Organizations
Links to organizations related to rural transportation safety.
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Federal
United States Department of Transportation and agencies
United States Department of Transportation (USDOT)
DOT occupies a leadership role in global transportation. With over 53,000 employees in the U.S. and around the world, the Department is dedicated to improving transportation by making it safer, less congested, better connected, environmentally friendly and fully operational in all conditions.
- USDOT Safety
This page lists the cross cutting transportation safety organizations and programs within the USDOT.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
The U.S. DOT's lead agency in the area of motor vehicle and highway safety. Includes the following specific resources:
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National Center for Statistics and Analysis
Nationwide information on traffic crashes and injuries
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Traffic Records
To improve the timeliness, accuracy, completeness, uniformity, integration, and accessibility of the safety data for highway safety purposes at the local, state, and national levels. Traffic records data are the basis for defining, managing, and evaluating traffic safety activities and performance.
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Office of Emergency Medical Services
Focuses on the areas of standards, education, systems, workforce, and a national EMS information coordination
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
The Federal Highway Administration is one of eleven modal administrations within the U.S. Department of Transportation. FHWA is charged with the broad responsibility of ensuring that America's roads and highways continue to be the safest and most technologically up-to-date.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
Federal agency that oversees commercial motor vehicle safety. Activities include enforcement of safety regulations, targeting high-risk carriers and commercial motor vehicle drivers, improving safety information systems and commercial motor vehicle technologies, strengthening commercial motor vehicle equipment and operating standards, and increasing safety awareness.Includes a bi-monthly Safety Activities Newsletter, road user resources and professional resources including facts & data and training & education.
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Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP)
The MCSAP is a Federal grant program that provides financial assistance to States to reduce the number and severity of crashes and hazardous materials incidents involving commercial motor vehicles (CMV). The goal of the MCSAP is to reduce CMV-involved crashes, fatalities, and injuries through consistent, uniform, and effective CMV safety programs.
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A & I Online (FMCSA's Analysis and Information Web site)
Contains SafeStat Online, a data-driven analysis system that determines the current relative safety status of individual motor carriers, crash statistics, and other safety related statistics.
Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)
Coordinates the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) research programs and is charged with advancing the deployment of cross-cutting technologies to improve the Nation’s transportation system.
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)
The Office of Hazardous Materials Safety is the Federal safety authority for the transportation of hazardous materials by air, rail, highway, and water.
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) was created to promulgate and enforce rail safety regulations; administer railroad assistance programs; conduct research and development in support of improved railroad safety and national rail transportation policy; provide for the rehabilitation of Northeast Corridor rail passenger service; and consolidate government support of rail transportation activities.
Other Federal Agencies
HHS Office of Rural Health Policy
The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) promotes better health care service in rural America.
USDA Rural Development
Rural Development is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in all of rural America. Rural Development achieves its mission by helping rural individuals, communities and businesses obtain the financial and technical assistance needed to address their diverse and unique needs.
State
State Transportation Web Sites
FHWA's listing of state departments of transportation and other state transportation-related Web sites.
Minnesota Department of Public Safety - Office of Traffic Safety
Many resources related to roadway safety and accident reduction, including current and past issues of Minnesota Motor Vehicle Crash Facts
Minnesota Department of Transportation - Office of Traffic Security & Operations - Traffic Safety Section
Includes a crash rate calculator, handbooks and manuals, safety reports, standards for work zone safety, and more
Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board (EMSRB)
The lead state agency regulating emergency services providers in Minnesota.
Toward Zero Deaths
A multi-agency partnership with the mission of reducing traffic fatalities in Minnesota. This Web site contains information about how you can organize to identify traffic safety problems in your community, and participate in finding solutions to those problems. By working together, community groups and government agencies can be successful in making Minnesota's roads safer.
Research and academic facilities
Center for Excellence in Rural Safety
Established in the recent federal transportation act (SAFETEA-LU) to facilitate training, research and educational exchange in the areas of travel safety and choices, technology, economic development, citizen participation, and community development.
FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center
The National Crash Analysis Center (NCAC) is a successful collaborative effort among the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and The George Washington University (GWU). Chartered in 1992 at GW's School of Engineering and Applied Science, the NCAC primarily supports the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) strategic goal to reduce fatalities and injuries on the Nation's roadways, but has served to enhance efforts to improve safety worldwide. The missions of the NCAC include:
- improving safety by expanding researchers' knowledge about crashes,
- developing and sharing the detailed vehicle and hardware models, and
- leading efforts to apply computer simulation tools to enable researchers to study the complex interactions associated with crashes.
HumanFIRST Program
The HumanFIRST (Human Factors Interdisciplinary Research in Simulation and Transportation) Program of the ITS Institute provides facilities—including an immersive, virtual-reality simulator environment—and expertise to study the interaction between people and transportation systems.
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Institute
Conducts research, education, and technology transfer initiatives that focus on human-centered technology. The ultimate aim of this work is to enhance the safety and mobility of road and transit-based transportation. The Institute is a University Transportation Center (UTC) funded through the SAFETEA-LU, and a program of the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies.
Mountain-Plains Consortium
The Mountain-Plains Consortium (MPC) is a national resource and focal point for the support of research and training concerning the transportation infrastructure and the movement of passengers and freight. The MPC is a Center of Excellence for Rural and Intermodal Transportation.
Rural Transportation Safety and Security Center
The Rural Transportation Safety and Security Center vision is to promote and enhance the region's transportation safety and security through research, education, and outreach, in a partnership with stakeholders
Traffic Safety Center
The Traffic Safety Center at the University of California Berkeley has teamed with UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies, Schools of Public Health and Optometry, Department of Civil Engineering, centers at other Universities in California, and public and private agencies to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries through multi-disciplinary collaboration in education, research, and outreach.
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, Office of Safety Research and Development (R & D)
Works to reduce the number of crashes on U.S. roadways, and the severity of crash impacts, with a focus on highway engineering.University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health
The Center for Rural Health connects resources and knowledge to strengthen the health of people in rural communities.
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI) is an independent center at North Dakota State University which is guided, in part, by an advisory council composed of representatives of various organizations industries and agencies affecting or affected by transportation.
Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) is an interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, university research center of Virginia Tech. VTTI pursues its mission by encouraging research, attracting a multidisciplinary core of researchers, and educating students in the latest transportation technologies through hands-on research and experience. The institute is both a FHWA/FTA ITS Research Center of Excellence and a Mid-Atlantic University Transportation Center.
Western Transportation Institute
Founded in 1994 by the Montana and California Departments of Transportation, in cooperation with Montana State University, the Western Transportation Institute has grown from a small, university research office into a nationally recognized center of excellence in rural transportation research and education.
Information on research facilities and labs used in research to improve rural transportation safety.
Non-profit
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
A non-profit, charitable educational and research organization dedicated to saving lives and reducing injuries on the roads
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
An alliance of consumer, health and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America's roads safer. Resources include the 2007 Roadmap to State Highway Safety Laws which identifies gaps in state highway safety laws.
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) is a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization developing model programs in motor vehicle administration, law enforcement and highway safety. The association also serves as an information clearinghouse in these areas, and acts as the international spokesman for these interests.
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials advocates transportation-related policies and provides technical services to support states in their efforts to efficiently and safely move people and goods.
American Public Works Association
The American Public Works Association is an international educational and professional association of public agencies, private sector companies, and individuals dedicated to providing high quality public works goods and services.
American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA)
The American Traffic Safety Services Association, an international trade association, is located in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Since 1969, ATSSA has represented companies and individuals in the traffic control and roadway safety industry.
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
CVSA is an international not-for-profit organization comprised of local, state, provincial, territorial and federal motor carrier safety officials and industry representatives from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Our mission is to promote commercial motor vehicle safety and security by providing leadership to enforcement, industry and policy makers.
Community Transportation Association of America
The Community Transportation Association of America consists of organizations and individuals who support creating mobility for all Americans regardless of where they live or work.
