The next Older Driver Task Force meeting will take place on September 21, 2010 from 10 a.m. until Noon at the Alzheimer's Association located at 1925 Century Boulevard, Suite 10, Atlanta, Georgia 30345. For an agenda for this meeting, click here.
“Rural and Human Services Transportation Coordination” legislation in Georgia passed at the 2010 Session of the General Assembly. As in a number of states, it is now required that agencies work together to deliver transportation in a coordinated, efficient manner to all Georgians.
The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, Strategic Highway Safety Plan, Older Driver Task Force; and the Georgia Council on Aging, in partnership with the Department of Community Health; the Department of Human Services, Division of Aging Services sponsored a one-day Workshop on the new law. The Workshop brought together numerous experts on this topic. The full workshop report can be downloaded here.
The Department of Community Health’s Injury Prevention Program (IPP) within the Division of Emergency Preparedness, Governor's Office of Highway Safety, Georgia Department of Transportation, and the Federal Highway Safety Administration conducted the second Older Driver Safety Design Train-the-Trainer (TtT) Workshop, for Georgia traffic engineers on Wednesday, August 4, 2010. Traffic engineers, medical physician, safety education, urban and transportation planners participated in the one day workshop. Mark Doctor with the Federal Highway Administration, Resource Center conducted the training. Older driver roadway design features benefit all drivers. However, the focus on improving older driver roadway designs featured components recognizing “senior zone” designations, larger signage print, improved lighting, roadway directional signs, low cost marking solutions like high visibility “rumble strips”, raised pavement markings, round abouts, and many more. The agenda from the Workshop can be downloaded here.
"Rural and Human Services Transportation Coordination" legislation in Georgia passed at the 2010 session of the General Assembly. As in a number of states, it is now required that agencies work together to deliver transportation in a coordinated, efficient manner to all Georgians.
As a positive first step towards coordination, The Governor's Office of Highway Safety (through the Strategic Highway Safety Plan and the Older Driver Task Force), the Department of Community Health (through the Georgia Council of Aging), and the Department of Human Services (through the Division of Aging Services) are sponsoring a one-day Rural and Human Services Coordinated Transportation Workshop on Monday, August 23, 2010 at The Methodist Home for Children and Youth in Macon, Georgia. Details and registration can be found here or in the links below.
The Agenda for the August 23, 2010 Rural and Human Services Transportation Coordination Workshop to be held at The Methodist Home for Children and Youth in Macon is now online
Read the latest flyer for the August 23, 2010 Workshop
The latest safety action plan for bicyclists and pedestrians in Georgia
Latest Highway Safety Plan from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS)
Download the main Power Point Presentation from the December 17th SHSP Task Team Summit here
Photos and commentary from the December 17th SHSP Task Team Summit at Georgia Tech...
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is proud to launch a new teen driving safety website in coordination with the National Teen Driver Safety Week which takes place this year on October 18 th through the 24 th.
DDACTS integrates location-based crime and traffic data to establish effective and efficient methods for deploying law enforcement and other resources.
GTCNC's outlined vision for the Georgia Trauma System for the decades ahead and defined cost-effective plan for moving achievement of this vision forward over a five year period.
By the year 2014, a goal to reduce Georgia intersection fatalities by 50 compared to 2009 levels is the Georgia intersection goal.
Childhood injuries and deaths are a substantial emotional and economic burden on Georgia, but are preventable.
The GHMS is an “all-hazards planning” document that applies to natural disasters as well as “anthropogenic” social disruptions, technological, and biological events.
Our Emerging Vision: A New Public Service for Georgia
Teen driving and driver education plans for the SHSP