GHSA What's New Archive

What's New Archive

• Press Release: New Study Confirms Need for Comprehensive Approach to Combating Distracted Driving (Mar. 30, 2023)
• GHSA State Member Update: 2022 Ped Fatality Data Requested by 4/10; Annual Meeting Update; Ford Safe Teen Mobility Grants & DSFL Tour; Distracted Driving Awareness Month and More (March 27, 2023)
• GHSA Associate Member Update: Coming in April: Annual Meeting updates; Outreach and engagement webinar; Teen Safe Mobility Grants and Ford DSFL Tour; Distracted Driving Awareness Month and more (March 27, 2023)
• GHSA State Member Update: GHSA Executive Board Meeting Highlights, Including P&A Clarification (Mar. 9, 2023) *corrected*
• GHSA State Member Update: GHSA 2023 Annual Meeting registration now open to SHSOs only (Mar. 1, 2023)
• Press Release: New Projection: U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Rise Yet Again in First Half of 2022 (Feb. 28, 2023) 
• GHSA State Member Update: GHSA Pedestrian Spotlight Report Out Tomorrow (Feb. 27, 2023)  
• Press Release: GHSA and National Road Safety Foundation Provide Grants for Safe Youth Mobility in Underserved Areas (Feb. 23, 2023)
• GHSA State Member Update: Seeking Members for GHSA Equity and Engagement Committee--DEADLINE EXTENDED To FRIDAY, 2/17 (Feb. 15, 2023)
• Press Release: GHSA Praises Nomination of Ann Carlson as NHTSA Administrator (Feb. 13, 2023)
• GHSA State Member Update: 2023 GHSA/Responsibility.org Grant Opportunity: Deadline 03/10 (Feb. 8, 2023)
• GHSA Associate Member Update: NHTSA Final Rule Summary, Lifesavers, NRSS Anniversary (Feb. 6, 2023)
• GHSA State Member Update: NHTSA Final Rule Resources for States, Lifesavers, Equity Committee and More (Feb. 6, 2023)
• Press Release: GHSA Celebrates National Roadway Safety Strategy, But Much Work Remains to Reach Zero Traffic Deaths (Feb. 3, 2023)
• GHSA State Member Update: 2023 Executive Seminar, Webinar, NHTSA Final Rule and other GHSA News (Jan. 31, 2023)
• GHSA Associate Member Update: GHSA Updates--Equity Work, NHTSA Final Rule (Jan.31, 2023)
• GHSA State Member Update: NHTSA Final Rule Released (Jan. 26, 2023)
• GHSA State Member Update: GHSA Strategic Planning Survey - Due Feb. 3 (Jan. 24, 2023)
• GHSA State Member Update: GHSA Mid-January Update: National Passenger Safety Week; Research Webinar (Jan. 19, 2023)
• GHSA Associate Member Update: GHSA Mid-January Update: National Passenger Safety Week; Research Webinar (Jan. 19, 2023)
• GHSA State Member Update: Webinar Alert: Important New Session on Law Enforcement (Jan.12, 2023)
• Press Release: U.S. Traffic Deaths Remain Unacceptably High Despite Minor Decrease (Jan. 9.2023)
• GHSA State Member Update: Jan. webinars: Digital Alerts and BTSCRP; Fed Budget Update (Jan. 4, 2023)
• GHSA Associate Member Update: Jan. 18 Digital Alert Webinar and Fed Budget Update (Jan. 4, 2023)
• GHSA State Member Update: Last Note of 2022 (Dec. 22, 2022)
• GHSA Associate Member Update: Last Note of 2022 (Dec. 22, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: Call for Behavioral Traffic Safety Research Topics - Deadline Feb. 17 (Dec. 19, 2022)
• GHSA Associate Member Update: Call for Behavioral Traffic Safety Research Topics - Deadline Feb. 17  (Dec. 19, 2022)
• Press Release: States Take Action to Curb Drunk and Drugged Driving as New Federal Data Underscores Urgency of the Problem (Dec.13, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: Highlights from Last Week’s GHSA December 2022 Executive Board Meeting (Dec. 13, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: Emerging Leaders in Highway Safety Seminar: Applications open until Jan. 6 (Dec. 12, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: Late November Update: FAIN Guidance and GHSA Grant Deadlines (Nov. 29, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: Mid-November Update--Webinar, Grant Opportunities and NHTSA Briefing (Nov. 15, 2022)
