A 10-Point Plan for Reauthorizing the Federal Highway Safety Program

Traffic accidents took the lives of 42,000 people in the United States, in 2007. This paper presents ten recommendations to Congress, by the Governors Highway Safety Association, with the goals of increasing highway safety and decreasing traffic accident fatalities and injuries. The recommendations include continuing a strong federal role in highway safety, development of a national strategic highway safety plan, emphasizing performance-based planning, enhancing financing for improving accident data, streamlining administration of grant programs, restructuring incentive programs, and strengthening state programs, among others.

• Record URL:
  • http://ghsa.madwolf.com/files/issues/pdf/GHSA10ptslowB.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Governors Highway Safety Association

  750 First Street, NE, Suite 720
  Washington, DC  United States  20002
• Publication Date: 2009-2-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 17p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Fatalities; Federal government; Highway safety; Safety programs; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01126425
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 2009 2:59PM