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A newly released revamp of Washington State’s Target Zero road safety plan offers policymakers a potential blueprint for reversing the recent trend of increasing traffic fatalities and serious injuries.

“By signing this plan, we recognize that effective transportation safety relies on a vast network of partners, each playing a critical role,” deputy governor and TDOT commissioner Butch Eley said.

The Ohio Traffic Safety Office is taking proactive measures to ensure safe travel during the Thanksgiving holiday by offering $20 rideshare credits to drivers across the state.

With support from General Motors, GHSA awarded the Washington highway safety office a grant to pilot and evaluate a distracted driving prevention project in Pierce County.

With support from General Motors, GHSA awarded the District of Columbua highway safety office a grant to address the issue of distracted driving in the nation’s capital.

When it comes to making teens safer participants on U.S. roads, GHSA's Pam Shadel Fischer says, “The number one thing that’s made a difference is graduated driver licensing. We know that’s the most effective tool in the toolbox.”

“Whether you start driving at 16, 26 or 46,” Fischer says, “you’re still inexperienced.” That’s why graduated licensing exists in the first place — to put up guardrails around new drivers during their most risky years of driving.

GHSA and Lyft help two states promote ride-hailing as an alternative to drunk and drug-imparied driving.

The Washington Traffic Safety Commission has announced a partnership with Cambridge Mobile Telematics and Michelin Mobility Intelligence to utilize large-scale telematics data aimed at assessing and improving roadway safety across the state.

For three months, from August through October, Hood River County has created a temporary Puma Path to Mid Valley Elementary with paw stencils and a crosswalk to reduce safety concerns of Odell Highway and inspire students to walk a half mile from the Mud Alley neighborhood to school in a weekly “walking bus” with their peers and caregivers.