LTAP Field Agents

Field agents provide free peer-to-peer technical assistance to local transportation agencies on request. Three field engineers provide general support within specific geographic areas in California. Two other experts in the fields of pavements and transportation planning serve public agencies statewide. Call a field expert when you need help or advice on a technical issue, or want to learn how other agencies across the state deal with issues you face. This program is funded through the California Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP).

Statewide expert on asphalt pavement Larry Santucci (bio) 510.665.3428 ITS-Tech Transfer 1301 South 46th Street, Building 155 Richmond, CA 94804 Fax: 510.665.3454 lesant@berkeley.edu		Statewide expert on transportation planning Arnie Sherwood (bio) 323.662.4446 2282 Ronda Vista Drive Los Angeles, CA 90027 Fax: 323.662.4446 asherwood@prodigy.net
Northern CA (serving Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity counties) For assistance, please e-mail askanexpert@techtransfer.berkeley.edu.		Central CA (serving Fresno, Kings, Madera, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Stanislaus, Tulare counties) Les Jorgensen (bio) 559.435.2437 2697 West Dovewood Avenue Fresno, CA 93711 itsltap@aol.com
Southern CA (serving Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties) Dave Royer (bio) 661.255.6556 23933 Via Aranda Santa Clarita, CA 91355 Fax: 661.255.6156 droyerpe@earthlink.net

On-site assistance is also available through the Traffic Safety Evaluation Program and the Pedestrian Safety Assessment Program. California jurisdictions can take advantage of these no-cost services performed by experts from the UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies Technology Transfer Program.

Larry Santucci

Pavement Expert

Larry Santucci has more than 32 years of experience in asphalt research and asphalt pavement design. As a research engineer and research manager with Chevron Research and Technology, he coordinated research and technical support on paving asphalts, industrial asphalts, asphalt emulsions and modified asphalts for Chevron sponsors. Mr. Santucci has presented several technical papers and served on numerous industry committees involved with asphalt and asphalt mix technology, including holding leadership positions with the Asphalt Institute, the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists, the Transportation Research Board, the International Society of Asphalt Pavements and the SHRP project on Asphalt-Aggregate Mixtures.

Currently, Mr. Santucci is a Pavement Specialist at the Pavement Research Center of the University of California, Berkeley. He coordinates, through the Technology Transfer Program, the design and delivery of asphalt and concrete pavement short courses, which cover topics in materials, design, construction, maintenance and rehabilitation. He also writes articles for Tech Transfer, a quarterly newsletter published by the Technology Transfer Program, on subjects of current interest to practicing engineers.

Mr. Santucci is available Tuesdays and Thursdays to answer questions, offer experiences and provide guidance on testing, design, construction, maintenance/rehabilitation and other issues regarding pavement technology.

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Arnie Sherwood

Field Planner

In September of 1999 Arnie Sherwood became the first LTAP Field Planner. His service area comprises the 43 Regional Transportation Planning Agencies (RTPAs) in California. He is currently developing and delivering customized informal trainings for RTPAs throughout the state.

Prior to his retirement from SCAG, Arnie Sherwood was the Director of Performance Assessment and Implementation. Arnie's work was varied during his 25 years at SCAG, including forecasting and demographics when he was the Director of Forecasting, Analysis and Monitoring and federal and state intergovernmental project review. He helped develop the state's Air Quality Program in the late 1970s, and was instrumental in applying ISTEA's conformity regulations on transportation and air quality conformity in the South Coast air basin in the 1990s.

Arnie, like many planners, did not start out as a planner. After receiving his Ph.D. in nuclear physics at UC San Diego in the 1960s, he did a post-doc in Paris and then a second post-doc at Berkeley's Lawrence Livermore Laboratory before moving on to the University of Arizona in Tucson as Assistant Professor of Physics. Not content with just working in physics, Arnie began taking classes at the University, pursuing his lifelong interest in architecture. One day he found himself in a planning colloquium. The rest is history. He studied for a Master of Planning degree and spent the next quarter century as a transportation planner in various roles at SCAG.

Arnie brings to Tech Transfer a solid reputation for professional achievement in transportation planning, and familiarity with a nation-wide network of experts upon which to draw for information and assistance. When asked just how his physics background has helped him in his work as a planner, Arnie replied, "Physics gives you an approach to problem-solving which is of great benefit."

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Les Jorgensen

Field Engineer

Les serves as Field Engineer for the counties in Central California. He joined LTAP after a 32-year career with the Fresno County Department of Public Works and part-time post-retirement work for the City of Madera as Director of Special Transportation Projects. Les brings a wide variety of experience to California LTAP. At the Fresno County DPW, he managed the materials testing lab, the advanced planning section, the maintenance and operations division and the design division before becoming the county's Assistant Director of Public Works. Mr. Jorgensen enjoys working with the smaller cities and making sure that smaller agencies are fully aware of the programs that are available to fund capital improvement projects.

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Dave Royer

Field Engineer

Dave Royer serves as Field Engineer for the counties in Southern California, covering the following counties: Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego. He has spent over 20 years developing and teaching many training courses for Tech Transfer. He draws upon 32 years of experience in traffic and highway engineering for the City of Los Angeles, where he served as Principal Engineer. Later, he has worked as a consultant on traffic engineering and safety projects. Dave has been an active member of several traffic engineering related committees at both the state and national levels.

Dave is no stranger to the Technology Transfer Program, having spent 20 years developing and teaching courses for ITS Extension and on traffic safety in work zones, roadside safety features and neighborhood traffic control. He is a graduate of Cal State Long Beach and is past President of the Southern California Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers.

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