Volume 1, Number 2 - October/November 1997

The physical characteristics of roads, including design, signage, and lighting, are of the utmost importance to highway safety, but these issues can be intimidating to those without training in engineering. The Roadway Safety Foundation (RSF) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to reduce the frequency and severity of motor vehicle crashes by improving the road characteristics that affect safety. RSF Executive Director Kathy Hoffman says "One of our major goals is to present the results of the cutting edge of roadway design research in ways that people, like the people in Safe Communities coalitions, can use. We want to give people the tools they need to work with engineers and local transportation agencies to make roadway design changes. We want to build grassroots support for roadway improvements by educating the public on roadway hazards like poor lighting or roadside obstructions."

For more information on RSF and its activities, contact Kathy Hoffman, Executive Director, Roadway Safety Foundation, American Highway Users Alliance, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036. Telephone (202) 857-1200; fax (202) 857-1230.

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