Explore the Upcoming Active Transportation Safety Events this Month!

July 8, 2022
Submitted by Jarah Crowner

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Explore our round-up of webinars and events coming up highlighting the latest road safety trends and best practices in planning and designing safe spaces for walking, biking, scooting, and rolling! Have an event you'd like us to share? Please submit your event here.

Also, these opportunities can be found on the event calendar here.

WEBINARS

New Strategies for Achieving 100% Seat Belt Use

Host:  GHSA

July 13, 2022 | 11:00 am PT | Register

The nationwide seat belt use rate was 90.4% in 2021. What is it going to take to get that remaining 9.6% of motor vehicle occupants to buckle up, especially as new NHTSA data indicate that unrestrained vehicle occupant fatalities increased 3% last year and remain above pre-pandemic levels? Innovative programs are needed to address this pervasive issue and make sure everyone is properly restrained in a seat belt or child safety seat. In the second pre-GHSA 2022 Annual Meeting webinar, sponsored by the Auto Glass Safety Council, after hearing about the role windshields play in occupant protection, join experts from public health, community organizations, the private sector and law enforcement to learn what approaches they’re taking to improve the safety of vehicle occupants.

Learn more and register.

Designing Road Diets as a Tool for Walkability and Community Revitalization

Host: Smart Growth Online

July 14, 2022 | 10:00 am PT | Register

A growing number of communities are using road diets to make neighborhoods more walkable, to create complete streets, and to slow down traffic as part of other streetscape and revitalization projects. 

Join the Maryland Department of Planning and the Smart Growth Network on this webinar as Dan Burden, Director of Innovation and Inspiration for Blue Zones LLC, returns to examine the essential design features of road diets, as well as how to design and operate them for walking, bicycling, driving, and freight and emergency response movement, illustrating what works best and why. 

Learn more and register.

Making Strides: 2022 State Report Cards on Support for Walking, Bicycling, and Active Kids and Communities

Host: Safe Routes Partnership

July 14, 2022 | 10:00 am PT | Register

Join this webinar to learn about the fourth edition of Safe Routes Partnership’s state report cards and report, Making Strides: 2022 State Report Cards on Support for Walking, Bicycling, and Active Kids and Communities.

On this webinar you will learn more about the state report cards, how state policies and actions can create active, resilient and sustainable communities, and the changes we have seen since our last state report cards in 2020. Staff from the Safe Routes Partnership will walk through the report cards and delve into the core topic areas and indicators.

Update on California’s Crossing Guard Training Program, Guidelines & Resources

Host: ATRC
July 14, 2022 | 10:00 am PT | Register
School Crossing Guards are an important part of the community and serve a vital role in the lives of students who walk or bicycle to school. Crossing Guards help students safely cross the street at key locations and remind drivers of the presence of pedestrians.

Please join us for an update on California’s School Crossing Guard Training Program, a training course designed in a “Train-the-Trainer” format to help local agencies learn how to train and vet potential new and existing Crossing Guards to ensure that Crossing Guards throughout California have the skills to perform their duties safely and properly.  Learn more about why Crossing Guards matter and what schools need to have quality Crossing Guard programs. The presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer period with the presenter and subject matter expert, Kristin Haukom of Alta Planning and Design, Inc.

New Facilities and Systems Methods in HCM7

Host: TRB

July 14, 2022 | 10:30 am PT | Register

TRB‘s Highway Capacity Manual, Seventh Edition: A Guide for Multimodal Mobility Analytics provides methods for evaluating interactions between freeways and arterials. This webinar will explore the new facility and systems method in the HCM7, including two-lane highways, freeway-arterial systems, and active traffic management. 

Fee: Registration is free for employees of TRB sponsors as well as Titanium and Cobalt Global Affiliates. The registration rate for all other attendees is $100. 

Learn more and register.