• Press Release: GHSA, Lyft & Responsibility.org Team Up to Provide Grants to Help States Curb Impaired Driving (Nov. 15, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: End of October Updated: NPRM Comments Due 10/31 (Oct. 24, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: GHSA Comments on the NHTSA NPRM (Oct. 18, 2022)
• Press Release: New Grant Funding Equips Seven States to Fight Distracted Driving (Oct. 18, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: 2023 GHSA/Ford Driving Skills for Life Grant Opportunity: Deadline 11/21 (Oct. 17, 2022
• Press Release: As E-Scooter Usage Booms, New Report Identifies Deficiencies Impacting Rider Safety (Oct. 6, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: GHSA NPRM Resources and Federal Budget Update (Oct. 5, 2022)
• Press Release: California’s Barbara Rooney Elected Chair of GHSA (Sept. 27, 2022)
• Press Release: Safe System, Distracted Driving, Rural Roads Top Agenda at National Traffic Safety Conference (Sept. 15, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: NHTSA NPRM on SHSO Grant Programs (Sept. 14, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: Important GHSA Updates: Please Review (Sept. 12, 2022)
• Press Release: Rural Roads Are Disproportionately Deadly, New GHSA Study Finds (August 1, 2022)
• Press Release: Another Tragic Increase in U.S. Roadway Deaths Feels Like Groundhog Day, but Can Be Reversed (Aug. 17, 2022) 
• GHSA State Member Update: Monday Update: NHTSA News, Lyft Grant Deadline is August 19 and & New CSI Consultant (Aug. 15, 2022)
• GHSA Member Update: NHTSA Leadership Changes (Aug. 12, 2022)
• GHSA Member Update: Ford Driving Skills for Life Highlighted on Good Morning America (Aug. 11, 2022)
• Press Release: New Research Encourages States to Adopt Comprehensive Cell Phone Laws to Reduce Distracted Driving Crashes (Aug. 9, 2022)
• GHSA Associate Member Update: Opportunity: Oversee behavioral highway safety research (Aug.9, 2022)
• GHSA Member Update: GHSA Annual Meeting News: NHTSA Administrator Steven Cliff to Deliver Keynote Address (August 4, 2022
• Press Release: New Report Offers States a Playbook for Messaging to Cannabis Consumers About Roadway Safety (July 26, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: Deadline for SHSO Distracted Driving Grants is July 29 (July 20, 2022)
• Press Release: GHSA Commends New National Attention to Speeding-Related Deaths (July 19, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: Holiday Impaired Driving Grants Powered by Lyft (July 18, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: GHSA Leadership Change (June 16, 2022)
• GHSA Associate Member Update: GHSA Leadership Change June 16, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: GHSA Federal Relations Update (July 8, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: Annual Meeting Update: Action Requested (July 7, 2022)
• Press Release: Five States Receive Grants to Fight Uptick in Drug-Impaired Driving (June 21, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: Highlights and Action Items from June 7-8 Executive Board Meeting (June 13, 2022)
• Press Release: Multipronged Anti-Speeding Effort Succeeds in Slowing Traffic (June 9, 2022)
• Press Release: Research Confirms Roadway Safety Benefits of Traffic Enforcement (June 8, 2022)
• Press Release: Distracted Driving: GHSA, GM Release New Report Calling for Culture Change (June 2, 2022)
• GHSA Associate Member Update: GHSA Late May Update (May 26, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: GHSA Late May Update (May 26, 2022)
• Press Release: New Projection: U.S. Pedestrian Fatalities Reach Highest Level in 40 Years (May 19, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: GHSA Pedestrian Spotlight Released Tomorrow (May 18, 2022)
• Press Release: U.S. Traffic Deaths Reach 16-Year High (May 17, 2022)
• GHSA Associate Member Update: Mid-May Update from GHSA (May 11, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: Mid-May Update (May 11, 2022)
• Press Release: Experienced Finance Expert Joins GHSA (May 9, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: NHTSA Webinar and GHSA Job Openings (April 29, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: NHTSA Stakeholder Meetings on NHTSA Grant Rules (April 28, 2022)
