This year SafeTREC faculty, staff and graduate students joined transportation professionals from around the world for the Transportation Research Board 102nd Annual Meeting from January 8-12, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Our team had the opportunity to participate in various events, workshops and activities, connect with alum, and present some of our latest transportation safety research on the Safe System approach, automated vehicle safety, bicycle network connectivity, transportation equity, and more. Enjoy our round-up of selected photos to share what we were up to at #TRBAM!
Saturday, January 7, 2023
CUTC Awards Banquet
SafeTREC Graduate Student Researcher and Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS) 2022 Outstanding Student of the Year Aqshems Nichols was honored on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Awards Banquet. View Aqshems’ acceptance speech videoView his bio page in the awards ceremony booklet.
Sunday, January 8, 2023
CSCRS Safety Sunday @TRB
Vision Zero Network's Leah Shahum, Toole Design's Sarah Abel, and SafeTREC's Lisa Peterson and Offer Grembek connect at the Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS) Safety Sunday event.
Monday, January 9, 2023
A Futures Market for Demand Responsive Travel Pricing
Nick Fournier, former SafeTREC and California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) postdoctoral researcher, talks about his research with PATH researcher Anthony Patire and Professor Alexander Skabardonis on a futures market for demand responsive travel pricing.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Evaluation of Bicycle Network Connectivity Using Graph Theory and Level of Traffic Stress
SafeTREC Postdoctoral Researcher Md Mintu Miah discusses his research on the evaluation of bicycle network connectivity using graph theory and level of traffic stress.
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
Evaluating the Potential of Crowdsourced Data to Estimate Network-Wide Bicycle Volumes
Portland State University's Joseph Broach presented "Evaluating the Potential of Crowdsourced Data to Estimate Network-Wide Bicycle Volumes" a paper co-authored with SafeTREC Postdoctoral Researcher Md. Mintu Miah and alum Frank Proulx.
Safe System Implementation Academy
SafeTREC Co-Director Offer Grembek discusses the Safe System Implementation Academy with Caltrans Chief Safety Officer Rachel Carpenter at the Transportation Safety Management Systems Committee Meeting (ACS10).
An Exploration of the Sources of Inequity in Roadway Safety
SafeTREC co-director Offer Grembek talks about research performed with Julia Griswold and Soheil Sohrabi on An Exploration of the Sources of Inequity in Roadway Safety.
Who Lacks Cars and Where?: Rural-Non-Rural Disparities in Sociodemographic and Mobility Characteristics by Car Access in the United States
UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) and SafeTREC Alum Jesus Barajas and UC Davis ITS Weijing Wang present their research on rural-non-rural disparities in sociodemographic and mobility characteristics by car access in the United States.
We invite you to also explore these related activities at #TRBAM23!
- Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS) Berkeley Highlights for TRB 2023: ITS Berkeley faculty, students, staff, and research appeared in over 40 sessions at TRB this year, won several awards, and attended hundreds of sessions at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting.
- SafeTREC is honored to be a university member of the Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS), a National University Transportation Center. CSCRS research was showcased in dozens of workshops, lectern presentations, posters, and more at the TRB Annual Meeting. View the full list of CSCRS activities.
- The Standing Committee on Transportation Safety Management Systems (ACS10): the ACS10 Committee offered a variety of activities at the TRB Annual Meeting on topics including applying the Safe System Approach (SSA) to overcome challenges, post-crash care, moving safety research into practice, transportation safety management systems, and more. View the ACS10 Activities at TRB 2023.