ATSSA UPDATE VERSION JUN 03

American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA)
ATSSA
Status Report
June 2003
ATSSA’s
Core Purpose:
“To Advance
Roadway Safety”
Training
New Courses
• Guardrail Installation Level 1
• Traffic Control Design Specialist
New CD Training
• Basic Traffic Control for Short
Duration Activities
• Basic Traffic Control for Utility
Operations
Courses Under Development
• Night Time Traffic Control
• Guardrail Installation Level II
• Comprehensive Inspection
• Basic Traffic Control for Police,
Fire and Rescue Personnel
New Products
* Retroreflective Sheeting Guide
* Standard Highway Signs Manual
•Standard Highway Signs CD-ROM
•Basic Traffic Control For Short
Duration Activities
•Basic Traffic Control for Utility
Operations
•Basic Traffic Control for Utility
Operations Guidebook
* TCS Inspection Log Book
Work Zone Clipboard
Under Development
Products •ABC’sProducts
of Work Zone Awareness Video,
Spanish Version (VHS or DVD)
•Parts I, III and VI of the MUTCD
Convention and
Traffic Expo 2003
New Orleans
• Total booths 506
• Total attendance 2900+
• Numerous workshops
• Public Officials Day
• New Products Press
Conference
• Innovation Awards
Technical Assistance
Center
* NCHRP 20- 58 (F-SHRP)
* FHWA Work Zone Best Practices
Workshop Steering Group
* FHWA Work Zone Safety Steering Committee
•FHWA Positive Separation Task Force
•Traffic Control Devices Symposium
Public Relations
* National Work Zone Memorial
* National Work Zone Awareness Week (April 6-12, 2003)
* Press Releases (Board Package)
•NASCAR Driver Todd Bodine Video
•State Safety Reports
ATSSA’s National Work Zone Memorial
ATSS Foundation
* Roadway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program
* National Work Zone Memorial
* Work Zone Poster Contest (K-3 and 4-6)
ATSS Foundation 2002 Scholarship Recipients
Government Relations
H.R.-288
“The Roadway Safety and
Congestion Mitigation
Improvements Act”
U.S. Representative Jay Inslee introduced H.R.-288, the
“Roadway Safety and Congestion Mitigation
Improvements Act.” This groundbreaking legislation
provides $3 billion a year towards improving our nation's
roadway safety infrastructure.
Rep. Jay Inslee
(D. – Wash.)
Why Safer Roads?
Unless A Change Occurs
• 1 in every 84 children born today will
die violently and 6 out of 10 will be
injured in a motor vehicle crash over
a lifetime.
• Motor vehicle crashes cost the public
$230.6 billion annually.
• Taxpayer costs related to crashes
equals $21 billion year.
Safety Comparisons
A murder takes place in the United States every 34
minutes.
à A highway death occurs every 13 minutes.
An aggravated assault occurs every 35 seconds.
à A roadway injury occurs every 15 seconds.
Since 1775, about 620,000 Americans have lost their
lives in wars.
à Since 1900, over 3 million people have died on
our nation’s roadways.
AASHTO/FHWA Goals
• AASHTO: Reduce fatalities by 5,000-7,000
annually
• FHWA: Reduce fatalities by 35,500 by 2008
Reduce injuries by 2,809,000 by 2008
How to Be Part of a “Virtual” Coalition
(1) Log into this site:
www.SafeRoadsForAmerica.org
(2) Enter your Zip Code
(3) Begin INSTANT
communications via
e-mail with your
elected official(s)
RECENT BOARD ACTIONS
• “GSD” - New Division of ATSSA
•
Authorized staff to participate in the
FHWA Traffic Control Device
Consortium (“Pooled Fund Study”)
•
3 -year training agreement with Louisiana
DOT