New York

There are two vacancies for this position, which is telework eligible.

Overview

You will serve as a Program Analyst, commonly known in the field as a Regional Program Manager. The incumbent will assist with technical and administrative analyses that lend to guidance on traffic safety and related programs to States and communities in formulating, developing, managing, and evaluating their grants, under the tutelage of the Regional Administrator(RA) and Deputy Regional Administrator (DRA).

The Governors Highway Safety Association recently awarded $75,000 in grants to Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania’s State Highway Safety Offices to work with community-based groups to promote safe youth mobility options.

The Governors Highway Safety Association has awarded grants totaling $75,000 from the National Road Safety Foundation to State Highway Safety Offices in Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania to work with community-based groups to promote safe youth mobility options like walking, biking or riding a scooter.

The Governors Highway Safety Association has awarded grants totaling $75,000 from the National Road Safety Foundation to State Highway Safety Offices in Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania to work with community-based groups to promote safe youth mobility options like walking, biking or riding a scooter.

“The spike in pedestrian fatalities in recent years is unacceptable,” said GHSA Executive Director Jonathan Adkins.

On Wednesday, the Governors Highway Safety Association and the Ford Motor Company Fund announced they will award $135,000 in grants to six states, including New York, to combat the rise of speeding among teen drivers.

Following a recent jointly conducted grant monitoring, the New York Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC) and NHTSA’s Region 2 discovered an unmet need to connect the benefits of GTSC’s highway safety programs with underserved communities within Westchester County.

Early projections by the Governors Highway Safety Association say that the total number of pedestrian deaths in 2020 were up 4.8 percent, and that was despite a pandemic-influenced 16.5 percent drop in vehicle miles traveled.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 26, 2021

CONTACT: Adam Snider, 202-580-7930
                   202-365-8971 (after hours)

As traffic volumes rise, State Highway Safety Offices increase efforts to protect road users

With more Americans returning to the road and millions expected to take summer road trips, GHSA is alerting motorists that State Highway Safety Offices and their partners are stepping up programs to make sure the nation’s roads are safe for everyone.