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Training Clearinghouse

Is your organization is sponsoring an upcoming training in or around California? If so, send an announcement to clearinghouse @techtransfer .berkeley.edu so we can include your event in the clearinghouse.

Do you need training in some aspect of transportation practice? A search in the Training Clearinghouse could lead you to just the class you need.

The Training Clearinghouse is a searchable database containing hundreds of currently scheduled classes in California and several nearby states. ITS/Tech Transfer classes are cross-listed in the Clearinghouse, along with classes offered by nearly 150 organizations from the public and private sector. Certificate programs, online classes, and major providers of customized training in California are included.

The courses in the Training Clearinghouse can be sorted by course subject, location, title, or provider. Listings are also organized into eight broad categories that make it easy for you to browse and find the course that best fits your training needs:

• Pavement and Highways
• Traffic Engineering and Operations
• Multimodal Planning and Policy
• Administration, Management, and Finance
• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Environment
• Non-auto modes
• Safety and Security

Next time you're looking for training in transportation engineering and its related fields, start at the Training Clearinghouse. It will probably be the only place you need to look. The Clearinghouse is located at www.techtransfer.berkeley.edu/clearinghouse. You'll want to bookmark it.

Going...going...gone

One of the Tech Transfer Program's most popular offerings allows California public sector professionals in the transportation field to go shopping in our library—for free!

Going... going... gone provides eligible California-serving transportation employees of city, county, regional, state, and federal agencies with transportation-related reports, journals, manuals, books, CD/DVDs, pamphlets and other materials from government and private sources.

There is no charge for the materials or shipping to those eligible, thanks to support from the California Local Technical Assistance Program and Caltrans.

Supplies are limited, so please restrict your requests to one copy of each item and no more than 12 items per order.

New materials are entered on an on-going basis, so be sure to check Going...going...gone before the item that you need is...gone.

It's easy:

• Shop our online catalog of free publications at www.techtransfer.berkeley.edu/freestuff
• Put selected items in your shopping cart
• Check-out by entering your shipping address
• Your items will arrive in about 2 weeks

Inspectors Job Guide

Need a reminder on what to look for when inspecting curbs, gutters, walks, driveways, storm sewer installations, structures, or other areas?

Need to estimate how many gallons of asphalt will be required per mile of road, how much roadway a 1000-gallon tank will cover, or how many pounds of sand, gravel or crushed stone you have in a stockpile? Answers to these questions and many others (in both English and Metric) are at your fingertips with Tech Transfer's Inspector's Job Guide and Highway Maintenance Tables in hand.

These information-packed, pocket-sized guides are newly updated and FREE on a first-come, first-served basis.

Visit Going...going... gone today to order your FREE copy: www.techtransfer.berkeley.edu/freestuff

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