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In this issue you will find upcoming trainings on artificial intelligence, community engagement, and off-highway vehicle safety. Join us August 21st for our next monthly webinar, Transit as a Safety Strategy. This webinar will examine a case study from Colorado and hear about how their state and regional systems work together to keep communities and tourists alike moving safely.
The next round of Road Safety Campion Program (RSCP) offerings starts on August 19th. Register now for upcoming modules here.
If you know of relevant trainings or events which are not included in our emails, please let us know so that we can add them. Also, if you know of sites, newsletters or other sources that we should monitor for upcoming trainings and events, please pass those along to us, as well.
Sincerely,
Jaime Sullivan
Center Director
National Center for Rural Road Safety
info@ruralsafetycenter.org
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Event: Labor Day National Mobilization - Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
Date: August 13 - September 1, 2025
Organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
During the 2023 Labor Day holiday (6 p.m. September 1 - 5:59 a.m. September 5), there were 511 crash fatalities nationwide. Of those people, 185 (36%) were killed in crashes that involved at least one alcohol-impaired driver with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or above.
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over is a national high-visibility enforcement campaign that focuses on the consequences of drunk driving and is supported by increased law enforcement.
Event: World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR)
Date: November 16, 2025
Organization: Vision Zero Network, Families for Safe Streets, It Could Be Me, Road to Zero Coalition
Join communities across the U.S. and around the world for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on Sunday, November 16, 2025. Organizers nationwide are holding events to remember those lost, support those impacted, and demand urgent change to prevent future tragedies.
For more information about this event, click here.
Link: https://wdor-usa.org/
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Webinar: Back to School Safety
Date: August 7, 2025
Time: 10:00 am to 11:00 am MT/12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET
Cost: Free
Organization: Maryland Department of Transportation
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Webinar: Rural Transportation Peer Exchange - Public Engagement Process in Rural Areas
Date: August 7, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm MT/2:00 pm to 3:00 pm ET
Cost: Free
Organization: National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)
NADO and AASHTO’s Center for Environmental Excellence will host a virtual peer exchange Thursday, August 7, at 2 p.m. ET. This peer exchange session will explore the significance of public engagement in transportation planning, examine how Rural Transportation Planning Organizations (RTPOs) incorporate public input in rural communities, and highlight examples of public engagement practices across the country.
Webinar: Frontiers of Technology - Artificial Intelligence, Transportation and Road Safety
Date: August 12, 2025
Time: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm MT/1:00 pm to 2:00 pm ET
Cost: Free
Organization: National Safety Council (NSC)
Artificial intelligence is shaping transportation planning, traffic violation enforcement and navigation, opening up new possibilities for addressing longstanding challenges. Road to Zero brings you the latest information about how innovation impacts road safety.
Webinar: World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims - National Organizing Call
Date: August 13, 2025
Time: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm MT/1:00 pm to 2:00 pm ET
Cost: Free
Organization: Vision Zero Network, Families for Safe Streets, It Could Be Me, Road to Zero Coalition
Join communities across the U.S. and around the world for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on Sunday, November 16, 2025. Organizers nationwide are holding events to remember those lost, support those impacted, and demand urgent change to prevent future tragedies.
Want to learn more or get involved? Join a kickoff call on Wednesday, August 13 to hear how you can help plan, support, or amplify efforts in your community.
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Webinar: New Year, New Inspirations! Celebrating Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day 2025
Date: August 13, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm MT/3:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET
Cost: Free
Organization: Safe Routes Partnership
Interested in applying for a Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day mini-grant? Or just looking for new ideas and inspirations? Join Safe Routes Partnership for a webinar all about celebrating Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day! Every November 14th, schools organize Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day activities to promote meaningful dialogue on activism, anti-racism, and anti-bullying. This webinar will share activities and best practices from last year’s celebrations and details about our mini-grant program.
