Evaluate Emerging Transportation Technologies and Advancements in Engineering and Roadway Safety Efforts Impact on Crashes

Emerging technologies and advancements in transportation and engineering are becoming increasingly prevalent across the transportation spectrum. From advanced driving systems to the development of innovative corridors, and the use of 3D modeling for engineering, new technologies and tools are being implemented by the public and private sector with the goal of reducing crashes and saving lives. No analysis has been conducted to determine their safety effectiveness and what practical impact they may have in the future. The research team will develop a safety and policy framework to explore the correlations between the emerging technologies and engineering tools and purported reductions in fatalities and serious injuries. The research team will demonstrate how public agencies, like the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), can objectively assess the extent to which emerging technologies and tools will achieve desired safety outcomes.

• Record URL:
  • https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/Presto/project=0-7265

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $691,436.00
• Contract Numbers:

  0-7265

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Texas Department of Transportation

  125 E. 11th Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483
• Managing Organizations:

  Texas Department of Transportation

  125 E. 11th Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483
• Project Managers:

  Souraphath, Danny

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Texas State University, San Marcos

  JCK Building, Suite 489
  San Marcos, TX  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Dadashova, Bahar

• Start Date: 20250901
• Expected Completion Date: 20280831
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Crash rates; Fatalities; Highway engineering; Highway safety; Injury severity; Technological innovations; Technology assessment; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01967816
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Texas Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 0-7265
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 2 2025 9:41AM