Rural Road Safety Awareness Week

Rural Road Safety Awareness Week 2022

Center for Transportation Studies Rural Road Safety Awareness Week

Workshop Spotlight: Road Safety Champion Program: Take Action Now - Maintaining Safety

Monday, July 18, 2022

In this workshop students will be able to identify maintenance safety solutions that construction and maintenance personnel can implement daily related to signs and supports, vegetation control, and drainage features.

Technical Assistance Day

Do you need help with technical assistance on roadway safety measures? Would you like more information on how we can help you? Get in touch with Virginia's Safety Circuit Rider, Walt Catlett, today!  Simply fill out the contact information form below.

Roundtable Discussion: Road Safety Champion Program

Join panelists Jaime Sullivan (Director, National Center for Rural Roads) and Road Safety Champions; Brian Proctor (Civil Engineer, City of Virginia Beach) and Kent O'Donohue (Town Engineer, Town of Bridgewater).

Workshop Spotlight: Combating Roadway Departures and Improving Intersection Safety with Low-Cost Countermeasures (1 Day Online Class)

This workshop on July 26th provides local agencies with relevant information to reduce roadway departure crashes on their roadway network. It addresses best practices for identifying locations with historical or potential rural roadway departure issues and introduces countermeasures that address them. It offers information on the procedures and processes..

Get Started Today: Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program

Friday, July 22, 2022

On May 16, 2022, the US Department of Transportation released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program. This discretionary program was established by the recently passed federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and dedicates up to $5...