Report on the Iowa Department for the Blind for the year ended June 30, 2013

Report on the Iowa Department for the Blind for the year ended June 30, 2013

Visibility and Speed Estimation of Iowa State Highway Commission Snowplows, HR-174, 1975

Many accidents involving Iowa snowplows have happened in recent years. This study investigated the influence of time of day, sex of subject, type of snowplow sign and snowplow speed on the criteria of oncoming driver reaction time and his estimate of snowplow speed. Film strips were made of a car passing a snow-Plow under various experimental conditions. These experimental movie strips were viewed in the laboratory by college student drivers who were asked to indicate their reaction time to slow down and to estimate the speed of the snowplow being passed. The generally best sign condition for the snowplow was to have a striped rear sign and a speed-proportional flashing light in addition to the standard rotating beacon on top of the truck. Several recommendations were made.

Audit report on the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program administered by the Iowa Utilities Board Division of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program administered by the Iowa Utilities Board Division of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program administered by the Iowa Utilities Board Division of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2014

Audit report on the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program administered by the Iowa Utilities Board Division of the Iowa Department of Commerce for the year ended June 30, 2014

Books for the blind : loaned by the Iowa Library Commission, 1914

This leaflet gives information on the Iowa Library Commission and the added service of the circulation of books for the blind to the Traveling Library. Their goal is to make books available to every blind person who desires books.

Indian Creek Channel: the evolution & significance of an historic public works administration flood control facility, Council Bluffs, Iowa, 2010

Plagued for nearly a century by the perennial flooding of Indian Creek, the City begins construction on a massive channelization project designed to confine the creek to its banks. Funded largely through a grant from the recently established Public Works Administration (PWA), the Indian Creek Channel, upon its completion two years later, would become the largest PWA undertaking in the State of Iowa. Though it did not completely end flooding in Council Bluffs, construction of the Indian Creek Channel did substantially reduce both the number and severity of the city's subsequent floods. It also profoundly impacted the residential and commercial development of Council Bluffs, as well as the city's sanitary conditions. The effects of the Indian Creek channelization, both practical and historical, are still realized today. In 2009, plans for a City road and bridge construction project at the intersection of North Broadway Street and Kanesville Boulevard proposed to replace a 221-foot-long segment of the Indian Creek Channel with a concrete box culvert. In compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act, a cultural resources study was conducted at the proposed construction site, the findings of which concluded that the historic character of the Indian Creek Channel would be compromised by the impending construction. As a means of mitigating these damages, an agreement was reached among the City, the Iowa State Historic Preservation Office, and the Federal Highway Administration that resulted in detailed research and documentation of the historical significance of the Indian Creek Channel. The findings of that study are summarized in this publication.

Iowa Department for the Blind State Strategic Plan, 2014-2019

The Iowa Department for the Blind is the means for persons who are blind to obtain for themselves universal accessibility and full participation as citizens in whatever roles they may choose, including roles that increase family income, create jobs, improve educational outcomes, and reduce reliance on public services.

Iowa Department for the Blind Performance Plan, 2014

Agency Performance Plan

Iowa Department for the Blind Agency Performance Plan, 2015

Agency Performance Plan

Highway Work Zone Capacity Estimation Using Field Data from Kansas, TPF-5(081), 2015

Although extensive research has been conducted on urban freeway capacity estimation methods, minimal research has been carried out for rural highway sections, especially sections within work zones. This study attempted to fill that void for rural highways in Kansas, by estimating capacity of rural highway work zones in Kansas. Six work zone locations were selected for data collection and further analysis. An average of six days’ worth of field data was collected, from mid-October 2013 to late November 2013, at each of these work zone sites. Two capacity estimation methods were utilized, including the Maximum Observed 15-minute Flow Rate Method and the Platooning Method divided into 15-minute intervals. The Maximum Observed 15-minute Flow Rate Method provided an average capacity of 1469 passenger cars per hour per lane (pcphpl) with a standard deviation of 141 pcphpl, while the Platooning Method provided a maximum average capacity of 1195 pcphpl and a standard deviation of 28 pcphpl. Based on observed data and analysis carried out in this study, the suggested maximum capacity can be considered as 1500 pcphpl when designing work zones for rural highways in Kansas. This proposed standard value of rural highway work zone capacity could be utilized by engineers and planners so that they can effectively mitigate congestion at or near work zones that would have otherwise occurred due to construction/maintenance.

Report on the Iowa Department for the Blind for the year ended June 30, 2014

Report on the Iowa Department for the Blind for the year ended June 30, 2014

Iowa Department for the Blind Agency Performance Plan, 2013

Agency Performance Plan

Iowa Department for the Blind Agency Performance Plan, 2010

Agency Performance Plan

Iowa Department for the Blind Agency Performance Plan, 2014

Agency Performance Plan

Iowa Department for the Blind Agency Annual Report, FY2010, March 2011

Annual Report. The Department is funded through a state appropriation of General Fund dollars, which is then matched by federal grant funds. For each state dollar allocated to the Department, we receive approximately four federal dollars in matching funds.