ATSSA Accomplishments Report 2018

Accomplishments Report 2018 9 New Programs/NWZAW ATSSA’s Tuesday Topics program going strong Work Zone Safety Grant update ATSSA introduced Tuesday Topics, 30-minute webinars for association members in 2016. In 2018, Tuesday Topics atten- dance grew, and topics have retained their focus on the roadway safety infrastructure industry, traffic control, and innovative technologies. Presentations are delivered by ATSSA members and experts in the roadway safety industry. Members who miss a Tuesday Topic webinar will find the recordings on the ATSSA website at www.atssa.com/TuesdayTopics/Recorded. The following Tuesday Topics were presented in 2018: • Road Safety Data: Changes, Challenges and Potential Benefits in Developing Strong Strategic Highway Safety Plans • Safety Benefits of Median Cable and Roadside Guardrail • Complete Streets Safer by Design • Antitrust: Minimizing Potential Risk • Traffic Control Device Challenge (Public) • Work Zone Safety Grant: What Everyone Should Know About Work Zone Safety Training If you have a topic you’d like to hear or present on, email tuesdaytopics@atssa.com . • Essential Updates on MASH and Task Force 13 • Benefits of End of Queue Warnings • Employees Leave Bosses, Not Companies • ASC-ATSSA Debrief • Every Day Counts, On-Ramp to Innovation • Wrong Way Driver Detection Systems • YPT - Young Professionals in Transportation ATSSA has been awarded over $1.6 million out of the Work Zone Safety Grant. The five-year grant’s total funding amount is $2.5 million. Courses are now open for 2019. Courses in 2018 included: • Designing Temporary Traffic Control Zones for Pedestrian Accessibility • Developing and Implementing Successful TransportationManagement Plans • Maintenance and Short Duration Activities • Minimizing Worker Exposure in Highway Work Zones Through the Use of Positive Protection and Other Strategies • Smarter Work Zone Intelligent Transportation Systems • Temporary Traffic Control Considerations for Urban Work Zones • Traffic Control Design Specialist • Work Zone Data Collection and Analysis • Work Zone Road Safety Audits • Work Zone Strategies • Work Zone Traffic Impact Analysis • Traffic Control Technician (TCT) • Traffic Control Supervisor (TCS) • Flagger Instructor Training (FIT) 2018 Go Orange Day highlights the importance of National Work Zone Awareness Week NationalWork ZoneAwareness Week (NWZAW) was highly successful in its goal to bring awareness to work zone safety across the United States, and advocate for a traffic safety vision of Toward ZeroDeaths (TZD) on our nation’s roadways. ATSSA participated in Go Orange Day with a gathering at the ATSSA headquar- ters in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As part of that event ATSSA held a Facebook Live event where they shared the importance of roadway safety and what it means to them in their jobs and daily lives. “[Work zone safety] is not only essential to those on our nation’s roads but also the motoring public who take to the roads every day… It’s essential that workers receive the appropriate level of training and comply with their state and federal standards,” said ATSSA’s Director of Training Jessica Scheyder. For nearly 50 years, trained and certified workers have stepped into the work zone confident in their ability to stay safe because of the best roadway safety training available in the industry. ATSSA offers a dynamic and diverse selection of high-quality education, training, profes- sional certifications, products, and publi- cations for the road safety industry.