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Webinar: Powersports Industry Provides Free "Safe and Responsible Use" Tools and Messaging
Date: August 14, 2025
Time: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm MT/1:00 pm to 2:00 pm ET
Cost: Free
Organization: American Trails
The Specialty Vehicle Institute of America, Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association, and the Motorcycle Safety Foundation were formed to provide safety training and education to the public and to promote the safe and responsible use of all-terrain vehicles, recreational off-highway vehicles (also referred to as side-by-sides or UTVs), and dirt bikes. As a result, these associations have developed many tools, including safety tips, videos, web banners, online safety courses, and other communications, that are free and available to all organizations and agencies to disseminate broadly. Hear from SVIA/ROHVA/MSF Vice President of Communications Andria Yu and Director, Safe and Responsible Use Programs Duane Taylor about the many ways you can help promote OHV safety and responsible riding practices and the resources that are available to you and OHV enthusiasts.
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Webinar: Early Workforce Impacts of Artificial Intelligences (AI) to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Date: August 19, 2025
Time: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm MT/1:00 pm to 2:00 pm ET
Cost: Free
Organization: ITS America
This webinar will include a distinguished panel of public and private sector leaders from the industry who will discuss innovative strategies to elevate and build the skills, knowledge, and readiness of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) workforce. The discussion will explore and assess the impact of AI on our industry with the goal of ensuring our workforce is ready to adapt. Together, we will build a resilient and forward-thinking ITS workforce.
Webinar: Road Safety Champion Program (RSCP) - Introduction to Road Safety (CM#1)
Date: August 19, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm MT/2:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET
Cost: Free
Organization: National Center for Rural Road Safety
Get an overview of safety trends and a national understanding of roadway safety. Also, discuss techniques for safety collaboration, the importance of prioritizing safety over other considerations, and how an individual can become a Road Safety Champion.
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Webinar: Safety vs. Safety - Understanding and Overcoming Conflicts between Street Safety and Fire and Emergency Response
Date: August 20, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm MT/2:00 pm to 3:00 pm ET
Cost: Free
Organization: Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS)
In cities across the US, attempts to improve safety for bicyclists and pedestrians are coming into conflict with fire and emergency response priorities. In this webinar, Zachary Lamb, Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley, will discuss recent research to better understand conflicts between street safety measures and emergency response, and how such conflicts can be avoided or resolved.
The webinar will include findings from the research; discussion of the intertwined physical, institutional, and cultural factors that drive conflicts between street safety and emergency response; and discussion of strategies deployed in cities across the country to overcome these conflicts, including designing protected bike lanes to accommodate emergency response vehicles and shifting the mission of fire departments to include a prevention approach to street safety.
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Webinar: Documenting Pedestrian Infrastructure: Lessons Learned from the Maryland Sidewalk Data Collaboration
Date: August 20, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm MT/3:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET
Cost: $50 members/$85 non-members
Organization: Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Environment and Sustainable Transportation Program is developing a geospatial dataset containing every sidewalk in the state of Maryland. This data will integrate with One Maryland One Centerline (OMOC), a comprehensive roadway dataset collaboratively developed by federal, state, and local entities to document roadway characteristics, routing information, traffic, transit services, bicycle infrastructure, and more. Adding pedestrian infrastructure to this dataset represents a substantial advancement towards OMOC comprehensively describing transportation infrastructure throughout the state. The webinar will discuss:
- The current state of pedestrian data in Maryland, both in terms of the attributes it documents and methods of capture.
- The results of a literature review and interviews with agencies across the country to understand the benefits and drawbacks of various sidewalk data capture and storage methods.
- The schema developed to document pedestrian infrastructure data, and how it was developed.
- Case studies, illustrating how this data provides planners and decision makers with a means of comparing and/or prioritizing projects, particularly as it relates to their expected impact on vulnerable populations.
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Webinar: Transit as a Safety Strategy
Date: August 21, 2025
Time: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm MT/1:00 pm to 2:30 pm ET
Cost: Free
Organization: National Center for Rural Road Safety
On your road to zero, have you considered public transit as a strategy? If not, then this is the webinar for you! Public transit is considered one of the safest ways to travel, being ten times safer per mile than a car. Additionally, it decreases congestion, reduces the number of vehicles on the road, provides mobility for those who cannot or choose not to drive, and is a way to connect multiple modes of travel. In this webinar, we will examine a case study from Colorado and hear about how their state and regional systems work together to keep communities and tourists alike moving safely.
