A Vision for Smarter and Safer Cities

As the world adopts smart lights, smart homes, smartphones, and smart cars, the real question we need to ask is this: Today’s cities are “smarter” than ever, but are they safer? By Dave Braunstein Safer cities are often associated with crime rates, but this fails to include an integral aspect of public health and safety: […]

Are Vehicle Safety Features Actually Reducing Car Accidents?

Christopher Elliott Contributor Do you need a car with an advanced safety system? I didn’t think I did—until I did. I was backing up my Volvo XC90 in a grocery store parking lot in Reno, Nevada, last week when I heard a sudden alarm. The car screeched to a halt on its own. Another vehicle […]

Video Analytics Traffic Study Creates Baseline for Change

Bellevue, Wash., conducted a traffic study examining thousands of hours of video footage taken from 40 intersections for data around near-miss accidents. The project is part of a larger effort to reduce traffic fatalities. BY SKIP DESCANT / JULY 21, 2020 Cyclists in one Washington city are 10 times more likely to be involved in a traffic conflict […]

Want to Stop Car Crashes? Study the Near-Misses

A pilot program in Bellevue, Wash. is using anonymized video and big data to stop crashes before they happen By Kea Wilson | Jul 15, 2020 In a first for any U.S. city, Bellevue, Wash. collected over 5,000 hours of data from a network of high-definition video cameras throughout its street network, cameras that analyzed persistent patterns of […]

Pioneering study uses traffic cameras and AI to predict future, promising to save lives and money

BY LISA STIFFLER on July 15, 2020 at 10:13 am – GeekWire This special series focuses on important community issues, innovative solutions to societal challenges, and people and non-profit groups making an impact through technology. In an effort to prevent deaths and injuries caused by crashes between vehicles, bikes and pedestrians, the city of Bellevue, […]

NYC’s Vision Zero 6 Year Report

  Together for Safer Roads’ Global Leadership Council for Fleet Safety The Global Leadership Council for Fleet Safety is a program started by Together for Safer Roads (TSR), a Vision Zero partner. New York City is one of the Council champions and founding members along with TSR member companies. The Council will strive to identify […]

Truckers Keep Our Economy Moving; It’s Time We Keep Them Safe

This article originally appeared on the SamsaraSamsara BlogBlog. June 11, 2020 by Dave Braunstein David Braunstein is the president of Together for Safer Roads, a coalition of innovative private sector companies collaborating to improve road safety. Truck drivers have always kept our economy moving. About 80% of all cargo in the United States is transported by […]

Part 3: What the U.S. Vision Zero Movement Can Learn from European Public-Private Success

By David Braunstein, guest contributor This is part three in a five-part series sharing perspectives from various participants in the 3rd Global Road Safety Conference in February 2020, which set the goal of halving traffic deaths globally in the next 10 years. You can read the full series and our webinar on the same topic here. […]

TSR Members Rank Among The World’s Most Ethical Companies

  Ethisphere recently announced their rankings of the World’s Most Ethical Companies from 2017-2020. The list recognizes 132 companies in 21 countries and 51 industries for setting the global standards of business integrity and corporate citizenship. The companies are evaluated on Ethics and Compliance Program Culture of Ethics Corporate Citizenship and Responsibility Governance Leadership and Reputation Congratulations to TSR members […]

Creating A Safety Culture For Fleets

Fleet Management Weekly interviews Together For Safer Roads' President, David Braunstein, about the Global Leadership Council for Fleet Safety.

The Mission Of Together For Safer Roads

Fleet Management Weekly interviews TSR's President on the organization's mission and work with both the private and public sectors.

Together for Safer Roads’ GEP Program Spurred Company Growth and Fundraising Opportunities for Idelic

As our 2020 Global Entrepreneur Program (GEP) gets underway, we’ve been taking a look back at how cohort 2 companies fared after participating. Today’s interview is with Hayden Cardiff, Founder and CEO of Idelic, one of the three companies in the 2019 GEP cohort. Idelic integrates all fleet systems into a single data management platform, […]

An Innovation Partner Interview With Highline Beta

As part of our Global Entrepreneur Program this year, Highline Beta, a venture studio development firm, joined us as an Innovation Partner. Highline runs several accelerator programs for startups, including the Safe × Connected Cities Accelerator which is focused on safe and connected cities, with the first challenge focused on safer roads. Specifically, they are looking […]

Life-Saving Data

Traffic Technology International wrote a great piece on our road safety initiative with The City of Houston, where we are helping the city reach its Vision Zero safety targets and discover how data and community engagement are creating a model for safer cities worldwide.

The Simple Way To Keep Truck Fleets Safe

Noah Budnick, TSR’s Senior Director of Programs and Operations, wrote for Streetsblog NYC on technological fixes for fleet safety and building a safety culture. “New York City is in a good position to promote the use of telematics and other safety best practices among private fleet operators of all sizes,” he writes.

Broadened Industry Viewpoints and Expanded Networks Marked Brisk Synergies’ Together For Safer Roads GEP Experience

The most recent TSR Global Entrepreneur Program (GEP) cohort consisted of three companies, selected from 35 applicants. One of the companies was Brisk Synergies, a leader in automated road safety analysis. By applying AI and Deep Learning to traffic video, they help transportation engineers and planners to better understand road safety problems and challenges, and […]

Highline Beta Joins TSR GEP as Innovation Partner

Earlier this week we announced our third annual Global Entrepreneur Program (GEP) for early stage companies. In addition to access to capital, mentorship and resources to scale, startups chosen for our Cohort 3 will be granted membership status in our global road safety coalition, comprised of organizations such as AB InBev, AIG, AT&T, CalAmp, Republic […]

TSR2019: Lead By Example Day 2

Our Annual Meeting, TSR2019: Lead By Example, was held in Washington, D.C. earlier this month and was a great success, thanks to amazing speakers, as well as guests and member companies in attendance. Executives from both the public and private sectors came together to share best practices, insights and stories around road safety, including: Vision […]

TSR2019: Lead By Example Day 1

Our Annual Meeting, TSR2019: Lead By Example, was held in Washington, D.C. earlier this month and was a great success, thanks to amazing speakers, as well as guests and member companies in attendance. Executives from both the public and private sectors came together to share best practices, insights and stories around road safety, including: Vision […]

Smart Highways Interviews David Braunstein

At our 2019 Annual Meeting, Smart Highways interviewed our President, David Braunstein, about some or our latest road safety initiatives. David talks about recent developments in cities like Houston and New York, and gives a sneak peek at what’s to come in places like Chicago and Mexico City. It’s a great episode overall with a […]
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