{"id":118758,"date":"2023-03-09T15:23:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T21:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=118758"},"modified":"2023-05-10T15:46:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:46:46","slug":"uwm-awarded-federal-grant-to-study-pedestrian-and-bicyclist-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-awarded-federal-grant-to-study-pedestrian-and-bicyclist-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"UWM awarded federal grant to study pedestrian and bicyclist safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities make up nearly 20% of all traffic fatalities, and the trend is on the rise, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n

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Xiao Qin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the quest to improve transportation safety for those not in vehicles, two UWM researchers will receive $1.67 million of a multi-university grant from the DOT.<\/p>\n

The DOT advances transportation research and develops the next generation of transportation professionals by investing in 20 University Transportation Centers<\/a> (UTCs), involving a consortia of U.S. colleges and universities to study a specific topic.<\/p>\n

This grant supports a new UTC devoted to research on pedestrian and bicycle safety. Led by the University of New Mexico, the center includes four other members, including UWM.<\/p>\n

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Robert Schneider<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The UWM researchers are Robert Schneider, a professor of urban planning in the School of Architecture & Urban Planning, and Xiao Qin, the Lawrence E. Sivak professor of civil & environmental engineering in the College of Engineering & Applied Science. Schneider specializes in sustainable transportation, and Qin directs his college\u2019s Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation.<\/p>\n

The UWM researchers will lead several of the new center\u2019s planned projects:<\/p>\n

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  • Most traffic fatalities occur on roadways with high speed limits and traffic speeds. This research will develop a measure that can be used by practitioners to quantify the tradeoff between speed and safety in roadway corridors.<\/li>\n
  • About 15% of U.S. pedestrian fatalities occur on freeways, but little is known about the causes of these crashes. How many are related to people getting out of broken-down vehicles? How many are in construction zones? Do most occur at night?<\/li>\n
  • In nine large U.S. cities, pedestrian fatalities have decreased significantly in downtown areas, while increasing in the suburbs. The research will examine this trend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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