Supporting and Contributing Members
Thanks go to the following organizations for their financial and in-kind contributions that help fund RSF’s administration and programs. Visit their web sites to learn more about our safety partners.
3M Traffic Safety Services
3M, the innovation leader in traffic safety for more than 65 years, now combines comprehensive systems and services with high-performance materials to provide safety and visibility for the life of the road. From installation, maintenance, asset management and flexible funding programs to state-of-the-art reflective sign sheeting and all-weather pavement markings, the 3M difference is clearly visible.
AAA
For over 100 years, AAA has been serving AAA members on the road and around the world. Today, it offers extensive services on the Internet. Now, more than ever, AAA is able to help members around the clock with all their Cars & Driving, Travel, Insurance, Banking and Loan needs. Over 50 million people across the U.S. and Canada enjoy special services, valuable savings, and priceless security. On the AAA web site visitors can access a wealth of information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is dedicated to saving lives and reducing injuries on the roads. It is a not-for-profit, publicly-supported charitable educational and research organization. Since 1947, the Foundation has funded over 170 research projects designed to discover the causes of traffic crashes, prevent them, and minimize injuries when they do occur. One of the Foundation’s major focus areas is the United States Road Assessment Program (usRAP), a project created to evaluate the relative safety of U.S. highways, identify dangerous roadways and make recommendations on what should be done to save lives. The other research focus areas are teen safety, senior safety and mobility, and safety culture. The AAA Foundation aims to reduce the grim toll of car crashes through research and education. Despite its relatively small size, the Foundation is seen as an authoritative voice on traffic safety. Journalists regularly come to the Foundation for information and lawmakers, policy makers, and educators rely on its’ research for informed guidance, both in the United States and abroad.
The AARP Driver Safety Program is the nation’s first and largest refresher course for drivers age 50 and older that has helped millions of drivers remain safe on today’s roads. AARP has offered the course in the classroom for 25 years and now offers the same course online.
American Alliance Drug Testing, National Subsidiary of C-DATA
American Alliance Drug Testing (AADT) is a Nationwide, non-profit organization with strong ties to the transportation industry specializing in providing employers convenient, cost effective support to facilitate drug and alcohol testing program. Our organization was established on November 22, 1995.
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) is a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization developing model programs in motor vehicle administration, law enforcement and highway safety. The association also serves as an information clearinghouse in these areas, and acts as the international spokesman for these interests. Founded in 1933, AAMVA represents the state and provincial officials in the United States and Canada who administer and enforce motor vehicle laws. AAMVA’s programs encourage uniformity and reciprocity among the states and provinces. The association also serves as a liaison with other levels of government and the private sector. Its development and research activities provide guidelines for more effective public service. AAMVA’s membership includes associations, organizations and businesses that share an interest in the association’s goals.
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
AASHTO is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association representing highway and transportation departments in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. It represents all five transportation modes: air, highways, public transportation, rail, and water. Its primary goal is to foster the development, operation, and maintenance of an integrated national transportation system.
American Highway Users Alliance
The American Highway Users Alliance, founded in 1932, is the broadest-based transportation coalition in Washington, DC focused exclusively on promoting highway system performance, roadway safety improvements and freedom of mobility.
American Traffic Safety Services Association
The American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), an international trade association, is located in Fredericksburg, Va. Since 1969, ATSSA has represented companies and individuals in the traffic control and roadway safety industry. Over 1,600 ATSSA members provide the majority of features, services and devices used to make our nation’s roadways safer. These include pavement markings, road signs, work zone traffic control devices, guardrail, and other roadside safety features.
Since 1985, when Barrier Systems first introduced the QuickChange Moveable Barrier, road authorities around the world have been taking advantage of this low-cost solution for adding lanes for rush hour traffic to reduce congestion, improve safety, and increase traffic throughput. By taking a previously immovable object and making it moveable up to 15 km/h, road authorities are able to increase the effective capacity of highway systems including HOV lanes and bridges, as well as work zones.
Charley’s Taxi Radio Dispatch Corporation
Charley’s Taxi is Hawai´i’s premier taxi company offering customers the highest quality and consistency with detailed and personalized service. Charley’s offers premium transportation and related services for individuals and groups, for all occasions, with flexible scheduling and a variety of vehicle types. We also meet special needs for families traveling with youngsters, elderly and the physically challenged.
