 31 Traffic Incident Management in Work Zones: Training for Contractors and Field Engineers Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 9:00 am to 11:00 am AKST University of Wisconsin–Madison: Work Zone Safety Grant Courses Free Course for Contractors and Field Engineers Description: This two-hour instructor-led webinar focuses on the best practices for prevention, response, and follow-up involving Work Zone Traffic Incident Management (WZ TIM). Dealing with a motor vehicle crash or similar incidents in a highway construction zone requires the combined skills of multiple personnel, including police, fire, emergency medical services (EMS), highway agency personnel, and contractor personnel. WZ TIM is more complicated than ordinary TIM because access to the incident site is often difficult, there is limited space for response operations, and multiple organizations need to be coordinated. Response can be hampered by the combined effect of incident traffic backups and construction closures. Who Should Attend: This workshop is directed toward first responders, contractors, and field engineers. Webinar Registration
August 6 Traffic Incident Management in Work Zones: Training for First Responders Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 9:00 am to 11:00 am AKST University of Wisconsin–Madison: Work Zone Safety Grant Courses Free Course for First Responders Description: This two-hour instructor-led webinar focuses on the best practices for prevention, response, and follow-up involving Work Zone Traffic Incident Management (WZ TIM). Dealing with a motor vehicle crash or similar incidents in a highway construction zone requires the combined skills of multiple personnel, including police, fire, emergency medical services (EMS), highway agency personnel, and contractor personnel. WZ TIM is more complicated than ordinary TIM because access to the incident site is often difficult, there is limited space for response operations, and multiple organizations need to be coordinated. Response can be hampered by the combined effect of incident traffic backups and construction closures. Who Should Attend: This workshop is directed toward first responders, contractors, and field engineers. Webinar Registration
August 12 Traffic Incident Management in Work Zones: Training for First Responders Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 9:00 am to 11:00 am AKST University of Wisconsin–Madison: Work Zone Safety Grant Courses Free Course for First Responders Description: This two-hour instructor-led webinar focuses on the best practices for prevention, response, and follow-up involving Work Zone Traffic Incident Management (WZ TIM). Dealing with a motor vehicle crash or similar incidents in a highway construction zone requires the combined skills of multiple personnel, including police, fire, emergency medical services (EMS), highway agency personnel, and contractor personnel. WZ TIM is more complicated than ordinary TIM because access to the incident site is often difficult, there is limited space for response operations, and multiple organizations need to be coordinated. Response can be hampered by the combined effect of incident traffic backups and construction closures. Who Should Attend: This workshop is directed toward first responders, contractors, and field engineers. Webinar Registration
October 28 Conference: Safe Routes to School Summit Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - Times are unavailable Date: October 28-30, 2025 Location: Online Cost: $99 (non-refundable) Organization: Safe Routes Partnership This three-day event will be filled with presentations and networking opportunities for Safe Routes practitioners, partners, and champions. For more information about this conference, click here. Workshop Registration
October 28 Conference: Vision Zero Cities 2025 Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - Times are unavailable Date: October 28-30, 2025 Location: New York, NY Organization: Transportation Alternatives The 12th annual Vision Zero Cities will convene global leaders dedicated to achieving Vision Zero. This gathering unites city officials, planners, engineers, advocates, scholars, and industry leaders to share insights, explore innovative strategies, and discover cutting-edge solutions for challenges facing our cities. Over three days, participants will engage in keynotes, in-depth breakouts, immersive field tours, and personalized networking, all geared towards advancing safer and fairer streets and public spaces. For more information about this conference, click here. Workshop Registration

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Find FREE Training on hundreds of topics!

NHI - National Highway Institute: all web-based courses are now free. Many of these courses have been updated in the past 3 years to include current National Standards and interactive components. The NHI system maintains a record of your completed course for future reference.

AASHTO Technical Training Solutions: over 280 free classes to Alaska.gov employees. Create an account, choose the class, and the charges are zeroed at checkout. Local Transportation partners can contact dot.training@alaska.gov for a promo code that makes many courses free! The AASHTO system maintains a record of your completed course for future reference.

SOA Continuing Education Documentation for AELS

The continuing education program aims to maintain a continuing level of competency and standards for professional architects, engineers, land surveyors, and landscape architects to promote public health, safety, and welfare within this state.

More information can be found on the Alaska State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors webpage hosted by the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.

The State of Alaska Local Training & Assistance Program (LTAP)

provides professional development opportunities to local governments, consultants, and construction companies conducting work on behalf of the State of Alaska Department of Transportation. LTAP centers help local agencies improve their roads and bridges by supplying them with various training programs, technology updates, newsletters, and personalized technical assistance.

Working in partnership with our Municipal and Rural Planning Organizations (MPOs & RPOs) and Alaskan consultants and contractors who have active State of Alaska projects, we strive to provide up-to-date training on relevant training opportunities. The mission of the Alaska LTAP is to create a more effective and diverse workforce by giving informational opportunities to all transportation partners.

The State of Alaska LTAP Team

Cina Fisher is a lifelong Alaskan raised in North Pole, Alaska, and the Circle Hot Springs mining region. Cina believes accessible information empowers people to excel at their chosen professions. After serving in the US Army, Cina returned home to a career creating, coordinating, and delivering State and Federal training specific to Alaskans.

Cina's experience includes developing training programs for the US Census Bureau -Remote Alaska Division, the Alaska National Guard, the State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, and Alaskan small businesses. During the summer, Cina enjoys the Alaskan wilderness by fishing, hunting, or berry scavenging. Her winters are full of hockey games and seeking warm beaches!

Joshua Hyde has a combined experience of 10 years working with local and international interests in geology, mining, and tourism, along with asset protection in wildland firefighting for BLM, fleet management, and employee skill development. Joshua puts his energy in the office into sharing knowledge and information so that everyone can be sure their efforts are not in vain.

Outside the office, Joshua enjoys time on the rivers and banks of the great state of Alaska, hunting, fishing, camping, kayaking, and snow machining into the White Mountains during the winter and ice fishing whenever possible. Joshua began as Training Specialist for LTAP and T2 in March of 2023.