Highlights of SafeTREC at TRB Annual Meeting 2023

February 8, 2023

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! 

TRB sign in the main lobby in the D.C. Conference Center

Saturday, January 7, 2023

CSCRS 2023 Student of the Year Aqshems Nichols standing on stage with award plaque at awards banquet in D.C.

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 gathering at TRB 2023             Leah Shahum, Sarah Abel, Lisa Peterson and Offer Grembek at CSCRS Safety Sunday

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

Nick Fournier, former SafeTREC and PATH postdoc, talks about his research

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

SafeTREC Postdoctoral Researcher Md Mintu Miah presenting on bicycle network connectivity

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

Joseph Broach presenting a paper co-authored with SafeTREC postdoc Mintu Miah

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.

Offer Grembek presenting on the Safe System Academy at TRB 2023

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).

Offer Grembek presents a poster about Inequity in roadway safety

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.

SafeTREC alum Jesus Barajas and UC Davis ITS Weijing Wang present poster at TRB 2023

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!