Tips to Grow Traffic Safety Culture

Host: Center for Health and Safety Culture

July 14, 2022 | 11:00 am PT | Register

Growing traffic safety culture can seem daunting, but there are actions everyone can take right now to grow a safer traffic safety culture. During this webinar, Katie Dively and Jay Otto, researchers with the Center for Health and Safety Culture, will explore tips to grow traffic safety culture. Participants will leave with specific actions they can immediately put into practice regardless of their role. Katie and Jay have led trainings across the U.S. about growing traffic safety culture based on the Center’s research from the past two decades. 

Learn more and register.

Lighting for Pedestrians Safety

Host: FHWA

July 19, 2022 | 10:00 am PT | Register

The webinar will share with safety practitioners, pedestrian safety advocates and lighting designers the importance of street lighting on pedestrian safety by sharing the research outcomes from the Research Report: Street Lighting for Pedestrian Safety and provide an overview of the Pedestrian Lighting Primer.

Learn more about Lighting for Pedestrian Safety resources from FHWA.

The Role of Traffic Safety Culture in Addressing Roadway Fatalities

Host: NCS, Road to Zero Coalition
July 20, 2022 | 10:30 am PT | Register
It will take decisive action to address the 42,915 deaths we saw on our streets last year. It will also take a shift in our culture that currently accepts those deaths and a shift in a shift in how we communicate about traffic safety and prioritize it in our work as transportation stakeholders. This 90-minute webinar will explore knowledge of the role traffic safety culture plays in addressing fatalities, examine current research including that around fear-based messaging vs. positive messaging, knowledge, and provide examples of promising practices around developing a positive traffic safety culture. Attendees will learn of the role traffic safety culture plays in addressing traffic safety through messaging and implementation, and ways that practitioners can begin improving their own work to create a society where zero is the only acceptable number of deaths on our streets.

NTSB Most Wanted List Virtual Roundtable: .05 BAC, Part 1: Past, Present & Future

Host:  NTSB
July 20, 2022 | 11:00 am PT | Register
​It’s been nearly a decade since NTSB recommended that all 50 states lower their BAC limit from .08 to .05 in our 2013 report, Reaching Zero: Actions to Eliminate Alcohol-Impaired Driving. Why did we do that, and how has it improved safety since then? In Part 1 of this virtual roundtable series, hosted by NTSB Member Tom Chapman, we will discuss the history of this safety recommendation, explore international laws and data, proposed legislation in the United States, and evaluation results from a NHTSA study of Utah’s .05 BAC law, which took effect December 30, 2018. Prevent Alcohol- and Other Drug-Impaired Driving​ is on our 2021-2022 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements. 

Learn more and register.

Putting it to Work - Strategies and Interventions in Traditionally Underserved and Vulnerable Communities

Host: NSC, Road to Zero Coalition
July 21, 2022 | 11:00 am PT | Register
This session will build on the knowledge gained during the webinar Back to Basics: Transportation Safety in Traditionally Underserved and Vulnerable Communities. It is highly recommended that attendees view that session.


Reducing transportation deaths takes hard work and decisive action. This webinar will explore strategies and interventions currently being deployed in traditionally underserved and vulnerable communities. Attendees will hear from practitioners about opportunities to improve safety and mobility and overcoming challenges to creating change.

Climate Conversations: Urban Transportation

Host: National Academy of Sciences
July 21, 2022 | Noon | Register

Join us to discuss how cities can navigate today’s challenges and opportunities around reducing emissions and improving residents’ mobility.


As U.S. cities work to reduce emissions and support the mobility of all their residents, they are also navigating new transportation patterns at this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic and an influx of federal infrastructure funding. Join us for a conversation about how planners and policymakers can support a transition to more equitable, lower-emissions urban transportation systems amidst this dynamic context.

Learn more and register.

Safe Vehicles - How Effective are Pedestrian Crash Prevention Systems?

Host: CSCRS
July 27, 2022 | 11:30 am PT | Register

In the drive toward safe vehicles, pedestrian crash prevention (PCP) systems have the potential to mitigate pedestrian crash severity or prevent crashes altogether. However, the reliability and effectiveness of these technologies have remained uncertain. This study explores the performance of PCP systems in field test situations to understand their effectiveness and how it varies among cars.

