University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute UMTRI

Join the final CCAT @ UMTRI Distinguished Lecture webinar featuring Kristin White (Federal Highway Administration). Registration is free and open to the public. More details below ?? ?? Tuesday, December 10th ?? Time: 1:00 PM ET ?? Register: https://myumi.ch/pk4nj Debby Bezzina, MBA,PMP Henry Liu

The Michigan State Police reports that safety belt use has dropped for the second year in a row. UMTRI experts have focused on occupant protection for nearly 60 years - in fact Michigan's safety belt legislation was signed at UMTRI in 1985. Journalist Janelle D. James reports for The Center For Michigan | Bridge Michigan | BridgeDetroit https://lnkd.in/gsFCAHH3

Together with UMTRI, Efe Yamac Yarbasi will be hosting Inigo Incer for a talk "Towards Provably Safe and Secure Systems with Contract-Based Design." Incer is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Michigan College of Engineering. Join us Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at Noon in the UMTRI Collaboration Space.

Jon Hewett with WWJ Radio Audacy, Inc. covers the the 9th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention, hosted by UMTRI. Hewitt interviews Natasha Merat with the University of Leeds and discusses how in vehicle technologies such as touch screens are adding to driver distraction. https://lnkd.in/gAAfqHvT

UMTRI is hiring! We are looking for individuals who would like to join UMTRI long-term and who will contribute to the excellence and diversity of our research efforts. The Center for the Management of Information for Safe and Sustainable Transportation (CMISST) group at UMTRI focuses on data analysis to answer a wide variety of questions about transportation safety and mobility. CMISST faculty and staff include statisticians, epidemiologists, programmers, and project managers who help bring in, analyze, and make data available to the public. CMISST has a strong track record of safety data analyses, especially combining crash data with other datasets (e.g., driving, travel, roadway), and conducting studies featuring social behavioral approaches. areas of speeding and vehicle accessibility. Research areas of expertise include crash and driving data analysis, driver behavior, injury biomechanics and ergonomics, safe transport and occupant restraint, traffic modeling, connected and automated driving, and vulnerable roadway users. https://lnkd.in/gt6vVWSq

UMTRI experts Renée St. Louis and Colleen Peterson will be attending the 2024 Gerontological Society of America (GSA) annual meeting in Seattle beginning November 13, 2024. Renée St. Louis is the co-convener for the Transportation and Aging Interest Group and will lead the in-person meeting on Friday, November 15 from 3-4:15. Immediately following St. Louis will participate in a symposium session, “Accessible, affordable and sustainable transportation innovations for mobility and safety among older drivers.”??And on Saturday will be joined by Colleen Peterson and present their poster “Addressing Caregiver Transportation Barriers to Enhance Health Care Access for Older Adults. https://www.geron.org/

UMTRI is HIRING! This faculty position will be in the Center for the Management of Information for Safe and Sustainable Transportation (CMISST) group at UMTRI. The CMISST group focuses on data analysis to answer a wide variety of questions about transportation safety and mobility. We're looking for candidates with an interests in crash data analysis and social behavioral aspects of roadway safety. CMISST faculty and staff include statisticians, epidemiologists, programmers, and project managers who help bring in, analyze, and make data available to the public. CMISST has a strong track record of safety data analyses, especially combining crash data with other datasets (e.g., driving, travel, roadway), and conducting studies featuring social behavioral approaches. Recent CMISST research efforts include linking crash and medical datasets, quantifying safety outcomes and their relationships to national and state level factors (e.g., demographics, law enforcement), evaluating safe driving interventions targeting both younger and older adults, and informing transportation safety policy in areas of speeding and vehicle accessibility. Join UMTRI and work with experts including Carol Flannagan, Patrick Bowman, Raymond J. Kiefer, Jason Park, Lisa Park, Andrew Leslie, Mauriac Miranda, Colleen Peterson! https://lnkd.in/gt6vVWSq

The Retirees Association at the University of Michigan will welcome Dr. Lisa Molnar (University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute) for their March 2025 meeting at Washtenaw Community College next year. Dr. Molnar will disseminate findings from their CCAT research project aimed at training older drivers to use connected and #autonomousVehicles. Date/Time: Thursday, March 13th Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gCFCxgbY

Are you the parent of a teen who is currently driving in the Ann Arbor area? The Behavioral Sciences Group at UMTRI is leading a new study which aims to improve driving safety among teens through virtual calls and an Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA) system equipped in their vehicle. To learn more, please email [email protected]

Day two of the 9th International Conference of Driver Distraction and Inattention kicks off with David Yang moderating a panel “Overcoming the Distraction Challenge through a Multidimensional Approach.” Panelist include Aghogho Edevbie, Essie Wagner , Jessica Cicchino, Steven Kiefer