Highway Safety Reauthorization

The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) authorized the federal surface transportation programs for highways, highway safety and transit for the Federal Fiscal Years 2006 - 2009. (Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.)

SAFETEA-LU expired on Sept. 30, 2009 and is currently operating under a special extension through March 31, 2012, as Congress and the Administration work on the next reauthorization.

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SAFETEA-LU Programs & Funding

GHSA Reauthorization Position

GHSA's reauthorization position centers on the ambitious goal of Toward Zero Deaths. Highway deaths are preventable, and with an increase of attention and funding, thousands of families who lose loved ones each year in crashes can be spared this emotional and financial hardship.

GHSA urges policy-makers to support funding for increased enforcement, new technologies and better tools for data collection to launch a new era in highway safety.

Summary
Testimony Before Senate Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance [79 KB, 5 pgs.] (July 27, 2011)
Testimony Before House Transportation Committee Subcommittee on Highways and Transit [46 KB, 7 pgs.] (March 29, 2011)
Lifesavers Presentation by GHSA Chairman Vernon Betkey:
A National Strategy on Highway Safety [1.2 MB, 11 pg.] (March 26, 2011)
Testimony Before Senate Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance [49 KB, 9 pgs.] (Sept. 28, 2010)
News Release: State Highway Safety Group Calls for Paradigm Shift in Safety Discussion (March 3, 2009)
GHSA Position Paper: Toward Zero Deaths: Every Life Counts, A 10-Point Plan for Reauthorizing the Federal Highway Safety Program [1.3 MB, 17 pgs.]

Coalition Activities

Toward Zero Deaths: a National Strategy on Highway Safety
This is an effort to develop a national approach to eliminating highway fatalities as a threat to public and personal health. This web page contains white papers, webinar materials, and a draft outline for the national strategy.
State Highway Safety Alliance
The State Highway Safety Alliance is comprised of the three major recipients of the U.S. Department of Transportation grants as well as other state-based safety stakeholders.
- Joint News Release: Safety Coalition Urges Congress to Help Cut Highway Deaths
  (March 12, 2010)
- State Highway Safety Alliance Recommendations for the Surface Transportation Reauthorization [772 KB, 2 pgs.]