About ASIRT
ASIRT Milestones and Initiatives
- Instrumental in the creation of the Congressional Caucus on Global Road Safety
- Publishes approximately 100 country-specific Road Safety Reviews (RSR)
- Supports legislation for a Decade of Action for Road Safety (2021 – 2030) with a target to drastically reduce global road fatalities and injuries by at least 50% by 2030
- Develops and presents customized road safety webinars for risk managers, administrators, and travelers at middle and high schools, universities, corporations, and nonprofits
- Offers resources to the education abroad community and corporate risk managers and employees
- Encourages support for and commemoration of the goals of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims and their families and UN Global Road Safety Week
ASIRT Priorities
- Galvanize a robust bi-partisan Congressional Caucus on Global Road Safety to develop policies that are effective and forward-thinking
- Provide information and resources to members of Congress for their constituents who travel for education, work, and leisure
- Support annual briefings on Capitol Hill in collaboration with the Congressional Caucus on Global Road Safety to raise awareness of the gravity of road safety crashes and elevate road safety as a policy priority within the House of Representatives
- Mandate the State Department to collect effective, timely data on road crash fatalities involving American citizens abroad
- Encourage annual State Department Authorization and Appropriations language with an additional goal of funding allocation to better advise citizens of travel risks
- Conduct focus groups with education abroad administrators and risk managers to develop and provide resources for evolving needs
- Continue to serve as a resource for and consultant to road safety NGOs
- Expand domestic and international partnerships to encourage agencies and allies to take action to improve road safety