The Traffic Improvement Association (TIA) is a non-profit traffic safety agency that currently serves approximately seventy communities in Oakland, Macomb, Wayne, and Livingston Counties. TIA was organized in 1967 by community leaders to address adverse traffic safety issues in Oakland County. From its beginning, TIA has developed a comprehensive traffic safety management system that focuses on the 3 E's of safety: Engineering, Education, and Enforcement. Today, Oakland County has one of the lowest traffic crash fatality rates in the nation, and TIA was instrumental in this achievement.
The mission of the Traffic Improvement Association shall be to facilitate engineering, education, and enforcement programs that reduce human and economic losses caused by traffic crashes, and improve mobility in Michigan.