Community-Centered Traffic Safety
"Community-Centered Traffic Safety" is a research project focused on addressing the complex issue of traffic safety through a multifaceted, locally informed approach. Recognizing the limitations of uniform strategies, the project explores traffic safety challenges by considering varied cultural, financial, and infrastructural factors that influence different communities. The project includes four research thrusts: evaluating the effectiveness of current citation fine structures across different population groups, developing tailored safety messaging, creating a crowdsourced app to identify local safety concerns, and analyzing pedestrian crashes near transit stops to identify contributing factors. This comprehensive effort involves collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and interdisciplinary student participation from Engineering, Planning, and Public Policy departments. The project will engage with local communities through surveys, focus groups, and observational studies, and will use the UMassSafe Crash Data Warehouse for analysis. Expected outcomes include a proposed revision to the fine structure, targeted traffic safety campaigns, and a prototype of a community-informed app. The project also emphasizes student involvement in data analysis, stakeholder collaboration, and app testing, contributing to the broader goal of improving traffic safety and strengthening community engagement.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $400000
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Contract Numbers:
69A3552348301
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
130 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, MA United States 01003 -
Performing Organizations:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
130 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, MA United States 01003 Holyoke, MA United States Boston, MA United States -
Principal Investigators:
Fitzpatrick, Cole
Tainter, Francis
- Start Date: 20240101
- Expected Completion Date: 20250831
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
- Subprogram: University Transportation Centers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Communities; Crowdsourcing; Culture (Social sciences); Mobile applications; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Public participation; Safety campaigns; Socioeconomic factors; Stakeholders; Traffic safety
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01905250
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: New England University Transportation Center
- Contract Numbers: 69A3552348301
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Jan 22 2024 12:27PM