Transcript Maggi Gunnels, Associate Administrator for Regional Operations
2011 Strategic Highway Safety Plan Peer Exchange June 2011
Mary D. Gunnels, PhD, MS Associate Administrator, Regional Operations and Program Delivery National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Washington, DC USA
NHTSA Regions
NHTSA Regional Offices
Region (Location)
Region 1 (Cambridge, MA) Region 2 (White Plains, NY) Region 3 (Baltimore, MD) Region 4 (Atlanta, GA) Region 5 (Olympia Fields, IL) Region 6 (Fort Worth, TX) Region 7 (Kansas City, MO) Region 8 (Lakewood, CO) Region 9 (San Francisco, CA) Region 10 (Seattle, WA)
Regional Administrator/Deputy RA
Phil Weiser/Jim Ryan Tom Louizou/Richard Simon Beth Baker/Valerie Gompf Terry Schiavone/Carmen Hayes Mike Witter/John Balser Georgia Chakiris/Gary Taylor Romell Cooks/Jim Green Bill Watada/Gina Espinosa-Salcedo David Manning/Bill Kootsikas John Moffat/Kirk Gillett
Achieving Safety Goals in the USA
• A common vision • Countermeasures that work • NHTSA, FHWA, FMCSA • AASHTO/NCHRP • Good data •
Implemented locally - SHSPs
• Relentless commitment
Policy Programs Communications
Joint State-Federal Efforts Can Accomplish …
• • • • • Successful Implementation of Consensus Performance Measures Continued Cooperation on Management Review and Special Management Review Efforts Continued Emphasis on Data-driven Solutions Moving More Training into Regions because of State Travel Restrictions
Major Reductions in Fatalities
Partners Accomplish More:
Consensus Performance Measures Core Measures Overall fatalities Serious injuries Fatalities/VMT Unrestrained fatalities .08+ fatalities Speeding fatalities Motorcycle fatalities Unhelmeted fatalities <21 year drivers in fatals Pedestrian fatalities Observed Belt Use Activity Measures Belt citations Speeding citations DWI arrests Developmental Measures Injuries Attitudes/Awareness Speed monitoring Enforcement Activity
Surface Transportation Technical Assistance: What Do We Know?
• • Proposals being drafted by several Congressional Committees No formal legislative proposal at this time
Contact: Maggi Gunnels
202-366-0166 [email protected]