• GHSA Associate Member Update: April 2022 (April 26, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: Part 2: NHTSA/U.S. DOT Update (April 26, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: April 2022 (April 26, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: NHTSA Stakeholder Meetings on SHSO Grant Rules (April 20, 2022)
• Press release: New Projection: U.S. Pedestrian Deaths Jumped in First Half of 2021 (April 7, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: GHSA Pedestrian Death Projection Release: Tomorrow, April 7 (April 6, 2022)
• GHSA State and Associate Member Update: Update on Health and Safety Policy at GHSA Events (April 4, 2022)
• Press release: GHSA, GM Collaborate to Combat Distracted Driving (Mar. 29, 2022)
• GHSA State and Associate Member Update: GHSA awards deadline now March 31! (Mar. 23, 2022)
• GHSA Member Update: Executive Seminar Registration (Mar. 21, 2022)
• GHSA Member Update: Rural Road Survey, New Webinar, Grant reminder (Mar. 10, 2022) 
• GHSA Member Update: Highlights from Last Week's GHSA Executive Board Meeting (Mar. 7, 2022)
• GHSA Member Update: New GHSA 2022 Meeting Requirement (Mar. 3, 2022)
• Press release: Governors Highway Safety Association, National Road Safety Foundation Award $75,000 in Grants to Three States for Safe Youth Active Mobility (Mar. 3, 2022)
• Press release: Increase in Road Deaths Demands More Federal Action (Mar. 2, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: REGISTER NOW: NHTSA Training Webinar March 9 at 3 pm ET (Mar. 1, 2022)
• GHSA State Member Update: New Projects in the New Year? Let GHSA Help (Feb. 2, 2022)
• Press release: Ongoing Increase in Traffic Fatalities Confirms Need for National Strategy, More Safety Resources (Feb. 1, 2022)
• Press release: GHSA Praises U.S. DOT National Roadway Safety Strategy (Jan. 27, 2022)
• GHSA State and Associate Member Update (Jan. 27, 2022) - U.S. DOT National Roadway Safety Strategy
• GHSA State Member Update (Jan. 12, 2022) - MADD To Grade States on Interlock Laws
• GHSA State Member Update (Jan. 10, 2022) - January Update
• GHSA Associate Member Update (Jan. 10, 2022) - January Update from GHSA
• GHSA State and Associate Member Update (Dec. 21, 2021) - Call for Behavioral Traffic Safety Research Topics - Deadline Feb. 17, 2022
• Press release: New GHSA Report Affirms Behavioral Aspect of Safe System Approach to Reaching Zero Traffic Deaths (Dec. 15, 2021)
• GHSA State Member Update (Dec. 14, 2021)
• GHSA State and Associate Member Update (Dec. 10, 2021): Media Focus on Traffic Safety, NHTSA Holiday Mobilization, Upcoming GHSA Report
• GHSA State Member Update (Nov. 22, 2021): Job Posting: Associate Administrator for Regional Operations and Program Delivery 
• GHSA Associate Member Update (Nov. 19, 2021): Save the Date: GHSA Toxicology Webinar on December 14
• Press release: Uber and GHSA Award Grants to Provide a Safe Alternative to Drunk and Drugged Driving During the Holidays (Nov. 18, 2021)
• GHSA State Member Update (Nov. 18, 2021): Holiday Impaired Driving Request, State Volunteers, & Upcoming Toxicology Webinar
• GHSA State Member Update (Nov. 6, 2021): GHSA Update: Reauthorization Passes Congress
• Press release: GHSA Praises Historic Investment in Highway Safety Programs (Nov. 5, 2021)
• GHSA State Member Update (Nov. 4, 2021): Updated GHSA/NHTSA Recommended/Optional Core Performance Measure Target Chart and Buy America Update
• GHSA Associate Member Update (Nov. 1, 2021):  New RFP on Rural Road Safety 
• GHSA State Member Update (Oct. 29, 2021): Reauthorization Update
• GHSA State Member Update (Oct. 27, 2021): Request for Enforcement Data Examples
• Press release: National Teen Driver Safety Week: Continued Parental Involvement Critical (Oct. 14, 2021)
• GHSA State Member Update (Oct. 12, 2021): Opportunity on the National CPS Board and Upcoming Webinar
• Directions in Highway Safety: Fall 2021 Edition (Oct. 7, 2021)
• GHSA State Member Update (Oct. 4, 2021): FAST Act Extended to October 31
