Baystate Roads

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Welcome to the Baystate Roads Program. Established in 1986, the Baystate Roads Program is a cooperative effort of the Federal Highway Administration, Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Our Program Manager, Christopher J. Ahmadjian, provides technology transfer assistance to all communities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Check out the video below emphasizing the importance of Traffic Incident Management Training. Manage to Survive: Traffic Incident Management for First Responders, prepared by the IACP in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration. Then join us for a live Webinar on Traffic Incident Management Training: Helping to get your Partners Trained, on June 19 at Union Station in Worcester. For more information click on our "Workshops" link at the top of this page.

News

Traffic Incident Management Training: Helping to get your Partners Trained (EDC Webinar)

05/29/2013 (3 weeks ago)

Aldo Villani

Join the Federal Highway Administration, the Baystate Roads Program and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for a presentation on the Traffic Incident Management National Training Program via a live webinar on June 19, 2013.

Come join us for lunch and discussion prior to the webinar beginning at 11:30 am followed by the live webinar from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the:
CMRPC Training Room
Union Station
2 Washington Square
Worcester, MA 01604

Berkshire County Highway Superintendent's Association to sponsor Driver Skills and Safety Training

05/29/2013 (3 weeks ago)

Aldo Villani

The Berkshire County Highway Superintendent's Association is pleased to sponsor this 2013 Driver Skills and Safety Training Event. This event is designed to demonstrate teamwork, safety awareness, and vehicle operating skills in a competitive, fun setting. Please note that this event is exclusively being offered for the communities of the Berkshire County geographic area and its local Highway/Municipal Departments.

TCHSA Driver Skills and Safety Training

05/21/2013 (4 weeks, 1 day ago)

Aldo Villani

The Massachusetts Tri-County Highway Superintendent's Association is pleased to sponsor the 2013 Driver Skills and Safety Training Event. This event is designed to demonstrate teamwork, safety awareness, and vehicle operating skills in a competitive, fun setting. Please note that this event is offered for the Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden County geographic areas and its local highway and municipal departments only.

How To Read Municipal Plans Workshop Images Posted on Flickr

05/15/2013 (1 month, 4 days ago)

Aldo Villani

For all those who attended our workshop series on "How To Read Municipal Plans", we have posted images of the plans used for the workshops to the Baystate Roads Program's Flickr site. You can view the plans by clicking on the link below.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/baystateroads/sets/

FHWA-NHI-380095 Geometric Design: Applying flexibility and risk management workshop scheduled

04/17/2013 (2 months, 2 days ago)

Aldo Villani

Highway designers often face complex trade-offs when developing projects. Applying flexibility and risk management in highway design requires more than simply assembling geometric elements from the available tables, charts and equations of design criteria. This course provides participants with knowledge of the functional basis of critical design criteria to enable informed decisions when applying engineering judgment and flexibility. The course exercises and case studies provide practical applications of current knowledge from research and operational experience of human factors and safety effects for various design elements.

Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to: