Already in April, four motorcyclists have lost their lives on Iowa highways. Motorcyclists are encouraged to “ride bright” to increase their visual presence on the road. It is up to the rest of us to be on the lookout for these men and women. The task of driving deserves your full attention. Driving distracted or drunk increases the chances that you will not see these smaller vehicles on the road.
In 2013, 13 percent of the 317 traffic fatalities last year were motorcyclists. That is 41 of our friends that did not make it home to their families.
Do you see that orange “Print Page” button under the Transportation Matters for Iowa heading on this blog post? This is the Iowa DOT’s new way to make printing posts easier.
While warmer temperatures are always welcome after a particularly cold winter, the recent fluctuating temperatures, ample moisture, and aging pavements are keeping the Iowa Department of Transportation, as well as county and city road crews, busy fixing potholes and addressing other structural damage to our streets, roads, and bridges.
Why do you come to work every day? Sure, we all get paid, but to keep coming back, there is probably a deeper purpose to your daily trip from home to work. Exploring that purpose was the point of a recent Lean Six Sigma exercise by the driver’s license staff team at the Ankeny driver’s license station. The Iowa DOT has been using Lean Six sigma process improvement tools for several years to improve the way we do what we do. There are several activities associated with the process improvement method. The Ankeny driver's license station team worked through the Paper Passing Purpose Tool (P3T), to determine a purpose statement.