Annual Award Recognizes Elected Officials that Advocate for Roadway Safety Infrastructure
The American Traffic Safety Services Association presented two members of Congress with the prestigious 2018 Roadway Safety Champion Award for their leadership in advocating for the roadway safety industry.
Representative Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) and Representative Sam Graves (R-MO) received the awards during ATSSA’s annual Legislative Briefing & Fly-in in Washington, D.C.
Elected officials that are champions for roadway safety infrastructure and contribute to eliminating fatalities and injuries on our nation’s roadways are selected each year for the award.
Rep. Esty partnered with Representative Lou Barletta (R-PA) to launch the bipartisan Road Safety Caucus in 2017. This caucus supports roadway safety infrastructure policies, and advocates for congressional legislative action related to the White House’s infrastructure package and a long-term funding solution for the Highway Trust Fund (HTF).
Rep. Graves serves as the Chairman of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee and has been a vocal supporter of a long-term funding solution for the HTF within the context of tax reform. Additionally, Graves is working to enact a long-term highway bill in 2020 and supports the federal Highway Safety Improvement Program.
“Reps. Esty and Graves’ leadership in championing roadway safety infrastructure policies and investments at the federal level is critical to achieving ATSSA’s goal of eliminating deaths and serious injuries on roadways across the United States. They have both clearly demonstrated their commitment to roadway safety and have taken an active role in saving lives not only in their congressional districts, but nationwide. We look forward to continuing to work with them in the years to come to ensure that each man, woman and child who leaves his or her home in the morning, arrives back home alive,” said ATSSA’s Vice President of Government Relations Nate Smith.
Over 85 members participated in the 2018 Legislative Briefing & Fly-In, sharing experiences with legislators and their staff about roadway safety infrastructure, and what can be done to move Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) on the nation’s roads.
