Highway Incident & Transportation Systems (HITS)
HITS Committee
- HITS Committee Members (updated 02/11/10)
- HITS Committtee Projects and Partners (updated 02/11/10)
- HITS Committee Agendas & Materials
- HITS Committee Minutes
Strategic Highway Safety Plans
NASEMSO Comments on NHTSA Strategic Plan
- NASEMSO Input to NHTSA Strategic Plan, Docket No. NHTSA-2009-0171 (01/04/10)
AASHTO Goal to Cut Traffic Fatalities
- Are We There Yet? (01/04/10) AASHTO's Web page on their goal to cut traffic fatalities in half included solutions and other reports.
NTSB Mexican Hat Accident Report
- NTSB Safety Recommendation Letter (05/29/09)
- Link to Full NTSB Accident Report - Motorcoach Run-Off-the-Road and Rollover, U.S. Route 163, Mexican Hat, Utah, January 6, 2008
2009 Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) Peer Exchange
- Invitation to 2009 SHSP Peer Exchange, Apr. 29-May 1, 2009, Drake Hotel, Chicago, IL
- Draft agenda of 2009 SHSP Peer Exchange
ITS Stimulus Ideas
- ITS Stimulus Summary: "Investment Opportunities for Managing Transportation Performance through Technology," U.S. Department of Transportation, Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (01/16/09)
- Fact Sheets on ITS Categories: "Investment Opportunities for Managing Transportation Performance: Candidate ITS Technology Appendices" (01/16/09)
- ITS Stimulus Candidate Technology Background: "Investment Opportunities for Managing Transportation Performance: Background Information on Candidate ITS Technologies (01/16/09)
Poster Presentations by Nadine Levick, MD,MPH, EMS Safety Foundation, New York
- Transportation Safety Performance: How Does EMS Compare to Commercial Fleets?
- Comparative Analysis of EMS Components of State Strategic Highway Safety Plans: Where Is EMS?
- EMS Transport Safety Data: Wading Through the MMUCC
- Engineering Analysis of "Safety Concept" Ambulances
Traffic Incident Management Best Practice: DRAFT, comments due Feb. 26, 2009
- Request for Comments on Best Practices in TIM Report
- 21st Century Operations Using 21st Century Technologies: Best Practices in Traffic Incident Management, January 2009
TRB EMS Transportation Safety Subcommittee
- Agenda: EMS Transport Safety Subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board, Ambulance Transport Safety Summit, Nov. 7, 2008, Washington DC
- Best Practices in Emergency Services, November 2008 issue
- Ambulance Transport Safety Summit RSVP
- EMS Transportation Safety Subcommittee TRB Meeting Summary
- Emory University News Release: Study Findings Help EMS Respond to Cardiac Arrest Emergencies More Safely and Efficiently (Sept. 24, 2008)
- Journal of the American Medical Association Abstract: Prehospital Termination of Resuscitation in Cases of Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (Sept. 24, 2008)
- Rig Safety 9-1-1: What You Need to Know About Ambulance Safety & Standards, by Nadine Levick, MD, MPH, (JEMS, October 2008)
- Emergency Medical Services: Unique Transportation Safety Challenge, Nadine Levick, MD, MPH (Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2008 Paper #08-3010)