CSCRS selects 12 new transportation safety research projects
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (May 6, 2021) — The Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS) selected 12 new research projects to explore a range of transportation safety topics and extend its ongoing research activities. The projects contribute to the Center’s mission to create and exchange knowledge to advance transportation safety through a multidisciplinary, Safe Systems 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).
“We have learned a considerable amount about Safe Systems principles and systems-oriented research and injury prevention tools since this Center was established,” said Dr. Laura Sandt, director of CSCRS. “We’re excited to add these projects to our diverse portfolio of projects that continue to strengthen the knowledge base and engage diverse stakeholders as we work with communities to implement and evaluate safety innovations on the ground.”
This is the fourth round of research projects selected in a peer-review process since UNC-Chapel Hill received the U.S. Department of Transportation National University Transportation Center grant in November 2016.
The 12 new CSCRS research projects include:
- US Regional Vision Zero Implementation (led by Kelly Evenson, UNC IPRC)
- COVID-19 streets: Mobility justice and the rapid rollout of pedestrian and bicyclist improvements (led by Tab Combs, UNC DCRP)
- Using Safe Systems approach to assess traffic impact and land development (led by Tab Combs, UNC DCRP)
- Laying the Groundwork for a National Pedestrian Injury Surveillance System (led by Katherine Harmon, UNC HSRC)
- Applying AcciMap to e-Scooter Crashes: A Safe Systems approach to analyzing micromobility (led by Michael Clamann, UNC HSRC)
- Assessing how private beliefs conflict with public action on Safe Systems (led by Seth LaJeunesse, UNC HSRC)
- Integrating systems thinking tools into Vision Zero and Safe Systems approaches (led by Becky Naumann, UNC IPRC)
- A Safe Systems approach to motorcycle safety (led by Eric Dumbaugh, FAU)
- Bike-sharing as a safety intervention: Evidence from nine large US cities (led by Eric Dumbaugh, FAU)
- Advancing crash investigation with connected and automated vehicle data – Phase 2 (led by Michael Clamann, UNC HSRC)
- Applying AI to data sources to improve driver-pedestrian interactions at intersections (led by Subhadeep Chakraborty, UTK)
- Safety enhancement by detecting driver impairment through analysis of real-time volatilities (led by Asad Khattak, UTK)
To learn more about all CSCRS research projects and activities, visit 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
