District of Columbia

Summary

Lyft is looking for a Community Safety Policy Manager to join our Global Public Policy team based in Washington DC. This individual will be a subject matter expert on safety and accessibility policy issues, with experience and interest in the transportation industry. This person will collaborate cross functionally with our safety, product and marketing teams to develop safety and accessibility policies for domestic and international markets.  This position will require 20 percent travel and report to the Senior Director of Global Public Policy.  

Summary

The State Judicial Outreach Liaison (SJOL) program was established to educate judges on the front-line through peer-to-peer interactions. SJOLs function as educators, writers, consultants and liaisons, to share the latest research on impaired driving with the judges of their state. In addition to informing sentencing and interventions in this manner, SJOLs can also provide important insight to policy makers attempting to improve impaired driving traffic safety.

Overview

This State Judicial Outreach Liaison (SJOL) position is a part of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Judicial Outreach Liaison (JOL) Program providing peer-to-peer education through its Fund for Justice and Education. The purpose of the ABA JOL program is to provide a foundation for outreach efforts to educate and inform local judges on impaired driving and highway safety issues.

Summary

This position is responsible for assisting in the administration of the Highway Safety Program, which operates under Federal Transportation laws (Title 23, Public Law 89-564, 23 U.S.C. 402). This includes all programs under Section 402, State and Community Highway Safety Grant Program, and Section 405 National Priority Safety Program.

GHSA and Ford Motor Company Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Ford Motor Company, are building upon a decades-long focus on youth traffic safety by awarding a total of $100,000 in grants to advance access to safe mobility for teens in underserved areas, even if a car isn’t part of their journey. Additionally, the Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) program, which provides free, advanced, hands-on driver education, is returning for a 21st year in 2024 with an expanded focus on protecting pedestrians, bicyclists, scooter riders and others outside the vehicle.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 25, 2024

CONTACT: Adam Snider (GHSA), 202-580-7930, 202-365-8971 (after hours)
                   RoNeisha Mullen (Ford), 248-234-1365

Organizations provide $100,000 in grants to Montana and the District of Columbia, celebrate third decade of free, hands-on novice driver training program

There are two new mobile traffic safety devices that will be used to detect distracted driving and flash a warning to drivers in D.C.

Summary

Safe Kids Worldwide (Safe Kids) is a nonprofit dedicated to protecting kids from preventable injuries, the number one cause of death for children in the United States. Safe Kids is a separate 501(c)(3) and an affiliate of Children's National Hospital. Safe Kids is a go-to resource to help parents and caregivers keep kids safe from car crashes, fires, falls, poisoning, and more.

Atlanta, Denver, Indianapolis, Washington, DC, Raleigh, North Carolina, and other major cities have recently proposed or passed laws banning it in parts of their busy downtowns or citywide. They believe it will protect people walking and biking amid the highest number of pedestrian fatalities in more than 40 years. Right turns on red “introduce extra movements into the intersection,” said Eric Dumbaugh, a professor in the department of urban and regional planning at Florida Atlantic University who studies traffic safety.

The US Governors Highway Safety Association has awarded two grants - of $87,500 each - to help reduce distracted driving in the District of Columbia and Washington state. Partnering with General Motors (GM), GHSA is awarding the money to the state highway safety office in DC and Washington to create and evaluate local distracted driving prevention programmes. Last year, the organisations awarded $210,000 in grants to seven SHSOs.