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Webinar: Showcasing Innovative Solutions for Road Safety
Date: August 21, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm MT/2:00 pm to 3:30 pm ET
Cost: Free
Organization: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Center for Local Aid Support
This month’s Innovation Exchange webinar puts the spotlight on road safety innovations emerging from across the country. Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Centers are on the front lines, supporting local agencies with training, tools, and technical know-how to improve safety outcomes.
This session will showcase successful, field-tested strategies developed and implemented by LTAPs to reduce roadway fatalities and serious injuries. From low-cost infrastructure improvements to community-driven safety initiatives, these innovations are tailored to meet the unique needs of local and rural road systems.
Join FHWA to hear directly from LTAP professionals and learn how their solutions can be applied in your own community.
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Webinar: What Can Police Stop Data Tell us About Traffic Safety?
Date: August 26, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm MT/2:00 pm to 3:00 pm ET
Cost: Free
Organization: Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS)
Across the country, police traffic stops are touted as a tool for improving road safety—but not all stops are equal in impact. From DUI enforcement to minor equipment violations, the behaviors targeted vary widely, and so do their impacts on traffic safety.
In response to growing concerns about policing practices, many jurisdictions have created detailed police stop databases. These rich data sources were primarily designed to examine demographic disparities—but what if they could also help us better understand and prevent serious and fatal crashes
In this webinar, SafeTREC’s Liza Lutzker will share research using the confidential version of California’s police stop database, which includes stop narratives and locations. As the first research team with access to this data, we’re developing innovative methods to categorize stops by traffic safety relevance—helping us answer a critical question: Are traffic stops aligned with the behaviors that actually cause the most harm on our roads? Join us to explore how these datasets can be repurposed for traffic safety research, what insights they offer, and where their limitations lie.
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Webinar: Road Safety Champion Program (RSCP) - Understanding Human Factors (CM#2)
Date: August 26, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm MT/2:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET
Cost: Free
Organization: National Center for Rural Road Safety
This course will equip human factors “non”-experts to better consider the capabilities and limitation of road users and incorporate them into policies and practices. Knowing how road users interact with their vehicle, the roadway, and other road users can also provide useful insights for decision making for construction and maintenance personnel, planners, engineers, public health professionals, and law enforcement.
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Webinar: Quick-Builds in Indian Country - Advancing Road Safety through Community Engagement
Date: August 28, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm MT/2:00 pm to 3:00 pm ET
Cost: Free
Organization: America Walks
This webinar, sponsored by The Road to Zero Coalition, will provide tribes and other communities with a step-by-step process for planning, designing, and implementing quick-build traffic calming projects.
In 2024, the Pueblo of Jemez, Cherokee Nation, Confederated Salish, and Kootenai Tribes; University of Montana; and America Walks were awarded a Road to Zero traffic safety grant to develop effective strategies for addressing the disproportionate impact of pedestrian fatalities in Indian Country. According to Smart Growth America’s Dangerous by Design, Native people are more than three times as likely to be killed while walking, compared with the average American. The project focused on engaging the community on the issue of road safety and then installing temporary structures which redesign roadway geometry to slow vehicle speeds.
Project team members will discuss the details involved in designing and implementing these “hands-on” public events, and present the evaluation results and lessons learned. Plans to establish a national coalition focused on preventing traffic deaths and injuries in Indian Country will also be announced.
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Training: Positive Culture Framework
Date: September 23-25, 2025
Location: Online
Organization: Center for Health and Safety Culture (CHSC)
The Positive Culture Framework is an approach based on our research about improving health and safety in communities and organizations. The Framework builds on shared values and beliefs that already exist in a culture to improve health and safety. It addresses key skills (the how), steps in a process (the what), and the context for doing the work (the where).
Training: Implementing the Safe System Approach Course
Date: October 8 - November 19, 2025
Location: Online
Organization: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
The Implementing the Safe System Approach course is a new certificate-based blending learning course that will provide an in-depth understanding of the Safe System Approach and its application. The Safe System Approach is a holistic and strategic level approach to achieving zero transportation-related severe injuries and fatalities. At its foundation, the Safe System Approach acknowledges that humans make mistakes and are vulnerable to crash impacts. This approach is a change from traditional safety practice and is based on shared responsibility, redundancy, and proactive action across five elements: Safe Road Users, Safe Vehicles, Safe Roads, Safe Speeds, and Post-Crash Care. The intended audience for the course is transportation planners, engineers, safety data analysts, public health professionals, and other key stakeholders with shared responsibility within the Safe System.
