Category: Safety Topics

Intelligent Assessment and Training of Hazard Perception for Human Drivers and Autonomous Vehicles Using Deep Reinforcement Learning and Hierarchical Clustering

  • February 25th, 2025

Hazard perception (HP) is one of the few driving skills proven to reduce traffic accidents through training and testing. The driver licensing process in some countries includes assessing individuals through videos demonstrating hazards and measuring their reactions. Testing HP using a driving simulator has been shown to better approximate real-world driving and, therefore, be more […]

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Tackling the Road Safety Crisis

  • February 25th, 2025

The United States faces a road safety crisis: the fatal crash rate per mile traveled has been climbing for the past decade, and crashes involving vulnerable road users—pedestrians, bicyclists, and others who share the roads with motor vehicles—have grown the fastest. Furthermore, motor vehicle death rates in the United States are three to four times […]

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Tracking Safety Leading Indicators to Improve DOT Employee Safety Performance

  • February 25th, 2025

Lagging indicators in occupational safety and health are required reporting figures that provide an industry-standard metric to measure the number of employees injured annually or impacted by a recordable injury. Recognizing the weaknesses of traditional lagging indicators to proactively manage occupational safety, many organizations and industries have emphasized safety leading indicators; that is, metrics to […]

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Critical Issues in Transportation for 2024 and Beyond

  • February 25th, 2025

Critical Issues in Transportation for 2024 and Beyond highlights some of the many multi-faceted, interdependent challenges in maximizing transportation’s role in serving societal goals while minimizing its costs. It identifies issues and raises concerns that can be addressed through research and development and policy decisions but does not offer recommendations by design. Read the full article […]

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From rockets to EVs: Alabama’s role in shaping the mobility revolution

  • February 14th, 2025

The biggest names in global industry — NASA, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Airbus, Toyota and more — call Alabama home. These companies, paired with world-class researchers at Alabama universities, are driving innovations in mobility technologies and positioning the state as a leader in the next generation of transportation. “Alabama is driving the future of mobility across land, air, sea and space,” said Ellen […]

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TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS ANNUAL REPORT 2024

  • February 7th, 2025

Transportation is fundamental to the vibrancy of the Nation and facilitates economic prosperity and quality of life. It enables people to engage in productive pursuits and experience the social interactions that take full advantage of geographic specialization and diffusion. An efficient and resilient transportation system and its seamless operation underpin the overall efficiency and resilience […]

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National Survey of Speeding Attitudes and Behaviors

  • February 7th, 2025

For more than 20 years speeding has been involved in about one-third of all motor vehicle fatalities (NCSA, 2014, 2023). Even as new vehicle technologies improve driver and passenger safety, a driver’s propensity to drive too fast for the road conditions or more than the speed limit often has tragic consequences. The 2022-2023 National Survey […]

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Formal Recommendations of the Transforming Transportation Advisory Committee to the US Department of Transportation on Artificial Intelligence, Automated Driving, Project Delivery, and Innovation for Safety

  • February 7th, 2025

This report formally presents TTAC’s recommendations to USDOT on these four topics. Although transportation encompasses more than walking, biking, driving, and riding, the Committee’s primary expertise and hence its advice center on surface transportation. Several key themes cut across TTAC’s recommendations. Read the full study here.

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Reducing Conflicts Between Turning Motor Vehicles and Bicycles

  • February 7th, 2025

One of the most common locations for fatal motor vehicle–bicyclist crashes is at intersections, which inherently have many conflicts related to turning. Reducing these conflicts is a key objective in improving intersection safety across all modes. Of particular concern for bicyclists’ safety at intersections are the conflicts between bicyclists travelling straight through the intersection and […]

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Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program Annual Report

  • February 7th, 2025

TRB’s Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP) has released its annual report. BTSCRP provides practical, ready-to-implement solutions to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce the costs of road traffic crashes associated with unsafe behaviors. The BTSCRP 2024 Annual Report highlights current and pending projects, sponsors, publications, and other details about the program. Read the full report […]

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