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<br /> PERFECTING<br /> THE PROCESS<br /> TxDOT takes steps to keep improving processes,<br /> performance and delivery across the state.<br /> VOLUME 42 | ISSUE 3 | MAY/JUNE 2017<br /> JAMES BASS<br /> EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR<br /> Last year in Texas, 3,775 people lost<br /> their lives on Texas roads. The year<br /> before, 3,578 people didn’t make it<br /> home after a traffic crash. I mention<br /> the specific numbers as each life is<br /> precious and we should not allow<br /> ourselves to get numb to the statistics<br /> and what they truly represent.<br /> The numbers would be disheartening<br /> enough, if they were isolated years,<br /> but they aren’t. Texas hasn’t had<br /> a deathless day on our roadways for<br /> nearly 17 years.<br /> We know the usual culprits of<br /> traffic crashes: distracted driving,<br /> speeding and driving under the<br /> influence, to name a few.<br /> We know how to defeat them.<br /> We expend time and money <a title="TNMAG0517 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=1"> PERFECTING THE PROCESS TxDOT takes steps to keep </a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=2"> JAMES BASS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Last year in </a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=3"> 8 ON THE COVER Training begins soon for vital new</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=4"> THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW 1 Transportat</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=5"> TxDOT'S GED PROGRAM CELEBRATES FIRST GRADUATE A </a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=6"> TxDOT TALK AROUND THE STATE From the Panhandle to</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=7"> Project to widen U.S. 69 in Tyler District breaks</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=8"> COVER STORY DOING IT RIGHT 8 TN May - J</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=9"> COVER STORY NEW PROJECT </a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=10"> A CELEBRATION On April 4, the very day of the sig</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=11"> THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TxDOT 101 in</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=12"> GLORY DAYS FLEET OPERATIONS RESTORES LIBERTY TRUC</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=13"> The Liberty Truck — seen here before its restorat</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=14"> SECURITY MATTERS PROTECTING MOBILE DEVICES If a t</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=15"> NEW TRUCKS ROLL INTO DISTRICTS IN RECORD TIME A </a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=16"> FEATURE STORY A LEGACY FOR THE FUTURE: 2 17</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=17"> T xDOT celebrates 100 years of service </a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=18"> Staff from the Public Transportation, Transportat</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=19"> ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR: TYLER DISTRICT HOSTS UTIL</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=20"> 100 </a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=21"> A look back with our retirees I worked out of</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=22"> Pipeline inspection has gone robotic in the A</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=23"> TxDOT HONORED FOR INNOVATIVE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=24"> I am a… District Maintenance Administrator W</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=25"> Walter Hambrick District Maintenance Administrato</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=26"> EMPLOYEE Azia Tufts What are the five wo</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=27"> Where Am I? </a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=28"> MILESTONES 2 MARCH SERVICE AWARDS DISTRICTS AMA</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=29"> 017 APRIL SERVICE AWARDS DISTRICTS ABILENE 30 H</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=30"> MILESTONES201 7 JANUARY RETIREE REPORT DISTRICTS</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=31"> TxDOT Family Members Chime In What’s your f</a> <a title="TNMAG0517 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/01516223?page=32"> 125 E. 11th St. Austin, Texas 78701 ADDRESS SERVI</a>