About the Conference

The 2nd National Summit on Rural Road Safety was held December 4-6, 2018 in Savannah, GA. It was co-hosted by the National Center for Rural Road Safety (Safety Center) and the National Association of County Engineers (NACE). Sponsors included: AASHTO, the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) at Rutgers, Cambridge Systematics, and Lux Solar.

At this second summit, our goal was to lead an action oriented event with interactive sessions that provided REAL takeaways to assist attendees on their Road to Zero. A great group of speakers, facilitators and trainers were assembled to assist and inspire attendees with the hopes that attendees would leave feeling empowered to improve the safety of the rural roadway systems within their jurisdictions.

Remember, together we can make a difference in improving safety for your family, community, and all road users!

2ND NATIONAL SUMMIT ON RURAL ROAD SAFETY ATTENDEES (2018)

Pre-Summit Information

• Bridging the Gap Postcard (pdf)
• Bridging the Gap Agenda (pdf)

Summit Presentations

Some of our presenters and facilitators used powerpoint/notes. We have provided links below to the ones in which we received written permission to post them. We do hope to receive permission for a few more and will post them as they become available.

Wednesday, 12/5

• Welcome and Keynote Speakers
  • Steve Albert, Director, National Center for Rural Road Safety and Executive Director, Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University – Bozeman
  • Honorary Gary Moore, 2nd Vice President NACo and Boone County, Kentucky Judge/
    Executive
  • Brandye Hendrickson, Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), USDOT
• Doubling Down on Things that Work: Safety Measures to Implement at Home (Moderator – Hillary Isebrands, FHWA Resource Center)
  • Road to Zero – Mike Griffith, Director, Office of Safety Technologies, FHWA
  • FHWA – Mike Griffith, Director, Office of Safety Technologies, FHWA
  • NACE – Scott Davis, Safety Committee Chair, NACE and Traffic Engineering and
    Operations Manager, Thurston County Public Works
  • CDC – Dr. Ann Dellinger, Branch Chief, Transportation and Leisure Injury Section, CDC
  • AASHTO – Kelly Hardy, Program Manager for Safety, AASHTO
  • NHTSA – Carmen Hayes, Southeast Region Administrator, NHTSA
  • GHSA – Russ Martin, Director of Government Relations, GHSA
• Successes, Partnerships, Projects, and Deployments (Moderator – Jaime Sullivan, Safety Center)
  • Law Enforcement State Perspective – Tony D’Agostino, Law Enforcement Liaison, NYS Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, NYS Sheriff’s Association
  • Law Enforcement County Perspective – Ron Spike, Sheriff, Yates County New York
  • EMS Perspective – Randy Smith, Associate Professor, University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety
  • Tribal Perspective – Dr. Ann Dellinger, Branch Chief, Transportation and Leisure Injury Section, CDC
  • Ports/Freight Perspective – Patrick Farrell, Chatham County Commissioner

Thursday, 12/6

• • Success in “Moving Rural America” Since Summit #1 – Marie Walsh, Director, Louisiana LTAP
  • Concurrent Morning Cross Group Sessions
    • Advancing Local Road Safety with State DOTs and Locals (Facilitators: Marie Walsh, Director, Louisiana LTAP and Mathew Enders, Technical Services Manager, Washington State DOT/Director, Washington LTAP)
    • Collaboration: How to Get People to the Table and Broaden Your Stakeholder Groups (Facilitators: Danena Gaines, Rural Road Safety Center and Cambridge Systematics and Pam Beer, Rural Road Safety Center and Cambridge Systematics)
    • Integrating Safety into Your Agency’s Workforce Development (Facilitators: Natalie Villwock-Witte, Rural Road Safety Center/Western Transportation Institute and Beverly Fontenot, GALTAP, LTAP Director)
    • Marketing Safety: How to Tell Your Story and Develop an Elevator Speech (Facilitators: Robert Hydrick, Communications Manager, Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and Kevin Elliot, ARA)
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    • Using What You Have, Where You Are: Ideas for Pooling Resources and Funding (Facilitators: Nicole Fox, Iowa DOT and Ginny Sullivan, Director of Travel Initiatives, Adventure Cycling)
  • Keynote Speaker – Bryan Jones, Program Manager, SCDOT Rural Road Safety Program
  • Concurrent Afternoon Cross Group Sessions
    • Cultivating a Non-Urban Lens: Quality of Service & Performance Metrics Sensitive to Rural Areas (Facilitators: Linda MacIntyre, Manager NPS Congestion Management Program and Heather Adamson, Director of Planning, AMBG)
    • Innovative Ideas for Shifting Rural Safety Culture & Addressing the Human Behavior Problem to Get to Zero (Facilitators: Jay Otto, CHSC and Nathan Benson, Occupational Safety and Risk Management Director, Chatham County)
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    • Innovative Rural Safety Research: What is Needed to Get Rural to Zero (Facilitators: Jaime Sullivan, WTI Researcher and Rural Road Safety Center Manager and John Shaw, Iowa State University)
    • Intersection for Public Health and Transportation (Facilitators: Robin Philips, Executive Director, National RTAP and Dan Gelinne, Program Manager, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center)
    • Systemic Safety: How to Implement Rural-Specific Solutions Under Rural Constraints (Facilitator: Jerry Roche, FHWA Resource Center)
  • Closing Session: Next Steps, Action Items and Keynote Speaker – Hillary Isebrands, FHWA Resource Center