CSCRS selects 10 new transportation safety research projects
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (September XX, 2019) — The Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety selected 10 new research projects to explore a range of transportation safety topics including urban freight, pedestrian/bicyclist injury data, shaping public discourse around road safety and integrating the features of a safe roadway system.
Each project contributes to realizing the CSCRS mission to create and exchange knowledge to advance transportation safety through a multidisciplinary, systems-based approach, and will be conducted by researchers across the Center’s five consortium campuses (University of California, Berkeley; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Duke University; Florida Atlantic University; and University of Tennessee, Knoxville).
“These new projects dig deeper into exploration of the connections Safe Systems and systems science can make to improving road safety,” said Laura Sandt, director of the Center. “Building on earlier CSCRS research, as well as momentum built by our Safe Systems Summit this year and many other CSCRS engagement activities, these projects further the work we’re doing to build a more holistic approach to reducing injuries and deaths on our roads.”
This is the third slate of research projects selected by the Center since UNC-Chapel Hill received the U.S. Department of Transportation National University Transportation Center grant in November 2016, bringing the total number of CSCRS funded research projects to 31. The new research projects, selected through a rigorous peer-review process, represent approximately $900,000 in funding.
The 10 new CSCRS research projects include:
- A systems approach to pedestrian safety, Phase II: Examining congestion pricing policies (led by Becky Naumann, UNC-Chapel Hill)
- Advancing accident investigation with connected and automated vehicle data (led by Michael Clamann, UNC-Chapel Hill)
- Developing a framework to combine the different protective features of a Safe System (led by Offer Grembek, UCB)
- Driver impairment detection and safety enhancement through comprehensive volatility analysis (led by Asad Khattak, UTK)
- Factors and frames that shape public discourse around road user safety (led by Seth LaJeunesse, UNC-Chapel Hill)
- Reducing motorcyclist injuries: Engaging stakeholders to apply evidence-based countermeasures (led by Jerry Everett, UTK)
- Safety testing for connected and automated vehicles through physical and digital iterative deployment (led by Subhadeep Chakraborty, UTK)
- Understanding micromobility safety behavior and standardizing safety metrics for transportation system integration (led by Chris Cherry, UTK)
- Urban freight and road safety: Trends and innovative strategies (led by Noreen McDonald, UNC-Chapel Hill)
- Using integrated data to examine characteristics related to pedestrian and bicyclist injuries (led by Katie Harmon, UNC-Chapel Hill)
To learn more about all CSCRS research projects and activities, visit www.roadsafety.unc.edu/research.
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CSCRS is a National University Transportation Center supporting the FAST Act research priority of promoting safety; it is one of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s five National UTCs announced December 2016. CSCRS accelerates progress in reducing transport injuries and fatalities by utilizing a systems approach to bring perspectives from planning, engineering, public health, data science and robotics to the road safety field.
CSCRS contact: Jennifer Palcher-Silliman, 919-843-4859, silliman@hsrc.unc.edu