The National Center for Rural Road Safety (NCRRS) is a premier center of excellence for training, resources, technical assistance, and education on rural road safety issues. Funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), equipping rural communities to prevent all deaths and serious injuries on their roadways.
Traffic Safety Events
New! Bicycle Safety Month
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
May 1-31, 2025
Communication is a key part of bicycle safety programs and May is Bicycle Safety Month – a great opportunity to include and increase bicycle safety messaging across all platforms. For more information about this event, please visit the Traffic Safety Marketing webpage.
New! Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
May 1-31, 2025
Millions of people across the United States ride motorcycles – some as a primary or secondary form of transportation, and others as a leisure ride. May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, which is a great opportunity to include and increase motorcycle safety across all platforms, both for motorcyclists and drivers. For more information about this event, please visit the Traffic Safety Marketing webpage.
National Public Works Week (NPWW)
American Public Works Association
May 18-24, 2025
This year’s theme, “People, Purpose, Presence,” highlights three cornerstone ideals that motivate public works professionals to serve in their communities every day. Meeting the needs of people is what gives public works its sense of purpose. Many times, public works professionals will never meet those whose lives have been impacted because when things are going right, no one knows that public works is there. Yet, with or without fanfare, public works is ever present, working in the background to advance quality of life for all. For more information about the National Public Works Week event, visit the NPWW webpage.
Free Webinars
New! Incorporating Flood Planning and Design
National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE)
May 7, 2025
10:00 am – 11:30 am PT
The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Office of Operations is collaborating with the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) to host a bimonthly webinar series on road weather management (RWM). For more information about this training, visit the NOCoE website.
New! How Technology Can Stop Super Speeders
America Walks, Families for Safe Streets, Institute for Safer Trucking, Vision Zero Network, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
May 7, 2025
11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT
Join experts and advocates from across the United States to discuss the potential of Intelligent Speed Assistance – or speed limiter – technology to combat the U.S.’ epidemic of traffic crashes. Gain the perspective of national safety experts, elected officials, regulators, and law enforcement on this burgeoning technology and learn more about the national effort to #StopSuperSpeeders as well as an update to the Safer Fleets campaign for government-owned vehicles. For more information about this training, please visit the Registration webpage.
RSCP P&E 4: Overview of Data and Tools for Safety
National Center for Rural Road Safety
May 7, 2025
11:00 am – 1:00 pm PT
Data-driven approaches to traffic safety let agencies make more informed decisions and invest their limited funds more effectively. In this training, learn about the different types of data, data challenges for local agencies, and the various tools available for applying the data you have for screening your network. Discussions include the Highway Safety Manual, usRAP, Road Safety Audits, Systemic Safety Project Selection Tool, and Crash Tree Maker. For more information about this training, please visit the Registration webpage.
Making Rural Roads Safety for All
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
May 14, 2025
10:00 am – 12:00 pm PT
Rural roads are a key part of towns, villages, and Tribal reservations across the United States. However, rural roads may face transportation safety challenges. During this webinar, learn about strategies, tools, and resources to:
- Implement low-cost safety improvements on rural roads
- Conduct a Road Safety Audit on rural roads
- Develop State-local partnerships to accelerate project delivery to improve road safety
- Identify available programs and resources to improve safety and transit services in rural communities
Staff in State DOTs, regional agencies, and local agencies supporting rural communities will learn actionable strategies and tools as well as examples to improve road safety on rural roads. For more information about this training, view the Registration webpage.
When Driving Is Not an Option – Community Access for Nondrivers
Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS)
May 14, 2025
11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT
One-third of people living in the United States do not have a driver license. The majority of involuntary nondrivers are disabled, lower income, unhoused, formerly incarcerated, undocumented immigrants, kids, young people, and the elderly. They are also largely invisible due to a mobility system designed almost exclusively for drivers. When Driving is Not an Option shines a light on the reality for nondrivers and explains how improving our transportation system with nondrivers in mind will create a better quality of life for everyone. For more information about this training, please visit the Registration webpage.
RSCP P&E 5 & FR 2: Crash Reporting
National Center for Rural Road Safety
May 14, 2025
11:00 am 1 1:00 pm PT
Learn the role of crash data collection and reporting in reducing severe crashes and how such reporting benefits from cross-coordination among law enforcement, engineers, planners, and public health professionals. This training also reviews challenges with crash and injury surveillance, some nuances of crash data collection and reporting, and ways crash and injury data can be used to inform the design of safety interventions. Project Selection Tool, and Crash Tree Maker. For more information about this training, please visit the Registration webpage.