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is an international not-for-profit organization comprised of local, state, provincial, territorial and federal motor carrier safety officials and industry representatives from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Our mission is to promote commercial motor vehicle safety and security by providing leadership to enforcement, industry and policy makers. In addition, CVSA has several hundred associate members who are committed to helping the Alliance achieve its goals: uniformity, compatibility and reciprocity of commercial vehicle inspections and enforcement activities throughout North America by individuals dedicated to highway safety and security. For more on CVSA, visit www.cvsa.org.
Cook County, Minnesota Highway Department
The Cook County Highway Department is responsible for the efficient planning, design, construction and maintenance of the county highway system. The Department oversees the budget that provides overall management and coordination of 304 miles of roadways and 77 structures. To accomplish this, funding is received from Federal, State and local resources to maintain and reconstruct our transportation system. The Department pursues cooperative projects with other governmental units and partners with contractors and utility companies to ensure efficient construction.
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration is a major agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). As a cabinet-level organization of the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government, the DOT is led by a presidential appointee-the Secretary of Transportation. The top-level official at FHWA is the Administrator, who reports directly to the Secretary of Transportation. FHWA is headquartered in Washington, DC, with field offices in every State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. FHWA is charged with the broad responsibility of ensuring that America’s roads and highways continue to be the safest and most technologically up-to-date.
Safety on our highways is FHWA’s top priority. More than 42,000 people are killed annually in traffic crashes in this country. That equates to about 115 fatalities a day. We must find, and we are finding, new opportunities and developing new technologies for saving lives. FHWA is aggressively advancing the activities and projects that we already know prevent crashes and that reduce fatalities and serious injuries when crashes do happen. FHWA is focusing its safety program on addressing three crash types that relate most highly to fatalities: roadway departures, intersections, and pedestrians. We also partner with others in DOT to increase the use of safety belts, as thousands of lives could be saved if every vehicle occupant would simply buckle-up. For information on safety facts, visit the FHWA Web site at: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/facts_stats/
FIA Foundation / Make Roads Safe
The Make Roads Safe campaign is a broad-based coalition, including public health bodies, motoring organizations, road safety NGOs and international organizations. The campaign is also proud to have the support of more than a million individuals around the world, who have signed our petition and/or our Call to Action. The campaign exists to advocate for the policy recommendations of the Commission for Global Road Safety and the 2004 World Report on road traffic injury prevention.
Governors Highway Safety Association
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) is the states’ voice on highway safety. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit, GHSA represents the state and territorial highway safety offices that implement programs to address behavioral issues, including: occupant protection, impaired driving, speeding, aggressive driving, distracted driving, motorcycle safety, and pedestrian and bicycle safety. GHSA Members also address issues associated with mature and younger drivers. Beyond behavioral issues, GHSA and its Members deal with other aspects of highway safety, such as traffic records and training.
Mercer Strategic Alliance, Incorporated
Mercer Strategic Alliance, Incorporated is a lobbying and public affairs firm that works on behalf of companies in the transportation, energy, environmental and homeland security sectors.
National Association of County Engineers
The National Association of County Engineers, with approximately 1900 members in 50 states and Canada, has a four fold objective: (1) To advance county engineering and management by providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information, (2) To foster and stimulate the growth of individual state organizations of county engineers, (3) To improve relations and the spirit of cooperation among county engineers and other agencies in the solution of mutual problems and (4) To monitor national legislation affecting county transportation & public works departments and through NACo, provide NACE legislative opinions.
National Local Technical Association Program (LTAP) Association
The National Local Technical Assistance Program Association (NLTAPA) is a not-for-profit organization representing and serving the 58 LTAP and TTAP Member-Centers in the United States and Puerto Rico. All staff of Member-Centers are entitled to Association services and opportunities to serve. The Association’s main objectives are to build awareness about LTAP in the transportation community, assist FHWA with developing strategies for the Program, and build the capacity of each Center to best meet the needs of its customers.
National Organizations for Youth Safety
The mission of the National Organizations for Youth Safety is to be the premier national youth health and safety coalition, promoting youth empowerment and leadership, and building partnerships that save lives, prevent injuries, and enhance safe and healthy lifestyles among all youths.
