BOZEMAN, MONTANA – 7/12/2024 – Rural Road Safety Awareness Week (RRSAW) is here, and the message is simple: when vehicles stay in their lane, thousands of lives are saved. Every year, over 11,000 people die in the U.S. when their vehicle leaves its travel lane
BOZEMAN, MONTANA – 5/17/2024 – Unintentional injuries are one of the five leading causes of death for rural communities in the United States. The Rural Unintentional Injury Prevention Toolkit, developed by the Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub), is a new free resource to help mitigate
BOZEMAN, MONTANA – 3/11/2024 – Have you found a clever solution to a rural transportation problem in your area? The Florida Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Build a Better Mousetrap program is now accepting nominations. Build a Better Mousetrap acknowledges innovative solutions for challenges that local and
BOZEMAN, MONTANA – 2/27/2024 – Big tasks require big teams. In a gesture to reaffirm its commitment to the National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS), the National Center for Rural Road Safety (the Center) has joined more than 160 transportation organizations and stakeholders in the U.S.
BOZEMAN, MONTANA – 2/22/2024 – The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced the FY 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity for Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) is now open. SS4A funds regional, local, and Tribal initiatives that prevent deaths and serious injuries on roadways.
What if it were possible to eliminate roadway fatalities? The Safe System Approach, which has created dramatic decreases in transportation-related deaths outside the United States, aims to do just that. With examples tailored to rural America, the authors provide an informative and comprehensive tutorial on
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