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What Drives You Iowa
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Roadside Chat - Gambling with safety means betting your life

Odds are you sometimes take risks when you’re behind the wheel. Combining some dangerous behaviors, greatly increases the risk.

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February 23, 2024
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For Employees
Transportation Matters

Personnel updates for Feb. 2 to Feb. 15, 2024

Personnel information supplied by the Business Systems Bureau.

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February 22, 2024
Innovation
Transportation Matters

Modern equipment requires modern testing methods

Learn how technology is changing the way we test the skills of the people behind the wheel of large commercial trucks.

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February 19, 2024
Roadside Chat
Transportation Matters

Roadside Chat - Cruise at a safe speed or risk a shipwreck

When various conditions are met, the speed limit posted on signs in the area is what has been determined as a safe speed.

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February 16, 2024
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Roadside Chat
What Drives You Iowa
Transportation Matters

Roadside Chat - What's more relevant than driving sober?

If you’re celebrating the Super Bowl or any other occasion, find a sober ride.

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February 9, 2024
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For Employees
Transportation Matters

Personnel updates for Jan. 19 to Feb. 1, 2024

Personnel information supplied by the Business Systems Bureau.

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February 9, 2024
Innovation
Transportation Matters News
Transportation Matters

Using data to visualize construction projects in a new way

Read how the Iowa DOT uses augmented reality to connect images, documents, and numbers for construction and maintenance projects.

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February 2, 2024
Roadside Chat
What Drives You Iowa
Transportation Matters

Roadside Chat - Click-Drive-Repeat

Whether we’re in for more winter weather or an early spring, one thing is worth repeating every time you get into a vehicle – buckling your seat belt.

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February 2, 2024
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Transportation Matters

February 2024 Service awards

Award information provided by the Business Systems Bureau.

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February 1, 2024
Transportation Matters News
Traffic Incident Management
Transportation Matters

Above and beyond – Just a few stories from the snowstorms of January 2024

Read a few stories about the things our snow fighters have done to make sure you can safely get to where you need to go.

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January 30, 2024
Transportation Matters News
Transportation Matters

Saving a life – All in a day’s work for these two from the Williams garage

Learn how two staff from the Iowa DOT's Williams garage followed their core values to help save a life.

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January 30, 2024
Roadside Chat
What Drives You Iowa
Transportation Matters

Roadside Chat - Excuse for not buckling? Bet it's a killer.

It’s National Passenger Safety Week. If you choose not to wear a seat belt, what’s your excuse? Decades of research show that seat belts save lives.

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January 26, 2024
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For Employees
Transportation Matters

Personnel updates for Jan. 5 to Jan. 18, 2024

Personnel information supplied by the Business Systems Bureau.

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January 25, 2024
Roadside Chat
What Drives You Iowa
Transportation Matters

Roadside Chat - You resolved to not text & drive. How's that going?

One resolution that you should never let fall by the wayside is getting to your destination safely every trip you make.

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January 19, 2024
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Roadside Chat
What Drives You Iowa
Transportation Matters

Roadside Chat - Slid off road? Stay inside to stay alive

If you end up off in the ditch or shoulder and you’re not able to get your vehicle back on the road safely, the best thing to do is stay inside the vehicle.

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January 12, 2024
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