SafeTREC at the 2022 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

December 17, 2021

UC Berkeley SafeTREC researchers, faculty and graduate students are excited to participate in the upcoming Transportation Research Board (TRB) 101st Annual Meeting, held in person this year January 9–13, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Sessions and workshops will focus on the spotlight theme for the 2022 meeting: Innovating an Equitable, Resilient, Sustainable, and Safe Transportation System. The full 2022 program, including details on all sessions and workshops, is available now via the Online Program.

Collage of Photos from Speed Management Workshop at TRB

Participants at the Nexus of Speed Management and Human Factors Workshop at TRB 2020

SafeTREC Activities at TRBAM2022

Monday, January 10, 2022 | 10:30 AM- 12:00 PM ET | Convention Center, Salon AB

The Role of Speed in a Safe System
Lectern Session 1073
Moderator Offer Grembek, University of California, Berkeley

Sponsored by Standing Committee on Transportation Safety Management Systems (ACS10)

Papers selected for presentation include:
  • Analyzing the Difference Between Operating Speed and Target Speed Using Mixed-Effect Ordered Logit Model (Mahmoud, Abdel-Aty, Cai);
  • Effectiveness of Vision Zero Initiatives on Cyclists' Safety in New York City (Hossen, Dey, Ashraf, Naik, Phares);
  • Potential Reductions in Road Fatalities and Injuries from Reducing Speed Limits to Recommended Safe System Speed Limits in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (Mbugua, Mitra, Neki, Job, Wambulwa);
  • Evaluation of Posted Speed Limits Reductions on Urban Roads with a High Percentage of Cyclists (Miguel Figliozzi);
  • Moving Beyond the Vision Zero Slogan: The Principles of Safe System for Traffic Safety (Ge Shi)


Wednesday, January 12, 2022 | 8:00 AM ET | Convention Center, Room 102

Standing Committee on Transportation Safety Management Systems (ACS10) Annual Business Meeting
ACS10 Research Hot Topic Contest (contest begins at 9:30 AM)

Alternative Traffic Enforcement to Re-Center Road Safety
Ethan Ebinger, University of California, Berkeley 

In this session, SafeTREC Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety (CSCRS) Road Safety Fellow Ethan Ebinger will present on the research he conducted as part of his CSCRS fellowship, "Alternative Traffic Enforcement to Re-Center Road Safety."


We invite you to also explore these related activities coming up at #TRBAM22!