Together for Safer Roads

Together for Safer Roads

Non-profit Organizations

Brooklyn, New York 4,043 followers

Driven to Save Lives

About us

Together for Safer Roads is a corporate social accelerator, leveraging private- sector technology, data and expertise to prevent traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities around the world.

Industry
Non-profit Organizations
Company size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York
Type
Nonprofit
Founded
2014
Specialties
visionzero, fleetsafety, transportation, technology, road safety, and saferroads

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    Thank you Eric Richardson for your continued partnership on this important work.

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    Road Safety and Sustainability Advisor

    In conventional truck cabs drivers cannot see for up to 15 feet in front of them which can lead to fatalities and serious injuries to vunerable road users. In fact over 500 people died on US roads in 2021 where a driver hit them while directly in front of them. In London they have mandated a Direct Vision Standard but in the US Direct Vision is still a relatively unaddressed issue. This is why Together for Safer Roads has done significant work with public and private fleets to research and publish studies and reports that not only highlight the issue but also how US based fleets can focus on this problem. The Together for Safer Roads 5 star rating system is a ground breaking effort to measure truck visibility ans to assist fleets in identifying trucks with the most limited direct vision for driver training and technology retrofit decision making. The Together for Safer Roads Direct Vision Transition guide helps to identify trucks that are currently available and under development that provide the driver with better visibility. It also provides for some case studies and other benefits of direct vision trucks. These documents and a digital guide on how to measure your trucks can be found at https://lnkd.in/ekNKJkD2 Together for Safer Roads along with panelists and breakout session participants will discuss this work and what cities such as NYC and Boston are doing to improve driver visibility and direct vision options at the NYC Vision Zero Forum coming up this Wednesday October 30 in Queens NY.

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    Alexander Epstein, PhD, PMP, Safety and Sustainability Engineer at U.S. DOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, will be joining us for our Vision Zero Fleet Safety Forum this Wednesday 10/30 at the Queens Theatre in NYC for “Conducting Vehicle Vision Testing.” The Vision Zero Fleet Safety Forum will bring together hundreds of government officials, policy experts, leading public and private sector fleet stakeholders, road safety advocates, and safety technology companies to foster informed, engaging conversations about increasing safety for all road users. https://bit.ly/4d63Sbo #VisionZero NYC Citywide Administrative Services

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    Vision Zero Fleet Safety Forum Update: Ya-Ting Liu, Chief Public Realm Officer for the City of New York, will be joining us on 10/30 on our “Partnerships Begin with People” panel at the Queens Theatre in NYC. This panel focuses on the role of strategic public-private partnerships to help create safer fleet vehicles and reduce traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities. These partnerships, like TSR’s recent Truck of the Future program, leverage the best of the public and private sectors, allowing for rapid innovation and design that can be deployed and tested in a real-world context. Join us for this panel and others at the Vision Zero Fleet Safety Forum on 10/30, as we partner with NYC Citywide Administrative Services to bring together hundreds of government officials, policy experts, leading public and private sector fleet stakeholders, road safety advocates, and safety technology companies. Register here: https://bit.ly/4d63Sbo #VisionZero

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    TSR ED Peter Goldwasser’s article in Dennis Eagle North America's “Eagle Eye” magazine highlighting the key features of our recently published "Direct Vision Transition Guide: An Operator’s Guide to Transforming Fleets for Safety.” The guide was created to raise awareness of the issue and provide fleet operators with clear, relevant information on how to analyze, elevate and ultimately make key operational decisions as it relates to driver visibility. Read Peter’s Eagle Eye article: (p 10) https://lnkd.in/eXqcdnzD Find out more about TSR’s Direct Vision work and the 5-Star Rating System Kit: https://lnkd.in/e4B5DVQj

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    Nicolas Letendre, CEO Letenda, and Chance Parker, Regional Sales Manager Bollinger Motors, will be joining our Vision Zero Fleet Safety Forum on 10/30 in NYC (Queens Theatre) as part of the breakout session “What Can You See? A Sneak Peek at the New Boston Visibility RFI.” With a growing interest in Direct Vision and increasing visibility from the driver’s seat, the City of Boston has issued an innovative Request for Information (RFI) asking vehicle manufacturers (OEMS) to provide insights into how they plan to downsize, rightsize, electrify, and increase the direct vision of their product lines. In this workshop, talk with governments, vehicle operators and manufacturers who are on the forefront of the transformation to safer, greener vehicles and discuss strategies and opportunities for cities and private companies to create achievable direct vision standards, specifications for future vehicle purchases, and develop implementation plans and timelines for transitions to safer fleets. Join us on 10/30 at Queens Theatre, along with our co-hosts NYC Citywide Administrative Services, as we honor the work of policy experts, government officials, public and private sector fleet stakeholders, road safety advocates, and safety technology companies. Register here: https://bit.ly/4d63Sbo #VisionZero.

