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June 2017 Volpe Bulletin
This bulletin contains information about how traditional aviation testing can inform unmanned aerial technologies and includes the analysis of online media reporting on rail suicide and trespass incidents.
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Impaired Driving Strategic Plan 2018-2020
The plan is organized according to the recommendations of NHTSA Uniform Guidelines for State Highway Safety Programs (No. 8, November 2006), and thus has the major topics of Alabama’s Impaired Driving (ID) Challenge Program Management Prevention Criminal Justice Approaches Communication Program Alcohol and other Drugs Misuse, Screen, Assessment, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Program Evaluation and Data […]
New ALDOT Plan Aims to Improve Pedestrian, Bicycle Access
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.
April/May 2017 Volpe Bulletin
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.
May 2017 EMS Update: Improving Care by Including EMS in Health Information Exchange
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 […]
May 2017 EMS Update: Fatigue in EMS Project Expert Panel Meets
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 […]
May 2017 EMS Update: EMS Agenda 2050 Assembles Panel to Guide National Effort
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 […]
May 2017 EMS Update: National EMS Issues with a Local Impact
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 […]
SaferRide, NHTSA’s Mobile App
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
EDC-4 Summit Summary and Baseline Report – May 2017
This report describes the innovations FHWA is promoting in the program’s fourth round in 2017 and 2018 and documents the fall 2016 summits held to launch EDC-4. The report outlines the deployment status at the beginning of 2017 and the goals transportation stakeholders have set to broaden their adoption by the end of 2018. The […]