Annual Report   |    Strategic Action Plan   |    Focus Areas   |    Recognition

 

Since 2009, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) through the Safe Mobility for Life Program in the State Traffic Engineering and Operations Office has been partnering with the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy at FSU to facilitate a statewide coalition to address the specific needs of Florida’s aging road users.

Working together with our member organizations, the Safe Mobility for Life Coalition’s mission is to implement a strategic action plan to eliminate fatalities and reduce serious injuries while increasing the safety, access, and mobility for Florida’s aging road users.

Click on the image to the right for the Safe Mobility for Life Coalition's Fact Sheet.

As of June 2024, Safe Mobility for Life Coalition member organizations include the following:

AAA Auto Club South AARP Florida Advantage Aging Solutions Carlin Rogers Consulting, LLC Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged Community Traffic Safety Teams Coalition Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Florida Department of Elder Affairs Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Florida Department of Law Enforcement Florida Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration - Florida Division (Ex-officio member) Florida Association of Area Agencies on Aging Florida Law Enforcement Liaison Program Florida Nurse Practitioners Network

Florida Occupational Therapy Association Florida Police Chiefs Association Florida Public Transportation Association Florida Regional Councils Association Florida State University, College of Medicine Heartland Regional Transportation Planning Organization Lee County Sheriff's Office Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Ex-officio member) Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy Senior Resource Association South Florida Regional Planning Council Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Memory Disorder Clinic Tallahassee Senior Center University of Florida - Shands University of Florida’s Institute for Driving, Activity, Participation, and Technology University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee

The Safe Mobility for Life Coalition members are dedicated to eliminating fatalities and serious injuries for Florida’s aging road users. We focus on educating older adults and stakeholders on how to achieve safe mobility for life. Through collaboration and positive messaging, we educate on the importance of developing a personal transportation plan. Being proactive and using other transportation options will help Floridians continue to get to and from places they need and want to go, whether driving or not.

Annual Report

An important part of Florida’s Safe Mobility for Life Coalition’s work is to raise awareness and report on the programs, projects, and activities conducted over the previous year. This year’s Annual Report provides member agencies, stakeholders, community partners, and readers with key highlights during the federal fiscal year 2021-2022. This Annual Report features:

• The Coalition’s major accomplishments since its inception in 2009.
• An overview of the focus area teams' key accomplishments, which focused on collaboration and stakeholder education.
• Strategic activities the Coalition will undertake in 2022-2023.

Learn more about what we are doing and how you can help the Coalition and FDOT achieve zero fatalities and reduce serious injuries by reading our Annual Report.

Florida's Safe Mobility for Life Strategic Action Plan

As of May 2022, the Safe Mobility for Life Coalition has a new Strategic Action Plan (2022-2025) that aligns with the Florida Strategic Highway Safety Plan, Florida Transportation Plan, State Plan on Aging and other state initiatives. It is a comprehensive, data-driven and evaluation based strategic action plan that guides the work of the Coalition to eliminate fatalities and reduce serious injuries. for Florida's aging population. We have established baseline data on population, drivers, and crashes by age and are currently developing, implementing, and evaluating resources and programs to help the six focus areas reach their goals and objectives.

Click on the image to the right to learn more about the Safe Mobility for Life Strategic Action Plan.

Guiding the plan is the vision, mission, and goal:

For more information on the Safe Mobility for Life Coalition or the implementation of Florida's Safe Mobility for Life Strategic Action Plan, please contact Gail M. Holley, FDOT's Safe Mobility for Life Program Manager.

Focus Areas

 

Recognition

• The Coalition received an honorable mention in the Transportation Research Board’s Communicating Concepts with John and Jane Q Public Award. The Coalition was honored with the other winners during TRB's 95th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on January 12, 2016.


• The Coalition was selected for the FHWA National Roadway Safety Award in the Program Planning, Development, and Evaluation category! According to the award notification letter, "This award recognizes the particular benefits of Florida’s Safe Mobility for Life Coalition and the commitment to roadway safety by your organization. It places you and your entry in an elite status worthy of national recognition.” More information can be found on Page 10 in the 2015 Noteworthy Practice Guide.
  
  This award is only given out every two years and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Roadway Safety Foundation. This recognition is quite an accomplishment to the work being done in Florida to reduce aging road user crashes. This award would not be possible without the time and commitment that both Coalition members and their agencies and offices have given to the program.


• TRIP, a national transportation research group, and the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) released a report in January 2012, "Keeping Baby Boomers Mobile: Preserving the Mobility and Safety of Older Americans."  In their report, they highlighted some of the work we have been doing in Florida and specifically the work of our Safe Mobility for Life Coalition in our development of this strategic safety plan.


• The U.S. Senate's Special Committee on Aging held a hearing entitled, Transportation: A Challenge to Independence to Seniors and Committee Chair, Senator Bill Nelson, mentioned our Coalition in his opening statement on 11/6/2013:

  "In Florida, the Safe Mobility for Life Coalition has brought together over 20 organizations, agencies and universities to improve transportation safety, mobility and access to Florida’s seniors.  In addition to promoting safety for all road users, including drivers, pedestrians, and transit users, the coalition serves as a resource on transportation options in each community, connecting seniors with a range of public and private services.  We need more coordination like this." 

  You can read his entire statement here.