This online blending learning course will consist of pre-recorded modules delivered by subject matter experts and four live instructor-led discussion sessions. The first live session features an introduction to Safe System Theory and Practice, including an overview of new legislation and programs.
Training: Road Safety Audits - From Concept to Results
Date: October 13-23, 2025
Location: Online
Organization: International Road Federation (IRF)
Road safety audit and inspections serve the common purpose of identifying risk factors related to road design or traffic control that may lead to crashes, or make crashes more severe. In many cases, they also assist network highway operators and city traffic departments in identifying engineering weaknesses and hazardous locations, even in the absence of robust traffic injury data.
Almost 85% of countries surveyed by the World Health Organization currently report implementing road safety audits or inspections, and it is important for all road safety professionals to understand how to design and implement them correctly for maximum safety benefits.
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Conference: 12th Annual Distracted Driving Summit
Date: August 7-8, 2025
Location: Williamsburg, VA
Organization: DRIVE SMART Virginia
For the past eleven years, hundreds of attendees have listened to speakers from around the country talk about the most cutting-edge solutions for distracted driving. The Summit will be a day-and-a-half event with general and breakout sessions and an exhibitor area.
Conference: 2025 Joint ITE International National Rural ITS Conference
Date: August 10-13, 2025
Location: Orlando, FL
Organization: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), National Rural Intelligent Transportation Systems (NRITS)
Conference: National Association of Women Highway and Safety Leaders Traffic Safety Leadership Conference
Date: August 21-23, 2025
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Organization: National Association of Women Highway and Safety Leaders (NAWHSL)
Conference: GHSA 2025 Annual Meeting
Date: August 23-27, 2025
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Organization: Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA)
Conference: Southeast Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Research Summit
Date: August 26-27, 2025
Location: Tuscaloosa, AL
Organization: Alabama Transportation Institute, Center for Advanced Public Safety
Conference: Safe States 2025 Annual Injury and Violence Prevention Conference
Date: September 9-11, 2025
Location: Atlanta, GA
Organization: Safe States
The Safe States Annual Injury and Violence Prevention (IVP) Conference "Rising up and Branching Out" is the premiere event for injury and violence prevention professionals working across a variety of settings to connect and learn from one another. For three days hundreds of professionals and advocates from state, local, and tribal health, hospitals and healthcare, research and academia, community-based organizations, and the federal government come together to share best practices and innovative solutions, discuss emerging issues and new research, and hone their competencies in IVP.
Conference: National Transportation in Indian Country Conference
Date: September 21-25, 2025
Location: Chandler, AZ
Organization: Center for Tribal Transportation, National Transportation in Indian Country Conference
The National Transportation in Indian Country Conference (NTICC) is hosted by The Center for Tribal Transportation and is planned and organized by a Planning Committee comprised of Tribal transportation professionals from Tribes and Tribal organizations across the U.S. The 2025 NTICC will be attended by 700+ Tribal transportation professionals. NTICC features learning sessions and conference tracks tailored to fit the transportation related professional development needs in Indian Country.
Conference: APBP Virtual Summit
Date: September 25-26, 2025
Location: Online
Organization: Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
This fall, the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals will hold a live two day, educational summit composed of two keynote speakers and 6 breakout sessions focused on the many facets of the active transportation field.
Conference: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2025 Convention
Date: October 8-11, 2025
Location: Seattle, WA
Organization: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
The ASCE Convention stands as the Society's premier membership event, offering a unique annual opportunity for the entire Society to come together. This gathering not only showcases the diversity within civil engineering that ASCE represents but also features a program that is integrated, cross-cultural, technical, and educational in nature.
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Conference: Annual National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council Conference
Date: October 9-12, 2025
Location: Bend, OR
Organization: National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council Conference (NOHVCC)
The 2025 NOHVCC Annual Conference will be held in Bend, OR on October 9-11. The conference will feature content specific to off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreation, OHV clubs, trail projects, partnerships, and much more.