• GHSA State Member Update (Oct. 1, 2021): SHUTDOWN at US DOT and Other News Items
• GHSA Associate Member Update (Oct. 1, 2021): New GHSA Website RFP
• Press release: States Step Up Efforts to Protect People Walking Amid Surge in Unsafe Driving During Pandemic (Sept. 29, 2021)
• GHSA Associate Member Update (Sept. 20, 2021): Pedestrian Spotlight RFP
• Press release: Founder of National Road Safety Foundation, Former South Dakota State Official, Others Honored at National Awards Luncheon (Sept. 14, 2021)
• Press release: Equity, Speeding, Automated Vehicles Top Agenda as National Highway Safety Conference Launches (Sept. 9, 2021)
• GHSA State Member Update (Sept. 8, 2021):  GHSA Update Leading Into Annual Meeting
• Press release: Surge in Traffic Deaths in First Quarter of 2021 Reinforces Need to Focus on Proven Countermeasures (Sept. 2, 2021)
• Press release: How Do First Responders Handle Increasing Vehicle Automation? (Aug.31, 2021)
• GHSA State and Associate Member Update (August 25, 2021): Update on GHSA 2021 Annual Meeting Health & Safety Protocols
• Press release: States Focus on Impaired Driving Leading into Labor Day Weekend to Prevent Traffic Deaths (Aug.17, 2021)
• Press release: GHSA Urges Congress to Pass Reauthorization and Infrastructure Legislation (Aug.10, 2021)
• GHSA State Member Update (August 10, 2021): Impaired Driving Grant Application: Deadline: September 10
• Press release: GHSA Releases Independent Recommendations to Advance Equity in Traffic Safety Programs (Aug.3, 2021)
• Press release: Ford Fund and Governors Highway Safety Association Award Grants to Help Combat Teen Speeding, Announce Return of Hands-On Training Clinics (July 28, 2021)
• GHSA State Member Update (July 26, 2021): New August 5 Webinar and Reminders 
• GHSA Associate Member Update (July 12, 2021): GHSA Mid-July Update
• GHSA State Member Update (July 12, 2021): Mid-July GHS Update
• GHSA State Member Update (June 28, 2021): Late June Update
• GHSA State Member Update (June 7, 2021)
• Directions in Highway Safety: June 2021 Edition (June 3, 2021)
• GHSA State Member Update (May 19, 2021)
• GHSA State Member Update (May 13, 2021)
• GHSA State Member Update (May 6, 2021)
• GHSA State and Associate Member Update (April 28, 2021)
• GHSA Associate Member Update (April 1, 2021)
• GHSA State Member Update (April 1, 2021)
• GHSA Associate Member Update (March 8, 2021)
• GHSA State Member Update (March 8, 2021)
• Directions in Highway Safety: March 2021 Edition (March 4, 2021) 
• GHSA State Member Update (Feb. 2, 2021)
• GHSA Associate Member Update (Feb. 2, 2021)
• GHSA State Member Update (Dec. 22, 2020)
• GHSA Associate Member Update (Dec. 22, 2020)
• GHSA State Member Update (Nov. 30, 2020)
• GHSA Associate Member Update (Nov. 30, 2020)
• GHSA State Member Update (Nov. 17, 2020)
• GHSA Associate Member Update (Nov. 9, 2020)
• GHSA State Member Update (Nov. 9, 2020)
• GHSA 2020 Election Report (Nov. 9, 2020)
• GHSA State Member Update (Oct. 20, 2020)
• GHSA Update (Sept. 30, 2020)
• Directions in Highway Safety: September 2020 Edition (Sept. 24, 2020)
• GHSA August Update (Aug. 10, 2020)
• Mid-July GHSA Update: Webinars, Reauthorization and a host of other Opportunities (July 15, 2020)
• GHSA Mid-June Update (June 15, 2020)
• Important GHSA Business Meeting Information (June 4, 2020)
• Preliminary 2020 Business Meeting Agenda (June 4, 2020)
• Directions in Highway Safety: June 2020 Edition (June 4, 2020)
• End of May GHSA Update (May 29, 2020)
• 2020 Annual Meeting Update (May 21, 2020)
• GHSA Mid-May Update (May 18, 2020)
• Update on Various Guidance (May 8, 2020)
• Early May Update from GHSA (May 4, 2020)
• GHSA Mid-April Update (Apr. 17, 2020)
• GHSA State Member Update (Apr. 1, 2020)
• Important Washington Update (Mar. 26, 2020)
• Latest Update from D.C. (Mar. 19, 2020)
• March Updates from GHSA (Mar. 12, 2020)
• News from GHSA: New Report Release Tomorrow (Feb. 26, 2020)
• GMSS Update (Feb. 18, 2020)
• Directions in Highway Safety: February 2020 Edition (Feb. 4, 2020)
• GHSA January Update (Jan. 22, 2020)