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Asset Management - Making it Happen
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Michigan's LTAP and the Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC) have partnered to provide five different levels of asset management training to local agencies in Michigan. The events provide a broad overview of the concepts and principles of asset management for decision makers and also provide detailed technical training for those responsible for implementing and managing the day-to-day activities associated with an asset management program.
Links to additional resources
Michigan Asset Management Council
RoadSoft
Biodiesel grants product mixed results
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Promotion of renewable fuels like biodiesel in Michigan is increasing, but use of these fuels is limited. In 2005, seven Michigan Road Commissions received one-year biodiesel grants from the Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee. The grants of up to $10,000 to Calhoun, Chippewa, Eaton, Ionia, Jackson, Macomb and Mecosta County Road Commissions allowed them to determine if biodiesel was a cost-effective alternative to petroleum-based diesel. The results of this trial period have been mixed among the eight road commissions, not because of the performance of the biodiesel, but because of the cost.
Links to additional resources
National Biodiesel Board
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee
Traffic deaths in Michigan hold steady in 2007
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While Michigan traffic fatalities remained steady from 2006 to 2007, the number of fatal crashes declined from 1,002 to 987. Notably, alcohol and/or drug-involved fatalities fell 13 percent, from 440 in 2006 to 382 in 2007, the lowest number in more than a decade, according to just-released information from the Michigan State Police, Criminal Justice Information Center.
Links to additional resources
Michigan Traffic Crash Facts
Michigan State Police
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