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), the NCRRS equips rural communities to prevent all deaths and serious injuries on their roadways.
Traffic Safety Events
Labor Day National Mobilization – Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
August 13 – September 1, 2025
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
During the 2023 Labor Day holiday (6:00pm September 1 – 5:59am September 5), there were 511 crash fatalities nationwide. Of those people, 185 (36%) were killed in crashes that involved at least one alcohol-impaired driver with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or above.
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over is a national high-visibility enforcement campaign that focuses on the consequences of drunk driving and is supported by increased law enforcement.
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDoR)
November 16, 2025
Vision Zero Network, Families for Safe Streets, It Could Be Me, Road to Zero Coalition
Join communities across the U.S. and around the world for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims on Sunday, November 16, 2025. Organizers nationwide are holding events to remember those lost, support those impacted, and demand urgent change to prevent future tragedies.
Webinars
Powersports Industry Provides Free “Safe and Responsible Use” Tools and Messaging
Thursday, August 14, 2025
10:00 am – 11:00 am PT
American Trails
The Specialty Vehicle Institute of America (SVIA), Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle Association (ROHVA), and the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) were formed to provide safety training and education to the public and to promote the safe and responsible use of all-terrain vehicles, recreational off-highway vehicles (also referred to as side-by-sides or UTVs), and dirt bikes. As a result, these associations have developed many tools, including safety tips, videos, web banners, online safety courses, and other communications, that are free and available to all organizations and agencies to disseminate broadly. Hear from SVIA/ROHVA/MSF and Safe and Responsible Use Programs about the many ways to promote OHV safety and responsible riding practices and the resources that are available. For more information about this training, please visit the American Trails webpage.
Early Workforce Impacts of Artificial Intelligences (AI) to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
10:00 am – 11:00 am PT
ITS America
This webinar includes a distinguished panel of public and private sector leaders from the industry who will discuss innovative strategies to elevate and build the skills, knowledge, and readiness of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) workforce. The discussion will explore and assess the impact of AI on our industry with the goal of ensuring our workforce is ready to adapt. Together, we will build a resilient and forward-thinking ITS workforce.
Road Safety Champion Program (RSCP) – Introduction to Road Safety (CM#1)
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
11:00 am 1:00 pm PT
National Center for Rural Road Safety
Get an overview of safety trends and a national understanding of roadway safety. Also, discuss techniques for safety collaboration, the importance of prioritizing safety over other considerations, and how an individual can become a Road Safety Champion.
Safety vs. Safety – Understanding and Overcoming Conflicts between Street Safety and Fire and Emergency Response
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT
Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS)
In cities across the US, attempts to improve safety for bicyclists and pedestrians are coming into conflict with fire and emergency response priorities. This webinar will discuss recent research to better understand conflicts between street safety measures and emergency response, and how such conflicts can be avoided or resolved.
The webinar includes findings from the research; discussion of the intertwined physical, institutional, and cultural factors that drive conflicts between street safety and emergency response; and a discussion of strategies deployed in cities across the country to overcome these conflicts, including designing protected bike lanes to accommodate emergency response vehicles and shifting the mission of fire departments to include a prevention approach to street safety. For more information about this training, see the CPBS webpage.
Documenting Pedestrian Infrastructure: Lessons Learned from the Maryland Sidewalk Data Collaboration
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm PT
$50 members/$85 non-members
Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Environment and Sustainable Transportation Program is developing a geospatial dataset containing every sidewalk in the state of Maryland. This data will integrate with One Maryland One Centerline (OMOC), a comprehensive roadway dataset collaboratively developed by federal, state, and local entities to document roadway characteristics, routing information, traffic, transit services, bicycle infrastructure, and more.
The webinar will discuss:
- The current state of pedestrian data in Maryland
- The results of a literature review and interviews with agencies across the country
- The schema developed to document pedestrian infrastructure data, and how it was developed.
- Case studies, illustrating how this data provides planners and decision makers with a means of comparing and/or prioritizing projects, particularly as it relates to their expected impact on vulnerable populations.
Transit as a Safety Strategy
Thursday, August 21, 2025
10:00 am – 11:30 am PT
The National Center for Rural Road Safety (NCRRS) and the National Local Technical Assistance Program (NLTAPA) Safety Work Group are co-hosting this FREE, 1.5-hour online webinar.
Public transit decreases congestion, reduces the number of vehicles on the road, provides mobility for those who cannot or choose not to drive, and is a way to connect multiple modes of travel. This webinar will examine a case study from Colorado and hear about how their state and regional systems work together to keep communities and tourists alike moving safely.
Instructions on accessing the webinar will be sent after registration is confirmed. For questions or comments, please contact Jaime Sullivan, Rural Road Safety Center Director.
Showcasing Innovative Solutions for Road Safety
Thursday, August 21, 2025
11:00 am 12:30 pm PT
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Center for Local Aid Support
This month’s Innovation Exchange webinar puts the spotlight on road safety innovations emerging from across the country. Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) Centers are on the front lines, supporting local agencies with training, tools, and technical know-how to improve safety outcomes.
This session showcases successful, field-tested strategies developed and implemented by LTAPs to reduce roadway fatalities and serious injuries. From low-cost infrastructure improvements to community-driven safety initiatives, these innovations are tailored to meet the unique needs of local and rural road systems.
What Can Police Stop Data Tell us About Traffic Safety?
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT
Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS)
In response to growing concerns about policing practices, many jurisdictions have created detailed police stop databases. These rich data sources were primarily designed to examine demographic disparities—but what if they could also help us better understand and prevent serious and fatal crashes?
