Safe-D: Safety through Disruption

April Gray

Smart Work Zone System wins Innovation Award

Innovation Award Winners - Photo from ATSSA

A Dynamic, Real-Time Smart Work Zone received a second place innovation award ATSSA’s 52nd Annual Convention & Traffic Expo.

Thinking Transportation podcast

Zac Doerzaph

Safe-D director Zac Doerzaph (VTTI) sat down with Greg Winfree, director of TTI, to talk about the nation’s mobility priorities and what university-based research can do to support them on the Thinking Transportation Podcast.

VT Doodle

Spin Researcher Jean Paul Talledo Vilela Updates GPS and Gyroscope Software

Safe-D researcher Jean Paul Talledo Vilela (VTTI) was featured in the Virginia Tech Doodle on September 20th. The doodle shows him updating GPS and Gyroscope software.

Driving Risk Evaluation Web Application

Feng Guo

Detecting crashes and near-crashes in real-time can greatly benefit traffic safety management, development of safety countermeasures, and naturalistic driving data analysis.

Driver safety at forefront of VTTI research on hard-braking and other hard acceleration maneuvers

Calculations cover the glass in Feng Guo's office

VTTI researchers are using advanced machine learning and statistical methods to examine key characteristics of high G-force events and their connection with crashes and develop machine-learning models that can help predict crashes from high G-force events in real-time.

Public Information Officers’ Quick Reference: Social Media Guidelines for Discussing Automated Vehicles

As part of a research project (Data Mining Twitter to Improve Automated Vehicle Safety), Safe-D researchers have created guidelines for automated vehicle crash responses to help public information officers structure their communications about crashes.