CONFERENCES

National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving Annual Conference


Jul 27 – 29, 2022

Host: National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving (NASID)

U.S. traffic fatalities have increased to historic levels in 2021, with early NHTSA projections exceeding 40,000 deaths. Impaired driving fatalities generally account for nearly one-third of total fatalities. These deaths are 100% preventable. In response, the National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving (NASID) will host their second national conference focused on multiple substance impaired driving prevention.

The conference will convene the nation’s foremost experts to examine the challenges and complexities of multiple substance impaired driving. Participants will engage in discussions about topics such as the National Road Safety Strategy safe systems approach, advanced technology to prevent impaired driving, public awareness campaigns, standardization of chemical testing protocols and more, and we will host a policymaker roundtable.

Each of us knows the significant challenges ahead in making our roads safer for our friends and family, and we need everyone’s help to reverse the alarming increases in traffic fatalities. Please join NASID and get involved in finding solutions to address multiple substance impaired driving.

Learn more and register.

ITE International Annual Meeting and Exhibition

Jul 31 – Aug 3, 2022
Host:  ITE

Join more than 1,500 transportation professionals in New Orleans, LA, USA, to gain insight from industry thought leaders, share your expertise, and take advantage of networking opportunities. This year’s theme – Investing in our Future – recognizes the profound change and investment that our industry is currently facing and will be moving forward. 

The program for the National Rural ITS (NRITS) Annual Conference will be integrated into this meeting, bringing an additional dimension to an already well-crafted technical program rich with subject matter related to the transportation industry.

Learn more and register.

SAFETY CAMPAIGNS

Rural Road Safety Awareness Week 2022

Jul 18 – 21, 2022

Host: National Rural Road Safety Center
Rural Road Safety Awareness Week (RRSAW), an annual campaign by the National Center for Rural Road Safety, has a new focus and updated theme for 2022.

The overall theme is “Taking Action, Saving Lives.” Each weekday of the campaign will have a separate, but related, topic.

The daily topics are: 

  • Monday: What’s Unique About Rural Road Safety? 
  • Tuesday: The Safe System Approach for Rural Roads 
  • Wednesday: Proven Safety Countermeasures for Rural Roads 
  • Thursday: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for Rural Road Safety 
  • Friday: The Intersection of Rural Road Safety and Public Health


Visit the campaign webpage for more information.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Application Deadline: ATRC Go Human Kit of Parts Pilot Program

Sponsor: ATRC/Go Human/California Walks

The Active Transportation Resource Center (ATRC) Go Human Kit of Parts Pilot Program will work with three (3) agencies from Northern and Central California, as well as the Southern California region to pilot a statewide program modeled after Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Go Human Kit of Parts.

SCAG’s Go Human Kit of Parts is a lending library of pop-up materials to temporarily demonstrate potential and planned street design treatments and safety infrastructure to create safer and more inviting public spaces. The Go Human Kit of Parts includes materials to showcase five street treatments. Temporary safety demonstrations create opportunities for residents to experience streets that are re-designed for safety in live traffic settings, test out, refine, and identify support for improvements.

The Pilot Program will provide the three (3) selected agencies with an opportunity to plan and implement a one-day to one-week active transportation temporary demonstration project, with the goal of accomplishing a piece of the community engagement piece to a future Active Transportation Program(ATP) application or other grant opportunities.

Early Consideration Deadline: June 6, 2022 at 5 PM

Final Deadline: July 11, 2022 at 5 PM

Learn more and apply here.

Funding Deadline: League of American Bicyclists Community Sparks Grant Program

Sponsor:  League of American Bicyclists

The League of American Bicyclists launched their Community Sparks Program to be able to help continue the momentum for biking across the country. The program is meant to empower communities to create more Bicycle Friendly Communities through funding bike-related projects. The League will award 10 grants of up to $1,500 to organizations seeking to improve their communities through biking. To be eligible to apply, organizations must be based in the United States and be a non-profit (501c3, 501c4 and 501c6) and/or a public or government agency/organization. 

The deadline to apply for the Community Spark Grant is July 15, 2022 at 11:59 pm PT. You can apply here!

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