Organizational Area
Youth Transportation Safety
Youth Transportation Safety
About
The Youth Transportation Safety (YTS) area seeks to save lives and prevent injury among youth through education, empowerment, and peer-led outreach. Our vision is to ensure that America’s youth live long and healthy lives through safe practices on our transportation system.
Our Projects
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Addressing Public Safety Within Native American Communities
Project Overview: Native American youth face a disproportionately high risk of injury and fatality from car crashes compared to other demographics. Despite this, traffic safety experts have largely overlooked this population when it comes to education and outreach. Key Takeaways: Our Approach: The Youth Transportation Safety (YTS) program has partnered with experts in traffic safety,…
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Applying Behavioral Health Models to Address Distracted Driving and Speeding in Texas
Key Takeaways: Our Approach: One of the most concerning areas in all of Texas is the Greater Houston area. Within the 25 districts of the Texas Department of Transportation, the Houston district (which encompasses 6 counties and over 6 million people) accounts for 26% of all Texas crashes. This is the highest percentage in the…
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Keeping Teens Safe Around Large Commercial Motor Vehicles
Project Overview: Between 2017 and October 31, 2021, a total of 1,399 drivers under the age of 26 were involved in fatal crashes with large motor vehicles in the United States. Young drivers in rural areas exhibit a higher percentage of involvement in fatal crashes with large trucks compared to their urban counterparts. Efforts of…
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Partnering With the Georgia Department of Transportation to Deliver Peer Programming to Middle and High School Students
Project Overview: Like other states, car crashes are a leading cause of death and injury for Georgia teens. Working closely with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) since 2007, the Youth Transportation Safety Program (YTS) has been delivering the Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) peer-to-peer programming to schools across the state. The partnership with…
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Targeting Texas Teen Pedestrian Safety Outreach with Data Dashboard
Project Overview The Youth Transportation Safety Program (YTS) Pedestrian and Bicyclist Dashboard was produced by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and sponsored by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) in 2024. The YTS Pedestrian and Cyclist Dashboard is a dynamic visualization of motor vehicle crash data involving pedestrians or cyclists that occurred on public Texas…
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Teen Traffic Safety Behaviors and Attitudes from the 2022-2023 School Year
Project Overview: Youth continue to be overrepresented in car crashes throughout the United States. According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC), motor vehicle crashes continue to be one of the leading causes of injury & death for young people under the age of 25…
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The Center for Transportation Safety (CTS) has some of the most passionate people in the field dedicated to saving lives on our roads.
Motivated by improving public safety, there is a lot we still don’t know, but are determined to discover.
These passionate people wish to share ways that positively influence young road users through effective outreach in hopes of saving young lives on our transportation system.
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