The
Roadway Safety Foundation (RSF) is one of the few national organizations solely
dedicated to reducing highway deaths and injuries by improving the physical characteristics
of America's roadways - design and engineering, operating conditions, removal
of roadside hazards, and the effective use of safety features.
RSF works to attain its goals by building awareness through media campaigns
and outreach activities, developing educational materials and forming roadway
safety partnerships between the private and public sectors. It is a private
non-profit 501(c)(3) organization chartered in 1997 by the American Highway Users
Alliance.
RSF Members include a diverse network of public and private
sector partners. Industries represented:
insurance, salt, trucking, auto makers and safety equipment manufacturers.
Public sector members: - Federal
Highway Administration
- National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
- National
Transportation Safety Board
- Transportation
Research Board
- American Association
of State Highway and Transportation Officials
- The
National Association of County Engineers
- State
Departments of Transportation
RSF's
Mission Our mission is to build public
awareness and support actions to assure that national, state and local safety
agendas recognize the role of the roadway in reducing the frequency and severity
of traffic crashes.
A
number of programs advance RSF's mission and goals: - Roadway
Safety Leadership Awards
- Roadway
Safety Guides for Local Decision Makers and Planners
- Safer
Roads for Older Americans
- PSA
Campaign - "It's No Accident"
- "Put
the Brakes on Fatalities Day"
- Retroreflectivity
Organizational
Structure RSF has two major leadership
organizations - the Board of Trustees and the Advisory Committee.
- The Board of Trustees meets once a year to set
the overall policy direction for the Foundation.
- The
Advisory Committee meets three to four times a year to develop and manage projects
for attaining RSF's mission and goals.
If
you are interested in becoming actively involved in RSF, please contact us at
202-857-1200. |
