Did you miss the first ½ day mini-conference? Recordings of the first three session are available on our website. 

Session 4: Safer Vehicles in the Rural Context
Date: April 30, 2026
Time: 9:00 am to 10:30 am MT/11:00 am to 12:30 pm ET

In this portion of the mini-conference, you will learn examples for applying the Safe System Approach for safer vehicles in the rural context. This includes:

• Using vehicle telematics for A Data-Driven Action Plan for Safer Roads.
• Integrating Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) into agency fleet vehicles and an overview of the newest practice of using it to deter repeat offenders.
• Incorporating digital alerting systems into snowplows and maintenance vehicles to create a more robust traveler information app. This presentation will also include discussion of how the KanDrive app has expanded to CarPlay and Android Auto to provide in-vehicle safety alerts about upcoming work zones, closures, and slow-moving maintenance vehicles.

Session 5: Safer Speeds in the Rural Context
Date: April 30, 2026
Time: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm MT/1:00 pm to 2:30 pm ET

In this portion of the mini-conference, you will learn examples for applying the Safe System Approach for safer speeds in the rural context. This includes:

• Why safer speeds are important and examples of countermeasures to use for speed management.
• An overview of the Operation Southern Slow Down Public Awareness Campaign and High Visibility Enforcement.
• Why and how to use land use and road design for safer speed, a Washington State DOT example.

Session 6: Post-Crash Care in the Rural Context

Date: April 30, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm MT/3:00 pm to 4:30 pm ET

In this portion of the mini-conference, you will learn examples for applying the Safe System Approach for post-crash care in the rural context. This includes:

• How to connect and collaborate with your Emergency Medical Service (EMS) partners and why pre-hospital, whole blood is important and how transportation practitioners can support these local programs.
• Why Traffic Incident Management (TIM) is important in rural areas, how to get started, what partners should be included, and what resources exist.
• Overview of a fatal crash review team and how the recommendations can fit into the Safe System Approach framework.

For more information about this mini-conference, check out our latest blog post. 

Did you miss the first ½ day mini-conference? Recordings of the first three session are available on our website.