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    We look forward to welcoming the following panelists to our Vision Zero Fleet Safety Forum on 10/30 (Queens Theatre): Cormac Gilligan, President Global Health, Safety and Environment UPS, and Analia Jarvis, Manager of Governmental Affairs Americas for Autoliv. These panelists will be part of “Measuring the Impact of Road Safety Initiatives: The FIA Road Safety Index.” “Measuring the Impact of Road Safety Initiatives: The FIA Road Safety Index” will focus on why the Index is valuable for fleet managers, how to start the process of using the Index, and how to improve systems that will lead to better road safety outcomes. Join us and our co-hosts NYC Citywide Administrative Services as we bring together hundreds of government officials, policy experts, leading public and private sector fleet stakeholders, road safety advocates, and safety technology companies on 10/30. Register here: https://bit.ly/4d63Sbo #VisionZero.

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    We welcome to our Vision Zero Fleet Safety Forum (10/30, Queens Theatre): Rick Birt, Director of the Washington, DC Highway Safety Office (HSO), and Julia Kite-Laidlaw, Senior Program Manager for the Road to Zero Coalition (RTZ), an initiative of the National Safety Council (NSC), and Sarah Yahoodik, PhD Ph.D. (Moderator), engineering psychologist at U.S. DOT Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. They will be part of our “Not So Fast and Furious: Intelligent Speed Assist Technologies in Practice” panel, which discusses how Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA) technology can offer fleet managers a new tool to reduce instances of excessive or dangerous speeding. We will have an exciting day of panels and breakout sessions that will foster informed, engaging conversations about the “how” of transforming fleets to increase safety for all road users. Register to join us on 10/30 at the Queens Theatre: https://bit.ly/4d63Sbo #VisionZero @NYC Citywide Administrative Services 

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    The National Safety Council’s Road to Zero Coalition has published an important new report — “Massive Hazards: How Bigger, Heavier Light Trucks Endanger Lives on American Roads” — which evaluates the research on safety risks of oversize vehicles, and offers contributions from experts across the road safety field on how to mitigate them. TSR is proud to have contributed to this timely and critical resource. Congratulations to Road to Zero Senior Program Manager Julia Kite-Laidlaw and the entire NSC team, as well as everyone who contributed to this important new publication. Report: https://lnkd.in/esYipJCz TSR’s Direct Vision program and 5-Star Rating Kit: https://bit.ly/3XThu5s

    Road to Zero - National Safety Council

    Road to Zero - National Safety Council

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    Ellen Lee will be joining us for the “Not So Fast and Furious: Intelligent Speed Assist Technologies in Practice” panel at the Vision Zero Fleet Safety Forum at Queens Theatre on 10/39. Ellen Lee is Project Manager at National Transportation Safety Board. Join us as we recognize safety-focused work done over the past year, with a look at ideas, policies and programs to increase road safety. Register here: https://bit.ly/4d63Sbo #VisionZero NYC Citywide Administrative Services

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    Dennis Eagle North America, thank you for your partnership on this important work.

    🚛 At Dennis Eagle, we're proud to partner with Together for Safer Roads (TSR) to make streets safer by improving vehicle design and eliminating blind spots. 🛣 To address the critical issue of blind zones in commercial trucks, TSR has introduced the 📄 Direct Vision Transition Guide: An Operator’s Guide to Transforming Fleets for Safety. This guide is the first of its kind in North America. It offers step-by-step instructions for fleet operators in public and private sectors on assessing blind spots in trucks using TSR's ⭐ 5-Star Rating Tool and highlights direct vision vehicles available in the US. Our #ProView cab has been specifically designed with #roadsafety in mind. As a market leader within the waste industry, we’ve developed our cabs with best-in-class visibility that has a five-star rating. The large panoramic windows enable drivers to see as much of the road as possible, check their surroundings and anticipate the actions of fellow road users and pedestrians. The narrowed ‘A’ and ‘B’ pillars also aid peripheral vision and help provide an over-the-shoulder visibility too. For further information: 📥Download the guide here: https://bit.ly/3XThu5s 📹 Watch our demonstration on the 5-Star Rating System: https://lnkd.in/e6WS3tSV #DennisEagle #DirectVision #RoadSafety #NorthAmerica #WasteManagement

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