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The trailer-mounted Automated Flagger Assistance Device has a remotely controlled mechanical arm that raises and lowers to direct traffic through a work zone.

ontrolling traffic through highway work zones is one of the most important – and hazardous – jobs in construction and maintenance, according to the National Safety Council. Retired Caltrans Los Flores Maintenance Station Superviso ...

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Larry Orcutt

It was in the late 1980s, as a first-time Caltrans resident engineer, working to build the Gibson Interchange on the northernmost part of Interstate 5 in District 2, that Larry Orcutt said he learned the most. “It was trial under ...

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Errant drivers are a constant threat to Caltrans workers. In less than a month, collisions involving errant drivers injured one Caltrans employee and killed another. The California Transportation Foundation has created assistance ...

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Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty (on the right) stands with Capital Outlay Support Program Deputy District 12 Director Adnan Maiah, who won the Charles H. Purcell Award at the California Transportation Foundation’s annual Transportation Award ceremony in May.

The CTF held its 28th Annual CTF Transportation Awards ceremony in May and recognized California’s 2016 transportation achievements in all modes. Winners from the public and private sector, and from all regions of the state were r ...

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