News
Sharing updates about CSCRS research projects, announcements and other news is an important part of our work.
CSCRS Announcements
Palcher-Silliman receives CUTC Award for Administrative Leadership
(January 2024)
2023 CSCRS Student of the Year, Joe Beck
(January 2024)
2022 CSCRS Student of the Year, Aqshems Nichols
(January 2023)
2021 CSCRS Student of the Year, Emma Vinella-Brusher
(January 2022)
CSCRS selects 12 new transportation safety research projects
(May 2021)
2020 CSCRS Student of the Year, Benjamin Bauchwitz
(January 2021)
UNC road safety research explores strengthening Vision Zero plans to support injury reductions and health improvements
(December 2020)
2019 CSCRS Student of the Year, Mary Wolfe
(January 2020)
Last chance to register for the Safe Systems Summit
(March 2019)
CSCRS Student of the Year, Ali Boggs, UTK, honored at annual CUTC banquet
(January 2019)
Safe Systems Summit postponed
(September 10, 2018)
CSCRS selects 13 new transportation safety research projects
(May 16, 2018)
UNC’s National University Transportation Center selects first round of research projects
(March 14, 2017)
UNC to lead one of five national transportation centers, focus on road safety
(December 5, 2016)
CSCRS in the Media
Achieving the Vision of Zero Roadway Deaths Through the Safe System Approach
(April 2022) UTC Spotlight newsletter
2020 COVID-Streets Work
How bike-friendly ‘slow streets’ are changing cities
(November 2020) The Life Project BBC News
Tab Combs: Shifting Streets, Viewpoints on Resilient & Equitable Responses to the Pandemic
(September 2020) UNC Center for Urban and Regional Studies
The Outspoken Cyclist Show #506, Guests: Jesse Anthony; Amy Kapp; Dr. Tab Comb
(June 2020) The Outspoken Cyclist
In Pedestrian and Cycling Network—Immediate and Post-Covid Ideas
(April 2020) Switching Gears Bike Radio
The Future Is Now: Toward a better new normal
(July 2020) Chronogram Magazine
Corning Closes Part Of Downtown District To Aid Business Reopenings
(July 2020) WSKG
Biking’s Bedazzling Boom—IEEE Spectrum
(June 2020) IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News
Post-COVID cities face a dilemma—What they do next will define their future
(June 2020) Medium
Post-confinamiento: Cada vez más ciudades cierran sus calles a los coches para dar espacio a los peatones
(April 2020) eldiario.es
The Pandemic Could Be an Opportunity to Remake Cities
(April 2020) Wired
World cities turn their streets over to walkers and cyclists
(April 2020) The Guardian
Mapping How Cities Are Reclaiming Street Space
(April 2020) CityLab
Making Room for Social Distancing, Some City Streets Go Car-Free
(March 2020) Car and Driver
2020
Safety Issues of Tesla: What Customers Should Know
(December 2020) BeFM, Morning Wave In Busan, Korea
Even Elon Musk Abuses Tesla’s Autopilot
(December 2020) Wired
Uber, Lyft … And Now Waymo: The Self-Driving Car Service Hits The Road
(December 2020) On Point
Tesla Incident Shows the Challenges of Stopping a Driverless Car
(December 2020) Automotive
AV testing and levels of autonomy (Episode 18)
(November 2020) Shift
2019 may be year of the driverless car: Here’s where top automakers stand
(November 2020) Washington Examiner
Intrepid Business Travelers Are Finding Another Way to the Airport: Bike
(November 2020) The New York Times
Experts warn technology not the best answer to rash of pedestrian deaths
(October 2020) ABC 11 News
Guiding State Officials on North Carolina’s Future in Autonomous Technologies
(October 2020) Mirage News
Look Who’s Driving
(October 2020) PBS
Shaken by hype, self-driving leaders adopt new strategy: Shutting up
(October 2020) The Washington Post
Fully driverless Waymo taxis are due out this year, alarming critics
(October 2020) Arc Technica
GoTriangle goes green: Electric buses could be in NC’s future
(September 2020) Daily Tar Heel
Before driverless cars come driverless office park shuttles?
(August 2020) Marketplace
No keys to this future: Millennials ditch cars for transit
(August 2020) Mirage News
As deaths mount on Santa Rosa’s Stony Point Road, city is pressed to do more for safety
(July 2020) Santa Rose Press Democrat
San Francisco’s bike lanes lead to fewer fatalities for motorists, too
(June 2020) San Francisco Business Times
The Truth about Autonomy
(May 2020) Harvard Business Review
Making Room for Social Distancing, Some City Streets Go Car-Free
(March 2020) Car and Driver
Where did the rules of the road come from?
(February 2020) The Urbanist
Why hospitals are becoming increasingly popular Uber and Lyft destinations
(February 2020) Daily Tar Heel
Electric Scooter Injuries Are on the Rise, Consumer Reports Says
(February 2020) Marketplace
Bike Fatalities Hit 25-Year High in California, Rise Nationwide
(January 2020) US News
Those E-Scooters Might Not Be as Dangerous as You Think
(January 2020) One Zero Medium
8 Predictions for What the World Will Look Like in 20 Years
(January 2020) New York Magazine
2018
The ebike trade-off seems to be less exercise, more enjoyment. And fewer showers.
(May 2018) The Washington Post
2017
New Safety UTC Envisions Safe Systems Approach for U.S. Roadways
(October 2017) USDOT UTC Spotlight
GoTriangle goes green: Electric buses could be in NC’s future
(September 2017) Daily Tar Heel
Trends in Automobile Travel, Motor Vehicle Fatalities, and Physical Activity: 2003-2015
(May 2017) American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Cummings Named to New Federal Committee on Automation
(January 19, 2017) Pratt School of Engineering
2016
UNC to lead national transportation safety research effort
(December 6, 2016) The News & Observer
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