Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Discretionary Cooperative Agreement Program
To Promote Pedestrian Safety Programs for Older Adults
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Department of Transportation (DOT)
ACTION: Announcement of a discretionary cooperative agreement program to promote pedestrian safety programs for older adults.
SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) solicits applications to provide funding to organizations to support pedestrian safety programs for older adults. Older adults are particularly vulnerable as pedestrians. In 2003, seniors, age 65 and above, comprised 12 percent of the U.S. population but accounted for 21 percent of all pedestrian/ motor vehicle-related fatalities. This disparity has existed for many years despite the fact that there has been a 30 percent drop in the total number of motor vehicle related pedestrian fatalities between 1983 and 2003. Even as the overall number of pedestrian fatalities continues to decline, the gap between the pedestrian fatality rate for seniors and the general population has not diminished.
Seniors also represent one of the fastest growing segments of society. The number of individuals 65 and over is projected to double by the year 2030 – to roughly 20 percent of the population. With increasing numbers of seniors, it will become even more important in the coming years to promote pedestrian safety programs for older adults that can effectively reduce motor vehicle related injuries and fatalities.
To address this issue, NHTSA anticipates funding approximately four (4) cooperative agreements to enhance and promote pedestrian safety programs for seniors. The goal is to identify model senior pedestrian safety programs that can be promoted and replicated nationwide.
This notice solicits applications from public and private, non-profit, not for-profit, and for-profit organizations, State and local governments and their agencies or a consortium of the above. Interested applicants must submit an application packet as further described in the application section of this notice. The application will be evaluated to determine the proposals that will receive funding under this announcement.
I. APPLICATION SUBMISSION DUE DATE:
- If submitting applications in hardcopy or CD-ROM (preferred) format:
- Applications must be received at the following location by no later than 3:00 PM, Eastern Daylight Time, July 26, 2005:
FOR THE COMPLETE REPORT, CLICK ON:
HTTP://WWW.GAHIGHWAYSAFETY.ORG/DOCS/OLDERPEDESTRIANS.DOC
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