Application of AI for Low Volume Roads
International Road Federation (IRF)
May 20, 2025
7:00 am – 8:30 am PT
Join IRF for an insightful webinar on performance monitoring and the application of AI for low volume roads. This session will delve into innovative methods for continuous roughness monitoring on unpaved roads using smartphones, showcasing practical examples. Additionally, this webinar will explore how AI can be utilized to classify photos of unpaved road defects, providing valuable insights into road maintenance and management. For more information about this training, please visit the Registration webpage.
RSCP P&E 6: Systemic Safety Project Selection Tool
National Center for Rural Road Safety
May 21, 2025
11:00 am – 1:00 pm PT
Take a deep dive into the Systemic Safety Project Selection Tool. The tool is a process for identifying the factors that can contribute to crashes and implementing effective countermeasures. The training will also cover the seven steps of the safety analysis process and discuss how it can be applied using both the traditional site safety analysis method and the systemic analysis method. For more information about this training, see the Registration webpage.
Trainings
Safe Roads By Design – Road Safety Audit: From Concepts to Results
International Road Federation (IRF)
May 19-23, 2025
$3,000-3,500
Alexandria, VA
Road safety audits play a crucial role in the Safe System approach, which challenges the belief that deaths and serious injuries on our roads are an unavoidable result of human error. Instead, this innovative framework emphasizes the importance of designing and maintaining roads to actively prevent crashes and to mitigate their severity when they do occur.
In this 5-day, in-person course, participants will gain a practical understanding of how to identify and address road design flaws that contribute to severe injuries and fatalities. The curriculum covers a wide range of road safety engineering solutions, guiding students through the process of analyzing specific site conditions, evaluating relevant technical standards, and selecting the most appropriate safety measures. For more information about this training, please visit the IRF webpage.
New! Virtual Highway Safety Analysis Based on HSM/HSS
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
July 15-16, 2025
10:00 am – 2:00 pm PT
$320-400
This course is designed for engineering, planning and road safety professionals who want to be familiarized with the Predictive Methods of the Highway Safety Manual and their applications, with a focus on the Highway Safety Software (HSS). It is also designed to provide a solid foundation for those studying for the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam.
Experienced instructors will provide an overview of the methodology steps, highlighting key concepts, best practices, common limitations of the methods. For more information about this training, see the ITE webpage.
Conferences
National Summit on the Future of the Transportation Workforce
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
June 2-4, 2025
$895-995
Westminster, CO
Thought leaders in transportation workforce recruitment, training, retention, and knowledge management will address the challenges faced in each step of the workforce life cycle. Attendees will include representatives from federal, state, and local transportation agencies; metropolitan planning organizations; public transit agencies; academia; and private industry.
This interactive two-and-a-half-day summit will identify research needs of practitioners to ensure a resilient and skilled workforce for our changing modes and communities. For more information about this conference, visit the National Academies webpage.
2025 Safe System Academy
Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy
June 2-6, 2025
$2,500-3,000
Washington, DC
Johns Hopkins University is pleased to offer the 5-day workshop featuring international instructors alongside U.S. road safety leaders to provide attendees with an in-depth understanding of Safe System theory and practice. The course will include a tour of local road safety improvements and a Technology Symposium at the Swedish Embassy. For more information about this conference, visit the Johns Hopkins webpage.
International Conference on Transportation & Development
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
June 8-11, 2025
Glendale, AZ
This unique international conference collaboration will provide an exclusive opportunity to network, interact, and exchange information with worldwide leaders in the fields of transportation & development and pavements. It will bring together transportation systems and infrastructure practitioners and researchers, operation managers, project/construction managers, academics, and transportation & development practitioners, consultants, and contractors from around the world. For more information about this conference, see the ASCE webpage.
7th International Conference on Roundabouts and Geometric Design
Transportation Research Board (TRB)
June 8-12, 2025
Atlanta, GA
This interactive conference promotes idea sharing, research, and showcases noteworthy practices and solutions. Mini, compact, multi-lane, and turbo roundabouts will all be featured. The primary objective of the conference is to support and advance global safety, efficiency, equity, and resilience efforts in roadway, interchange, and intersection design for a more sustainable transportation system. For more information about this conference, please see the TRB webpage.
For a full list of conferences outside of California, visit the National Center for Rural Road Safety website.
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