{"id":8036,"date":"2018-05-10T21:46:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T02:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/?p=8036"},"modified":"2019-05-18T08:09:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T13:09:58","slug":"nps-traffic-safety-coalition-recognizes-supt-mary-risser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/nps-traffic-safety-coalition-recognizes-supt-mary-risser\/","title":{"rendered":"NPS Traffic Safety Coalition recognizes Supt. Mary Risser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>By Partnership for the National Trails System<br \/>\n<\/b><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adapted from NPS website and February 21, 2018 news release<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8037\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mary_risser_headshot.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8037\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8037\" src=\"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mary_risser_headshot-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mary_risser_headshot-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mary_risser_headshot-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mary_risser_headshot-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mary_risser_headshot-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mary_risser_headshot-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mary_risser_headshot.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-8037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Risser<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The National Park Service (NPS) Traffic Safety Coalition recognized Mary Risser as the 2017 Superintendent of the Year. Risser has been the Superintendent of Natchez Trace Parkway, which also administers the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, since 2013. Each year the Traffic Safety Coalition searches out superintendents who have made a positive impact on the safety of our employees and visitors, particularly in the area of highway safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRangers are employing a variety of techniques to reduce motorists\u2019 speed on the Parkway, including running saturation patrols, patrolling with unmarked vehicles, and targeting aggressive drivers,\u201c Risser said. \u201cThe Parkway is also conducting various studies to learn where collisions and fatalities are most common on the Parkway and researching ways to make these areas safer. Our top priority is to enhance the safety for all Parkway users.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Unless otherwise indicated, all material in Pathways Across America is public domain. All views expressed herein are perspectives of individuals working on behalf of the National Trails System and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of the Federal agencies.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Partnership for the National Trails System Adapted from NPS website and February 21, 2018 news release The National Park Service (NPS) Traffic Safety Coalition recognized Mary Risser as the 2017 Superintendent of the Year. Risser has been the Superintendent of Natchez Trace Parkway, which&hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"button right\"><a class=\"button more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/nps-traffic-safety-coalition-recognizes-supt-mary-risser\/\">more &raquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":742,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[356,357,242,188,172,358],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/742"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}