TRAA Represents Industry at National Senior Executive Transportation & Public Safety Summit

TRAA July 23, 2024, press release:

Last month, traffic incident management (TIM) stakeholders from across the country convened in DC for FHWA’s 4th Senior Executive Transportation and Public Safety Summit focusing on The Future of Traffic Incident Management (TIM). William Johnson, TRAA President, Joanne Blyton, TRAA Past President, Chad Yarbrough, TRAA 4th VP, Linda Unruh, TRAA Associate Member Representative, and Cynthia Martineau, TRAA Executive Director, were proud to represent the industry.

The summit was an opportunity to explore and discuss the responder community’s shared vision for TIM moving forward and included discussions about the importance of maintaining the interdisciplinary nature of the National TIM Training Program, potential options for funding and building a TIM training workforce, and the importance of getting TIM training mandated for every responder discipline. For example, many municipal and state towing contracts now require towers to be TIM trained.

William Johnson sat as an expert on a panel discussing the Strategic Vision for the National TIM Training Program. Joanne Blyton and Linda Unruh served as content experts during several breakout sessions and Cynthia Martineau facilitated a breakout session on Towing-Related Laws and Policies.

TRAA was also proud to assist FHWA with securing Congressman Jim McGovern as the summit’s keynote speaker. Congressman McGovern is passionate about roadway safety having introduced and secured passage of the National Move Over Law Resolution (H. Res. 1463) in 2022. He has since reintroduced the resolution in the 118th Congress to keep roadway safety at the forefront of everyone’s mind and is a tireless champion of the nation’s towing industry.