Eleanor Holmes Norton

For too long, we have accepted preventable traffic deaths as inevitable, prioritized speed over safety.

As part of the BIL, Congress directed NHTSA to update three key items which will help carry out DOT's National Road Safety Strategy.

We laud the Subcommittee for holding this hearing as the recent data released from NHTSA illustrates the depth of the public health crisis on America's roads.

We need to invest in multi modal options (bike, public transit), and expanding our trail network.

NHTSA and FMCSA must be given additional resources, funding and personnel, in order to meet demands being placed on the agency due to the advent of AV technology.

We owe it to these victims to remember that each number represents a family torn apart by tragedy.

Pedestrian needs and safety needs to be prioritized as much as cars in Congress.

Without these necessary safety protections, mandated by Congress to assure they are adopted with prescribed deadlines, commercial drivers and those with whom they share the road are at risk.

We would like to give special thanks to Congresswoman Dina Titus who was a champion for many of these measures.

I am proud to say that several of the changes discussed at that hearing became key safety elements of this committee's INVEST in America Act.

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identifying their high injury network where the largest percentage of fatalities/serious injuries are occurring with a focus on equity as well.

We are moving in the wrong direction. Traffic fatalities have increased 19 percent since before the pandemic.

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create a requirement/encouragement for local agencies to adopt and implement Vision Zero/Safe Systems Safety Action plans by providing funding to those agencies who have the political will to do so

One final thought, funding to local agencies tied to adopting and implementation of Vision Zero/Safe Systems Action Plans with meaningful performance measures for reductions in fatalities and serious injuries could be transformative in…

We commend your leadership to address the safety crisis on our nation's roadways.

[t]he staggering number of deaths occurring on our nation's roadways is an ongoing crisis that demands urgent attention.

NHTSA must be given imminent hazard authority to protect against potentially widespread catastrophic defects with ACMVs, and criminal penalties to ensure manufacturers do not willfully and knowingly put defective ACMVs into the marketplace.

Thank you for your leadership in holding the June 8 hearing titled 'Addressing the Roadway Safety Crisis: Building Safer Roads for All.'

I have been leading the charge here in the House to combat climate change in surface transportation, that sector.

I want to thank you for bringing up aircraft noise in your testimony. It impacts the lives, of course, of our constituents daily, affecting their sleep and their health.

I want to thank the panel for being with us today and for your flexibility as we rescheduled this hearing.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will generate historic investments into construction and maintenance of U.S. roads, bridges, waterways, airports, et cetera.

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