Governors Highway Safety Association
Focuses on the behavioral components of highway safety, including occupant protection, impaired driving and speed enforcement.
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
The Institute of Transportation Engineers is an international educational and scientific association of transportation professionals who are responsible for meeting mobility and safety needs. ITE facilitates the application of technology and scientific principles to research, planning, functional design, implementation, operation, policy development and management for any mode of transportation.
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Non-profit research and education organization for the auto insurance industry. Web site contains vehicle test results, consumer brochures and videos, research and statistics, fatality facts, and the Status Report newsletter.
International Association of Chiefs of Police
The International Association of Chiefs of Police is the world's oldest and largest nonprofit membership organization of police executives, with over 20,000 members in over 89 different countries.
Minnesota Network of Employers for Traffic Safety
A non-profit, public-private partnership dedicated to reducing traffic deaths and injuries within our nation's workforce
Minnesota Safety Council
Courses and other educational tools from a private, not-for-profit organization
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
Includes programs for students, adult awareness, and enforcement
National Association of Counties (NACO)
The National Association of Counties (NACo) represents county governments in the United States. Founded in 1935, NACo provides essential services to the nation's 3,066 counties. NACo advances issues with a unified voice before the federal government, improves the public's understanding of county government, assists counties in finding and sharing innovative solutions through education and research, and provides value-added services to save counties and taxpayers money.
National Association of County Engineers (NACE)
The National Association of County Engineers (NACE) members are county engineers or engineers serving in equivalent capacities in counties of the United States. NACE's objectives are to advance county engineering and management by providing a forum for exchange of ideas and information aimed at improving service to the public; to foster and stimulate the growth of individual state organizations of county engineers and county road officials; to improve relations and the spirit of cooperation among county engineers and other agencies; to monitor national legislation affecting county transportation/public works departments and trhough NACo, provide NACE's legislative opinions.
National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)
NADO provides advocacy, education, networking and research for regional development organizations primarily serving small metropolitan and rural regions. The association is an advocate for federal programs and policies that promote regional strategies and solutions for addressing local community and economic development needs.
National Association of Regional Councils
The National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) serves as the national voice for regionalism. NARC advocates for and provides services to its member councils of government (COGs) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs).
National Association of State EMS Officials
The National Association of State EMS Officials is the lead national organization for EMS, a respected voice for national EMS policy with comprehensive concern and commitment for the development of effective, integrated, community-based, universal and consistent EMS systems.
National Association of Towns and Townships
The National Association of Towns and Townships (NATaT) provides America's smaller communities—towns, townships and other suburban and rural localities—a strong voice in Washington, DC.
National Rural Health Association (NRHA)
The NRHA is a national nonprofit membership organization with more than 18,000 members. The association's mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues.
National Safety Council
A nonprofit, nongovernmental, international public service organization dedicated to protecting life and promoting health. Members include more than 46,000 businesses, labor organizations, schools, public agencies, private groups and individuals. Web site contains a wealth of information on all aspects of safety, including resources on driver safety.
National Sheriffs Association
The National Sheriffs' Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising the level of professionalism among those in the criminal justice field.
Roadway Safety Foundation
A private, nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing highway deaths and injuries by improving the physical design and condition of roadways. Includes a Roadway Safety Guide geared toward local agencies: www.roadwaysafety.org/toc.html.
Small Urban and Rural Transit Center
The purpose of the Small Urban & Rural Transit Center (SURTC) is to increase the mobility of small urban and rural residents through improved public transportation.
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
The mission of the Transportation Research Board is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multimodal.
Transportation Safety Planning Working Group
The Transportation Safety Planning Working Group (TSPWG) is an informal, ad hoc partnership of U.S. DOT agencies (Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) and professional associations representing state DOT, safety, traffic engineering and planning communities.
RuralTransportation.org
The National Association of Counties (NACo) and the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) created this "resource tool for rural transportation stakeholders, including local elected officials and regional development professionals."
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