In this webinar, SafeTREC will share research using the confidential version of California’s police stop database, which includes stop narratives and locations. They’re developing innovative methods to categorize stops by traffic safety relevance—helping determine if traffic stops aligned with the behaviors that actually cause the most harm on roads. Explore how these datasets can be repurposed for traffic safety research, the insights they offer, and their limitations.
Road Safety Champion Program (RSCP) – Understanding Human Factors (CM#2)
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
11:00 am — 1:00 pm PT
National Center for Rural Road Safety
This course equips human factors “non”-experts to consider the capabilities and limitations of road users, and incorporate them into policies and practices. Knowing how road users interact with their vehicle, the roadway, and other road users can also provide useful insights for decision-making for construction and maintenance personnel, planners, engineers, public health professionals, and law enforcement.
Quick-Builds in Indian Country – Advancing Road Safety through Community Engagement
Thursday, August 28, 2025
11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT
America Walks
This webinar, provides tribes and other communities with a step-by-step process for planning, designing, and implementing quick-build traffic calming projects.
In 2024, the Pueblo of Jemez, Cherokee Nation, Confederated Salish, and Kootenai Tribes; University of Montana; and America Walks were awarded a Road to Zero traffic safety grant to develop effective strategies for addressing the disproportionate impact of pedestrian fatalities in Indian Country. The project focused on engaging the community on the issue of road safety, and then installing temporary structures which redesign roadway geometry to slow vehicle speeds. Project team members will discuss the details involved in designing and implementing these “hands-on” public events, and present the evaluation results and lessons learned.
For more information about this training, please visit America Walks.
Trainings
Virtual: Implementing the Safe System Approach Course
October 8 – November 19, 2025
ITE Member: $600 / Non-Member: $850
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
The Implementing the Safe System Approach course is a new certificate-based blending learning course that will provide an in-depth understanding of the Safe System Approach and its application. At its foundation, the Safe System Approach acknowledges that humans make mistakes and are vulnerable to crash impacts. This approach is a change from traditional safety practice and is based on shared responsibility, redundancy, and proactive action across five elements: Safe Road Users, Safe Vehicles, Safe Roads, Safe Speeds, and Post-Crash Care. The intended audience for the course is transportation planners, engineers, safety data analysts, public health professionals, and other key stakeholders with shared responsibility within the Safe System.
This online blending learning course will consist of pre-recorded modules delivered by subject matter experts and four live instructor-led discussion sessions. For more information about this training, visit the ITE webpage.
Virtual: Road Safety Audits – From Concept to Results
October 13 – 23, 2025
$1,500 – $2,200
International Road Federation (IRF)
Road safety audit and inspections serve the common purpose of identifying risk factors related to road design or traffic control that may lead to crashes, or make crashes more severe. In many cases, they also assist network highway operators and city traffic departments in identifying engineering weaknesses and hazardous locations, even in the absence of robust traffic injury data.
Almost 85% of countries surveyed by the World Health Organization currently report implementing road safety audits or inspections, and it is important for all road safety professionals to understand how to design and implement them correctly for maximum safety benefits. For more information about this training, please visit the IRF webpage.
Virtual: Improve Health & Safety with the Positive Culture Framework – A Foundational Training from Its Creators
December 9 – 11, 2025
$475
Banyan Collaborative
The Positive Culture Framework is an approach for tackling complex health and safety challenges like traffic safety including growing support for the Safe System Approach. Developed by Katie Dively and Jay Otto of Banyan Collaborative, this updated training equips you with a 7-step process, essential skills, and real-world context for lasting impact. As the original creators, Katie and Jay bring over 20 years of experience, plus a new leadership component and a dedicated one-on-one follow-up session to ensure success.
For more information, please visit the Banyan Collaborative webpage.
Conferences
National Transportation in Indian Country Conference
September 21 – 25, 2025
$899.95
Chandler, AZ
Center for Tribal Transportation, National Transportation in Indian Country Conference
The National Transportation in Indian Country Conference (NTICC) is hosted by The Center for Tribal Transportation and is planned and organized by a Planning Committee comprised of Tribal transportation professionals from Tribes and Tribal organizations across the U.S. The 2025 NTICC will be attended by 700+ Tribal transportation professionals. NTICC features learning sessions and conference tracks tailored to fit the transportation related professional development needs in Indian Country. For more information about this conference, please see the NTICC webpage.
Virtual: APBP Virtual Summit
September 25 – 26, 2025
$169 – $299
Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
This fall, the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals is holding a live, two day, educational summit composed of two keynote speakers and 6 breakout sessions focused on the many facets of the active transportation field. For more information about this conference, please see the APBA webpage.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2025 Convention
October 8 – 11, 2025
Seattle, WA
$895 – $1,345
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
The ASCE Convention stands as the Society’s premier membership event, offering a unique annual opportunity for the entire Society to come together. This gathering not only showcases the diversity within civil engineering that ASCE represents but also features a program that is integrated, cross-cultural, technical, and educational in nature. For more information about this conference, please visit the Conference webpage.
Virtual: Safe Routes to School Summit
October 28 – 30, 2025
$130
Safe Routes Partnership
This three-day event will be filled with presentations and networking opportunities for Safe Routes practitioners, partners, and champions.
International Road Federation Global Roads to Tomorrow Conference
December 9 – 12, 2025
Los Angeles, CA
$599 – $999
International Road Federation (IRF)
Join the world’s premier event for road and mobility professionals as we explore how digitization, artificial intelligence, and cutting-edge innovations are revolutionizing the roads and transportation sector. The IRF Global R2T Conference offers a dynamic platform for learning, collaboration, and forging influential partnerships – ensuring you stay at the forefront of a rapidly changing industry. For more information about this conference, please visit the IRF Global webpage.
For a full list of conferences outside of California, visit the National Center for Rural Road Safety website.
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