Association for Safe International Road Travel

Description

What We Do
ASIRT

• alerts travelers to the realities of road use and road culture with comprehensive country-specific Road Travel Reports (RTRs).
• raises the awareness of U.S. governmental agencies. ASIRT's efforts have led to an expansion of road travel information in the State Department's country-specific Consular Information Sheets.
• works with U.S. embassies to foster collaborative road safety civil society partnerships.
• assists the study abroad community in its road safety preparedness and itinerary planning.
• acts as a clearinghouse for transferable models of road safety education, advocacy and public awareness strategies.

How We Do It

ASIRT

• encourages members of Congress to recommend that the State Department take an active role in raising awareness of the risks of global road travel.
• recommends that U.S. embassies worldwide help initiate collaborative efforts between American-based civil society road safety organizations and host country civil society.
• works with representatives of foreign governments to demonstrate the importance of transferable models of road safety education and advocacy.
• creates satellite ASIRT organizations abroad to promote road safety education and advocacy
• develops road safety information in cooperation with the international education community
• organizes and participates in road safety forums to raise awareness at study abroad and travel medicine conferences, workshops, travel fairs and public education meetings.