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The Alabama Department of Transportation is hoping to roll out a new plan to make the state more bicycle and pedestrian friendly. ALDOT’s plan shows the greatest bicycling demand in places like the Capitol City and other areas around Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Mobile and Huntsville.
This bulletin contains information about the USDOT SBIR Awards, the National Transportation Noise Map, integrating space vehicle operations into the National Airspace Sstem, and safer and more reliable Automotive Electronic Control Systems.
Included in the “Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Data Integration to Optimize Patient Care” report is the “SAFR model,” developed to help provide a framework for EMS health information exchange: Search: Allow EMS providers in the field to search for hospital and other records that will help the make treatment and transport decisions Alert: Notify hospitals […]
Earlier this year, the Fatigue in EMS project team met for three days to review the evidence and develop recommendations for fatigue risk management in EMS. The project’s expert panel conducted systematic reviews of the evidence that addressed: Caffeine as a countermeasure Napping during shift work Education and training in sleep health and fatigue management Biomathematical modeling Use of […]
The ten members of the Technical Expert Panel have been selected to lead the project and gather community input over the next two years. The EMS Agenda 2050 project, a two-year collaborative effort to create a bold vision for the future of EMS based on input from the EMS community and public, kicked off in late […]
Vince Robbins, chair of the National EMS Advisory Council, discusses the panel’s role as a link between members of the EMS community and federal policymakers. NEMSAC plays an important role in EMS. Authorized by Congress to provide recommendations to the US Department of Transportation (home of the NHTSA Office of EMS) and the Federal Interagency […]
When Google’s self-driving program spin-off, Waymo, began offering to let Phoenix-area families try out its vehicle service last month, it touched off what a new study is calling “a historic revolution in transportation.” While the number of Americans using all forms of ride-sharing — autonomous or otherwise — is currently quite small, RethinkX, an independent […]
NHTSA’s SaferRide app will help drunk drivers off our roads by allowing users to call a taxi or a friend and by identifying their locations so they can be picked up. For Android devices, from the Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nhtsa.SaferRide For Apple devices, from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/saferride/id950774008?mt=8
This fact sheet contains information on fatal motor vehicle crashes and fatalities, based on data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). FARS is a census of fatal crashes in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico is not included in U.S. totals). Crash and injury statistics are based on […]
NHTSA: There were 22,441 passenger vehicle occupants who died in traffic crashes and an estimated 2.18 million passenger vehicle occupants who were injured. Passenger vehicles made up 93 percent of registered vehicles and accounted for 90 percent of total vehicle miles traveled (VMT). An estimated 11,070,000 vehicles were involved in police-reported traffic crashes; 96 percent (10,656,000) […]