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Iowa DOT’s self-contained, one-person pothole machine creates safer and more efficient patching

Earlier this year, the DOT purchased the state’s first self-contained one-person pothole filling machine.

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July 1, 2025
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ADA Sidewalk Program Completes 100th Community

We often take sidewalks for granted. They’re always under our feet. The Iowa DOT is making more ADA sidewalks available in communities under 5,000 residents.

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June 18, 2025
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Roadside Chat - Visiting Loved Ones Gone Or Alive - Don't Text & Drive

Are you hitting the road this long weekend to see friends and family, or to visit loved ones’ gravesites? You’re not alone.

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May 23, 2025
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Roadside Chat - Pomp/Circumstance, Celebrate Wisely, Drive Sober

Roadside Chat blog featuring graduation celebrations and driving sober.

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May 16, 2025
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Roadside Chat - Drive Like Mom - Eyes In The Back Of Your Head

As we celebrate mothers this weekend, how could we be better drivers if we were more like mom?

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May 9, 2025
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Roadside Chat - Best Life Insurance You Can Buy-Buckle Your Belt

There’s an old adage that you can't put a value on human life, but insurance companies manage to make an offer.

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May 2, 2025
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Roadside Chat - Respect the Work Zone So We All Get Home

May 16, 2024, started out like any other workday for Matt Dickerson, an employee at the Iowa DOT Neola Garage. But our co-worker never made it home.

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April 25, 2025
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Mobility Partnership Helps Individuals Drive New Starts After Prison

The Iowa DOT is dedicated to helping incarcerated individuals regain their driving privileges before leaving Iowa’s prison system.

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April 18, 2025
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Roadside Chat - Who's on First, What's on Second, Belts are Homers

There should be no misunderstanding about whether everyone in your family should wear their seatbelt, especially children.

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April 18, 2025
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Roadside Chat - Reckless Driving is Taxing on Your Life

Every time you get behind the wheel, you can choose to drive responsibly, or you can drive aggressively and put lives at risk.

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April 11, 2025
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Roadside chat – Safe Drivers Save Lives, So Do Organ Donors

In April we observe National Donate Life Month. Organ and tis­sue dona­tion is a gift that saves and heals hun­dreds of thou­sands of lives each year.

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April 4, 2025
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Roadside chat – Best Offense is Good Defense, Head Up/Phone Down

Like good defensive play, you can’t let yourself get distracted by anything that’s happening off the roadway.

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March 28, 2025
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Roadside chat – Bet Your Bracket but Trust Your Belt

Trusting your seatbelt to hold you in place during a crash? Now, that's a slam dunk.

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March 21, 2025
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Roadside chat – PI is infinite, life is not. Drive smart

As the world’s infinite, non-repeating pattern, Pi may go on forever. Our lives do not. Follow these tips to ensure you don’t become a driving statistic

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March 13, 2025
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Roadside chat – Buckle up, every seat like clockwork

Tomorrow night, we turn our clocks ahead one hour and spring forward. Clicking our seatbelts should be like clockwork too.

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March 6, 2025
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