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Part 2: Safe Road Users

Created: Tuesday August 31st, 2021
Source: Clackamas County, OR
Topic: Education, Engineering, Road User, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Human Factors, Public Service Announcements/Marketing Campaigns, Road User Road Safety Culture, Safety Countermeasures

Webinar Description No doubt you have been hearing the terms Safe System Approach and Traffic Safety Culture over the past few years, but are you also wondering ... [ Read More » ]

FoRRRwD: Reducing Roadside Obstacles

Created: Thursday August 12th, 2021
Source: University of Nebraska
Sponsor: USDOT FHWA Office of Safety, National Local Technical Assistance Program Association, National Center for Rural Road Safety
Topic: Engineering, Road
Sub-Topic: Low Cost Countermeasures, Road Departure, Roadside Design/Safety, Safety Countermeasures

An FHWA EDC-5 Webinar in collaboration with NLTAPA and the National Center for Rural Road Safety. Rural roadway departures make up a third of U.S. traffic fatal ... [ Read More » ]

Part 1: Introducing the Safe System Approach and Traffic Safety Culture

Created: Wednesday June 30th, 2021
Source: Center for Health and Safety Culture at WTI
Topic: Education, EMS, Enforcement, Engineering, Road, Road User, Safety Culture, Vehicle
Sub-Topic: Cross Jurisdictional Safety Planning, Human Factors, Low Cost Countermeasures, Organization Culture, Road User Road Safety Culture, Safety Countermeasures, Safety Plans, Sharing the Road Safely with All Road Users, Systemic Safety

No doubt you have heard of the terms Safe System Approach and Traffic Safety Culture over the past few years, but were you also wondering: how to explain these ... [ Read More » ]

Driving FoRRRwD with the Pillars

Created: Tuesday June 15th, 2021
Source: New Jersey DOT
Topic: Engineering, Road, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Low Cost Countermeasures, Road Departure, Roadside Design/Safety, Safety Countermeasures, Safety Data

An FHWA EDC-5 Webinar in collaboration with NLTAPA and the National Center for Rural Road Safety Rural roadway departures make up a third of U.S. traffic fatali ... [ Read More » ]

Roadkill Observation and Data System (ROaDS) Project: Streamlining Animal-Vehicle Collision Data Collection

Created: Tuesday April 13th, 2021
Source: Western Transportation Institute
Topic: Engineering, Road
Sub-Topic: Animal Vehicle Countermeasures, Crash Records, Safety Data

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Rural Safety Center) is hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. Webinar Description This webinar featured an overview ... [ Read More » ]

FoRRRwD: You Have Crash Data, Now What?

Created: Thursday April 8th, 2021
Source: Washington Department of Transportation
Topic: Engineering, Road, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Low Cost Countermeasures, Road Departure, Roadside Design/Safety, Safety Countermeasures, Safety Data

An FHWA EDC-5 Webinar in collaboration with NLTAPA and the National Center for Rural Road Safety. Rural roadway departures make up a third of U.S. traffic fatal ... [ Read More » ]

Third Rural Road Safety Summit: Virtual Format Leads to Record Attendance

Posted on Monday December 21st, 2020

The National Center for Rural Road Safety hosted the 3rd National Summit on Rural Road Safety from September 30 – October 1, 2020. The summits have become an important national forum for engaging a wide variety ...

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Moving FoRRRwD with Safety Action Plans: Statewide, Regional, and Local

Created: Thursday December 17th, 2020
Source: Louisiana South Central Planning and Development Commission
Topic: Engineering, Road, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Low Cost Countermeasures, Road Departure, Safety Countermeasures, Safety Data, Safety Plans

An FHWA EDC-5 Webinar in collaboration with NLTAPA and the National Center for Rural Road Safety Rural roadway departures make up a third of U.S. traffic fatali ... [ Read More » ]

Examining Rural Traffic Safety Culture: An Appalachia Case Study

Created: Tuesday October 27th, 2020
Source: Highway Safety Research Center University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Topic: Engineering, Road, Road User, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Cross Jurisdictional Safety Planning, Injury Prevention, Road User Road Safety Culture, Safety Countermeasures, Safety Data

The National Center for Rural Road Safety (Rural Safety Center) hosted a FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar. Webinar Description This webinar featured a review of ... [ Read More » ]

FoRRRwD Countermeasures: Gravel Road Treatments, Rumble Strips and SafetyEdge, and Centerline Buffers

Created: Tuesday October 20th, 2020
Source: Iowa Local Technical Assistance Program at Iowa State University
Topic: Engineering, Road, Safety Culture
Sub-Topic: Low Cost Countermeasures, Road Departure, Roadside Design/Safety, Safety Countermeasures

An FHWA EDC-5 Webinar in collaboration with NLTAPA and the National Center for Rural Road Safety. Rural roadway departures make up a third of U.S. traffic fatal ... [ Read More » ]