Twenty-five new organizations and businesses recently joined the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Roadway Safety Strategy.
This brings the number of Allies in Action to more than 100. Allies in Action commit to taking specific, tangible steps to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries on roadways, expand the adoption of a Safe System Approach and a Zero Fatalities vision nationwide, and transform how Americans think about road safety.
Launched in 2022, the agency’s strategy is in response to the more than 40,000 people killed on American roads annually. It adopts the five-pronged approach of safer people, safer vehicles, safer speeds, safer roads, and better post-crash care.
The new Allies in Action include:
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will conduct monthly Bus Accident Reduction Committee meetings to review safety performance indicators and targets, investigate findings, and develop corrective action plans.
Together for Safer Roads will bring the public and private sectors together in shared partnerships to create safer operators, systems, and ultimately roads. Key initiatives including recruiting new fleets for the organization’s work force development program.
Qualcomm will continue to develop the technologies that help make travel safer and more convenient for road users such as advanced driver assistance systems that can sense their surroundings and cellular-vehicle-to-everything technology.