Tuesday, November 18th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET/12-2 pm MT
Trainer: Walt Catlett, Safety Circuit Rider
Local Road Safety Plans (LRSPs) are proven to save lives on rural roads. They offer a foundation for consensus and focus that helps communities take proactive steps to reduce and prevent severe crashes in their communities. This training will provide an overview of an LRSP, including how they support safety efforts, the steps to develop an LRSP, and the strategies for implementing an LRSP in rural communities.Wednesday, November 19th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET/12-2 pm MT
Trainer: Seth LaJeunesse, UNC, lajeune@hsrc.unc.edu
In this module, participants will learn how health culture can enhance local and organizational traffic safety culture. This will include key elements and constructs of traffic safety culture and a culture of health, data considerations and measures indicating positive traffic safety cultures, ways to foster positive traffic safety culture and a culture of health in rural communities, and examples of culture of health and traffic safety culture partnerships in the U.S.
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET/12-2 pm MT
Trainer: Walt Catlett, Safety Circuit Rider
Data-driven approaches to traffic safety let agencies make more informed decisions and invest their limited funds more effectively. In this training, learn about the different types of data, data challenges for local agencies, and the various tools available for applying the data you have for screening your network. Discussions include the Highway Safety Manual, usRAP, Road Safety Audits, Systemic Safety Project Selection Tool, and Crash Tree Maker.Wednesday, December 3rd, 1:00 – 3:00 pm ET/11:00 am-1:00 pm MT
Trainer: Sam Pinzl, CHSC, samantha.pinzl@montana.edu
This training provides information on how best-practice public health models implemented with partners can improve the reach and effectiveness of traffic safety programming. This includes key distinctions between traditional deterrence-oriented programs and public health-informed safety programs and strategies for how to connect with public health partners.
Tuesday, December 9th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET/12:00-2:00 pm MT
Trainer: Walt Catlett, Safety Circuit Rider
Learn the role of crash data collection and reporting in reducing severe crashes and how such reporting benefits from cross-coordination among law enforcement, engineers, planners, and public health professionals. This training also reviews challenges with crash and injury surveillance, some nuances of crash data collection and reporting, and ways crash and injury data can be used to inform the design of safety interventions.
Wednesday, December 10th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET/12:00-2:00 pm MT
Trainer: Sarah O’Brien, UNC, swobrien@hsrc.unc.edu
In this module, learn how the pursuit of transportation access and safety is foundational to creating conditions where all people have the opportunity to thrive, and to learn best practices in improving transportation access and population health.
Thursday, December 11th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET/12-2 pm MT
Trainer: Dr. Praveena Penmetsa, ATI, ppenmetsa@ua.edu
A supplement to the National Traffic Incident Management Responder training, this module provides a deeper understanding of tools, recommendations, and materials available for first responders to ensure their safety while working on the side of the road.Tuesday, December 16th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm ET/12:00-2:00 pm MT
Trainer: Walt Catlett, Safety Circuit Rider
Take a deep dive into the Systemic Safety Project Selection Tool. The tool is a process for identifying the factors that can contribute to crashes and implementing effective countermeasures. The training will also cover the seven steps of the safety analysis process and discuss how it can be applied using both the traditional site safety analysis method and the systemic analysis method.Wednesday, December 17th, 1:00 – 3:00 pm ET/11am-1 pm MT
Trainer: Sam Pinzl, CHSC, samantha.pinzl@montana.edu
An overview of how public health approaches can be drawn upon to design and implement programs to change behaviors among populations. This will include key distinctions between individual and population-level behavior change models, the role public health policy and built environment changes can enhance traffic safety; and example applications of public health behavior change models to traffic safety in the U.S.