Emphasis Area Focus: Ensure Young Driver Safety
9:30am - noon, June 2, 2015
Commission Office
The ACP Building - 8th Floor
190 N. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA
For directions Call (215) 592-1800
Please Use Sixth Street Entrance
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Follow-up from previous RSTF meetings
- Acceptance of March RSTF meeting highlights
- Status of volunteer actions
- RSTF Meet and Greet Directory
- RSTF in action on a safety project
3. Update from the First Responders Community
4. Legislative Update
5. Emphasis Area Focus – ENSURE YOUNG DRIVER SAFETY
This agenda item will include a brief overview of young driver crash trends from DVRPC, three guest presentations, and an open discussion for this emphasis area.
The presenters are:
- Speaker TBD, Pennsylvania Regional Safe Teen Driver Competition
- Sean Dalton, Gloucester County Prosecutor, Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office – Gloucester County Highway Safety Video Production Contest
- Violet Marrero, Manager of Special Projects, New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety – Share the Keys Program
6. Developing Action Items for Young Driver Safety
The RSTF will refine strategies from the 2015 Transportation Safety Action Plan and develop volunteer action items, which will be tracked in the Measurements and Status Table.
7. RSTF Project Pipeline Process
DVRPC staff will discuss a new initiative to engage RSTF members in the DVRPC process for developing safety projects. Examples will be shared to start generating a list of doable projects. One will be selected for fiscal year ’17, starting in 2016.
8. Member Updates and Open Forum
LUNCH
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