{"id":15475,"date":"2026-05-01T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edrivingcomstg.wpenginepowered.com\/three60\/?p=15475"},"modified":"2026-04-30T18:52:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:52:51","slug":"665m-boost-for-traffic-safety-initiatives-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/665m-boost-for-traffic-safety-initiatives-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"$665m boost for traffic safety initiatives in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Department of Transportation\u2019s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has invested $665 million into traffic safety initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>This funding provides state highway safety offices with resources to address their most challenging traffic safety issues such as distracted driving, unbelted driving, impaired driving, and excessive speed.<\/p>\n<p>States can use the resources for traffic enforcement activities, child safety seat clinics, post-crash care, and public education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder Secretary Duffy, we are supporting states, law enforcement, and paramedics with the resources they need to do their jobs and keep American families safe,\u201d said NHTSA Administrator Jonathan Morrison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are partnering with states across America to target traffic risks and save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Award amounts allocated to each state and territory are available on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhtsa.gov\/document\/grant-funding-table-fy-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NHTSA\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Department of Transportation\u2019s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has invested $665 million into traffic safety initiatives. This funding provides state highway safety offices with resources to address their most challenging traffic safety issues such as distracted driving, unbelted driving, impaired driving, and excessive speed. States can use the resources for traffic enforcement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":15476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}