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To rapidly identify effective and low-cost crash countermeasures at critical locations on our nation’s roadways to eliminate fatal and severe injury crashes.
Timeless Remark
Mary E Peters
Former Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration October 2, 2001 to July 29, 2005
Safety is a fundamental building block for designing and constructing any highway project. It is the basis for the engineering analysis and standards that transportation agencies apply to the road network. Yet despite the advances that transportation professionals have made to incorporate a safety philosophy into everything they do, the annual toll of fatalities and serious injuries on the nations roadways remains too great.
FHWA Administrator Peters’ Comment Paves the Way to a New Paradigm
Safe System Approach
Responsibility is Shared
All stakeholders—including government at all levels, industry, non-profit/advocacy, researchers, and the general public—are vital to preventing fatalities and serious injuries on our roadways.
Safety is Proactive
Proactive tools should be used to identify and address safety issues in the transportation system, rather than waiting for crashes to occur and reacting afterwards.
Redundancy is Crucial
Reducing risks requires that all parts of the transportation system be strengthened, so that if one part fails, the other parts still protect people.
DCCI Answers The Call
Bruce Hamilton, MPH
Executive Director, Roadway Safety Foundation
In the highway safety community, we often make reference to the “three pillars” of our work: safe roads, safe drivers, and safe vehicles. Dean Johnson’s Highway Safety Initiative is a remarkable contribution to this landscape, precisely because he explicitly links diverse disciplines into a cohesive, actionable program. The highway safety community has made a commitment to Zero: that is, Zero deaths and life-altering injuries on the nation’s roads. To achieve it, we need innovative, cross-cutting approaches…. I am confident that the …Highway Safety Initiative will offer seasoned transportation professionals and brand-new drivers alike a refreshing perspective on this issue, and will be integral to eliminating preventable carnage on our roads.