Conference: 2025 Minnesota Towards Zero Deaths Conference
Date: October 21-22, 2025
Location: Prior Lake, MN
Organization: Minnesota Towards Zero Deaths
This conference provides a forum for sharing information on best practices in engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency medical/health services and for identifying new approaches to reducing the number of traffic fatalities and life-changing injuries on Minnesota roads.
Conference: TrailNation Summit
Date: October 27-29, 2025
Location: Cleveland, OH
Organization: Rails to Trails Conservancy (RTC)
Rails to Trails Conservancy’s TrailNation™ Summit is where the vision of trail networks at the center of healthy, thriving communities becomes reality. October 27 – 29 in Cleveland, participants will be immersed in a learning experience designed to gain the skills and build the necessary connections with professionals and advocates from different fields, geographies, and areas of expertise to accelerate the development of country’s 150+ trail networks.
Conference: 2025 AASHTO Safety Summit and Peer Exchange
Date: October 28-30, 2025
Location: New Orleans, LA
Organization: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
Join the AASHTO community for the 3rd annual Safety Summit, hosted by the Committee on Safety.
This event will provide a forum for:
- Exchanging information and ideas on safety practices among leadership-, managerial-, and practitioner-level representatives of state departments of transportation.
- Discussing evolving strategies for addressing safety issues related to all elements of a safe transportation system.
- Collaborating across the state DOT and roadway lifecycle as well as with external partners to work toward common safety goals.
The Summit will present a diverse and practical program that highlights AASHTO President Garrett Eucalitto’s emphases on safer communities, safer road users, and safer workers. Each session of the Summit will be designed to incorporate the event objectives, with a primary format of interaction and conversation among participants, presenters, panelists, and moderators. There will be a mix of plenary and concurrent sessions.
Conference: Safe Routes to School Summit
Date: October 28-30, 2025
Location: Online
Organization: Safe Routes Partnership
This three-day event will be filled with presentations and networking opportunities for Safe Routes practitioners, partners, and champions.
Conference: Vision Zero Cities 2025
Date: October 28-30, 2025
Location: New York, NY
Organization: Transportation Alternatives
The 12th annual Vision Zero Cities will convene global leaders dedicated to achieving Vision Zero. This gathering unites city officials, planners, engineers, advocates, scholars, and industry leaders to share insights, explore innovative strategies, and discover cutting-edge solutions for challenges facing our cities. Over three days, participants will engage in keynotes, in-depth breakouts, immersive field tours, and personalized networking, all geared towards advancing safer and fairer streets and public spaces.
Conference: 2025 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Annual Meeting
Date: November 17-20, 2025
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Organization: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
The AASHTO Annual Meeting, one of the transportation industry’s most important conferences of the year, brings together experts from the public and private sectors to share the latest in industry policy and innovation. Attendees will have the opportunity to network with fellow transportation professionals and contribute to discussions on a wide range of issues facing the industry today and tomorrow.
Conference: 6th National Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP) Conference
Date: December 7-10, 2025
Location: Austin, TX
Organization: National Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP)
The National Rural Transit Assistance Program (National RTAP) invites you to participate in the 6th National RTAP Conference, Wrangling Access and Mobility in Rural and Tribal Transit, to be held December 7-10, 2025, in Austin, TX at the Hyatt Regency Austin. The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is the conference co-sponsor.
Conference: International Road Federation Global Roads to Tomorrow Conference
Date: December 9-12, 2025
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Organization: International Road Federation (IRF)
Join the world’s premier event for road and mobility professionals as we explore how digitization, artificial intelligence, and cutting-edge innovations are revolutionizing the roads and transportation sector. The IRF Global R2T Conference offers a dynamic platform for learning, collaboration, and forging influential partnerships—ensuring you stay at the forefront of a rapidly changing industry.
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Conference: Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting
Date: January 11-15, 2026
Location: Washington, DC
Organization: Transportation Research Board (TRB)
The meeting program covers all transportation modes, with sessions and workshops addressing topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions.
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