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Free Training Videos Available Online

No cost...No travel...No waiting...Just training...Now available on your desktop.

We've added on-line, available 24/7, streaming videos∗ to our Training Library. Use these videos to train yourself or your staff. Dozens of videos are now available, and dozens more will be added over the next few months.

Here's just a sample of streaming videos now available in our Video Library:

Gravel Road Maintenance: Meeting the Challenge

Minnesota Local Technical Assistance Program, 2006
#ST-717, 21 minutes

Forest Service Road Maintenance Series

(5-part series)
USDA Forest Service, 2002
#ST-416 A-E, 1 hour 24 minutes

Pothole Patching

Illinois Department of Transportation, no date
#ST-718, 30 minutes

Loading, Transporting & Unloading Heavy Equipment

Iowa Department of Transportation, 1999
#ST-596, 12 minutes

Paving Safety

Iowa Department of Transportation, 1998
#ST-598, 11 minutes

Grading Safety

Iowa Department of Transportation, 1997
#ST-591, 14 minutes

Accessible Sidewalks:
Design Issues for Pedestrians with Disabilities

(4-part series)
US Access Board, 2002
#ST-566, 41 minutes

Dangerous Travelers: Controlling Invasive Plants Along America's Roadways

USDA Forest Service and USDOT Federal Highway Administration, 2006
#ST-702, 26 minutes

Meth Labs: California's Hidden Danger

California Department of Justice, 2000
#ST-704, 18 minutes

Meth Lab Waste Recognition

Colorado Department of Transportation, 2004,
#ST-703, 8 minutes

Multimedia Loans

And, as always, we have nearly 700 videotapes, CD-ROMs and DVDs in our collection, all of which are available for loan from the Institute of Transportation Studies Library. Thanks to LTAP funding, material is mailed from the Transportation Library at no charge to employees of California's local, state and regional transportation agencies. Browse the on-line catalog, then place your order at our Video Library. It's that simple.

∗Streaming videos require Windows Media Player.

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