Join us in welcoming new staff members to the SafeTREC team!
Matthew Raifman
Transportation Safety Researcher
Dr. Matthew Raifman is an expert on estimating the co-benefits of sustainable transportation, with academic experience modeling transport-related physical activity, estimating the health effects of air pollution, and quantifying disparities in traffic fatalities by race/ethnicity. At SafeTREC, his research focuses on understanding how the changing composition of the passenger vehicle fleet impacts incidence of traffic fatalities, unpacking how automated vehicles may affect road safety, and exploring novel approaches to setting speed limits in the U.S.
He previously was a senior manager with Ford Smart Mobility, where he led Ford’s public-private partnerships to pilot autonomous vehicles in both Miami Dade County and Washington, D.C. Prior to joining Ford, he was a senior advisor with the Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities initiative at Johns Hopkins University, where he advised mayors, city managers, and executive teams on performance analytics and open data, and led over a dozen technical assistance projects across the U.S. In addition, he has served as a science and technology fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy, a transportation performance management lead in the Governor’s Office in Maryland, and as a delivery unit expert in the President’s Office of the World Bank. As a researcher, he has also conducted economic and financial analysis at both the World Resources Institute and the Brookings Institution, co-authoring reports evaluating the social benefits and costs of bus rapid transit and global financial flows to sustainable transport.
Matt holds a doctorate from Boston University in Environmental Health, a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Tufts University.
Megan Wier
Lecturer
Megan Wier, MPH, is an assistant director with the Oakland Department of Transportation (OakDOT), with a portfolio that includes delivering large capital projects, planning and policy initiatives, parking management, abandoned auto enforcement, innovative mobility, an equity-driven paving program, and near-term safety measures prioritized to advance safety, equity, sustainability, and transparent governance in the City of Oakland. Prior to starting at OakDOT in early 2020, Megan was the director of the Program on Health, Equity and Sustainability at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, where she worked for over a decade at the intersection of health, equity and transportation in partnership with city agencies and community stakeholders, and she co-chaired San Francisco’s Vision Zero Task Force to eliminate traffic deaths from its inception. Throughout her career, Megan has contributed to efforts to prioritize safety, health, and equity in transportation decision making at local, regional, state, and national levels. She has a Master of Public Health from UC Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan.
Starting in Fall 2024, Megan is a lecturer at UC Berkeley and co-teaching a School of Public Health course on injury prevention and control — with a focus on injuries that occur in the transportation system.