The National Safety Council saves lives by preventing injuries and deaths at work, on the roads and in homes and communities. We engage organizations and individuals through our leadership and efforts in research, education and advocacy. We are a membership organization and primary national resource on industry trends. Our 55,000 member companies, representing 8.5 million employees, turn to the NSC for professional development and strategies to advance safety as a core value.
National Transportation Safety Board
The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent Federal agency charged by Congress with investigating every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant accidents in the other modes of transportation — railroad, highway, marine and pipeline — and issuing safety recommendations aimed at preventing future accidents.
Quixote Corporation
For over three decades Quixote Corporation has been a leader in meeting the rising public demand for greater transportation safety through its innovative products and advanced technologies that save lives and prevent injuries by protecting, directing and informing. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Quixote Transportation Safety, Inc. and Quixote Transportation Technologies, Inc., Quixote is the world’s leading manufacturer of energy-absorbing highway crash cushions, electronic wireless measuring and sensing devices, weather forecasting stations, computerized highway advisory radio, flexible post delineators and other transportation safety products and services.
Qwick Kurb®, Inc.
QWICK KURB®, a channelization device recognized the world over as a effective, low cost, highly durable system that helps traffic engineers achieve optimum compliance with roadway directives.
The Salt Institute is a North American-based non-profit salt industry trade association and the world’s foremost source of authoritative information about salt (sodium chloride) and its more than 14,000 known uses. The largest use of salt in the United States is to ensure winter roadway safety. The Salt Institute web site, www.saltinstitute.org, offers information on: Winter road safety: How road salt works, Benefits of road salt, Preventing unsafe winter roads (anti-icing); Road salt issues in focus; Roadway performance: measuring “success”, Integrating snowfighting into roadway safety; Salt Institute articles and references: Salt and Highway Deicing newsletter, Salt Sensibility blog - highway, Salt Institute references on road salt issues; Other key references on winter road safety; Roadway safety issues.
Transpo Industries, Inc. has been an innovative leader in the manufacture and distribution of roadway safety products and materials since 1968. Innovative in SAFETY: Omni-Directional Breakaway supports for sign posts and light poles, Jet-Blast Fencing, Highway Glare Screens and a WZ intrusion alarm. Innovative in Precast: Polymer concrete barrier panels with white delineation and retro-reflective stripe for roads, tunnels and bridges. Also, ADA Compliant tactile dome, detectable warning tiles. Innovative in MATERIALS: Polymer concrete materials for concrete and steel bridge deck maintenance, rehabilitation & preservation. Transpo proudly maintains an ISO 9001:2000 certification at all company facilities.
The mission of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multimodal. A resource to the nation and to the transportation community worldwide, TRB supports information exchange on current transportation research and practice, manages cooperative research and other research programs, conducts analyses of national transportation policy issues, provides guidance on federal and other research programs, produces a wide array of publications, and provides access to research information from around the world.
TRB is one of six major divisions of the National Research Council- a private, nonprofit institution that is the principal operating agency of the National Academies in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The National Research Council is jointly administered by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.
Weissker Manufacturing LLC
The Weissker group of companies (”Weissker”) is one of the world leaders in manufacturing of glass beads for road marking. Weissker exceeds in the ability to provide retro reflectivity that can easily be measured in the highest millicandela readings possible. Weissker currently sells into many markets including Russia, CIS, Europe and North America. Weissker’s multiple manufacturing operations use various methods to assure the highest quality product in the industry. It’s small (or Lux®) beads (generally in grade 60-850 micron) are manufactured from recycled glass and used in road marking and for various industrial uses. Its DuoLux® (a blend of Lux® and UltraLux®) beads (generally in 125-1400 microns) are highly regarded for their ability to exceed challenging specifications. It’s large (or UltraLux®) beads (generally in 600-2000 microns) are regarded as the highest quality beads in the world and are made from virgin glass. Weissker is the largest producer in the world of UltraLux® beads used for road marking. Weissker is committed to providing only the highest quality products that insure the worlds driving public a added ability to see edge lines, as at the end of the day, must translate in to fewer traffic accidents and deaths. All products comply with various international quality standards including EN1423 and EN 1424. The quality management system is TÜV certified according to ISO 9001:2000.
Larry Emig (Retired, Kansas Department of Transportation).
Roger L. Stoughton (Retired, California Department of Transportation)
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