Reference Materials
FedStats. Federal
Agency Statistics. Great resource for all data collected by the federal
government.
Insurance
Institute for Hwy Safety. This is a great resource for studies,
legal decisions, survey info and public opinion polls.
National
Transportation Library. Federal statistics and documents
relating to all things transportaion.
Transportation
Research Board. A great source for research, testing and
reports.
Traffic
Safety Facts 2004. US DOT, NHTSA, 2004.
Manual
on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. US DOT, FHWA, 2003.
Directory
of FHWA Traffic publications broken down by Program Area
Programs
Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS): The national SRTS Program is federally funded, but managed and administered by each State Department of Transportation. It is the responsibility of each State to appoint a fulltime SRTS Coordinator, to develop a State SRTS program, and to disperse funds to local programs in accordance with State policies and any applicable Federal law.
Federal Program Overview, Federal Highway Administration
State SRTS Contacts, National Center for Safe Routes to Schools
Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Programs: Vehicles are necessary, but it's critical that they not divide a community so that it is unlivable. Preserving the pedestrian nature of an area is often considered critical to it's economic and social vitality. The links below are to only some of the programs and groups that facilitate and advocate this topic.
Bicycle & Pedestrian Program Federal Highway Administration
Pedestrian Safety Program Federal Highway Administration
Bicycle Safety Program National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Kids Walk-to-School: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Strategic Highway Safety Plans: Each state DOT is responsible for developing and executing it's own Strategic Highway Safety Plan. More current information may be available directly from the State's DOT website, but the American Traffic Safety Services Association has consolidated the following list of all the state's plans.
Strategic Highway Safety Plans by State, ATSSA
Amber Alert: The Amber Alert Program is a voluntary partnership between law-enforcement agencies, broadcasters, transportation agencies, and the wireless industry, to activate an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases. The goal of an AMBER Alert is to instantly galvanize the entire community to assist in the search for and the safe recovery of the child.
Federal Program Overview, US Department of Justice
State Contacts, US Department of Justice
