MEMBERSHIP:

TC - D. de Grasse (Co-Chair)
NS - K. Speiran (Co-Chair)
AB - R. Chow/J. Espie/B. Kenny
MB - B. Rogers
NB - C. Belmore/D. Toner
NT - G. Dziwenka
ON - S. Lo/J. Mallet
PE - A. Mayhew
SK - G. Eguakun
TC - P. Gutoskie
YT - V. Janz/T. Erman
TAC - D. Ferguson (City of Welland)
CCMTA - V. Todd

RECORD OF DECISIONS REFERENCE:

Standing Committee on Road Safety Research and Policies, Oct/05
Board of Directors, Dec/05

REPORTING TO:

Standing Committee on Road Safety Research and Policies

MANDATE:

1. Establish formal links and information exchange protocols with national stakeholders whose mandate is to make rural roads safer for all users. (e.g. TAC’s Geometric Design and Road Safety Standing Committees);

2. Monitor the state of road safety on Canada’s rural roadways and make recommendations for improvement;

3. Raise awareness among the monitoring public and road safety advocates on road safety issues that are more prevalent on rural roads than in urban settings or on motorways;

4. Identify and prioritize the recommended strategies contained in the “Rural Road Safety in Canada: Traffic Collision Trends and Recommended Strategies” report that could realistically be implemented on a national scale and that would lead to the greatest reductions in fatalities and serious injuries on rural roadways;

5. Identify and report on successful jurisdictional strategies/programs/initiatives currently in place, which address rural road safety issues that could be implemented on a national scale; and

6. Produce an annual monitoring report on progress made toward the achievement of the RSV 2010 sub-target pertaining to rural road safety.

DEADLINES:

Mandate Items:

1.-5. Ongoing

6. Annually; Spring 2009

STATUS:

Ongoing

January 2009