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2023

• FHWA Releases New Traffic Control Device Manual with Updates to Improve Safety for Pedestrians, Bicyclists, and All Road Users (MUTCD 11^th Edition)
• IDOT Safety Routes to School application period July 27-October 2
• FMSCA Boosts Efforts to Crack Down on Moving Fraud
• NHTSA Proposes Seat Belt Warning System Expansion to Encourage Drivers and Passengers to Buckle Up
• NHTSA's National Center for Statistics and Analysis posts the 2021 Data Traffic Safety Facts in July 2023
• USDOT’s Safety Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Fiscal Year 2023 NOFO is now open for applications through July 10, 2023
• IDOT and CDOT reach agreement to streamline implementation of safety improvements
• CMAP: 2018 Land Use Inventory now available
• USDOT: North American Transborder Freight up 4.8% in November 2022 from November 2021

2022

• NHTSA’s 2022 Publication: The Economic and Societal Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2019 is now available
• December 2022: Traffic Safety Facts Research Note by NHTSA is now available
• It’s Not a Game: New IDOT safety campaign highlights real consequences of unsafe driving

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