University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute UMTRI

UMTRI is hiring!! The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) invites applications for full-time, non-tenure research faculty positions to conduct transportation safety research in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. We are accepting applications for all ranks including Research Scientist-Associate, Research Scientist/Assistant, and Research Scientist! Apply now to work with experts in our CMISST Group including Carol Flannagan Patrick Bowman, and Colleen Peterson. The Center for the Management of Information for Safe and Sustainable Transportation (CMISST) Group gathers, combines, and analyzes all types of transportation datasets to answer pressing questions in transportation safety and sustainability. We're also hiring in our Behavioral Sciences Group where you'll work with experts including David W. Eby and Renée St. Louis. The BSG works to enhance safe mobility for all ages by deepening our understanding of the social and behavioral issues important to transportation. practices intended to reduce high-risk behaviors and promote safe driving and use of other transportation options. APPLY NOW! https://lnkd.in/gbDbzZ-u

Congratulations University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute UMTRI Behavioral Sciences Group David W. Eby Renée St. Louis and Jonathon Vivoda at Miami University on receiving a five year, $2.4m award from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA.  The project "Demonstration and Evaluation of Employer Based Driving Safety Programs” will develop interventions and evaluate their effectiveness in three areas (safety belt use, distracted driving, and drowsy driving) in companies that have employees that drive for them. This work may lead to new policies and initiatives to reduce transportation-related crashes, injuries, and fatalities the resulting costs. Traffic crashes are the most frequent type of workplace-related fatality, accounting for about 38% of all workplace fatalities (2,066 fatalities) in 2022.

☃️ Happy Holidays! ❄️ Wishing you a safe and peaceful holiday from the Mcity, Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), Ann Arbor Connected Environment (AACE), and Michigan Traffic Lab teams!

UMTRI will be at the Transportation Research Board's Annual Meeting in January! You can meet with our world-class researchers at: 📄 The TRB Career Fair where you can meet with our Marketing and Communications Director, Francine Romine, and faculty researchers to discuss the latest opportunities at the Institute. Join us on Sunday, January 5th from 10:00 - 2:00 PM in Exhibit Hall A. 🎉 Our networking reception with Mcity, U-M CEE, and Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT) on January 5th at 6:00 PM. Join us at the Shaw Ballroom in the Courtyard/Residence Inn DC Downtown Convention Center (901 L Street NW, Washington, DC 20001). 🎤 Various poster and lectern session throughout the week. A full list will be added to the CCAT website: https://lnkd.in/gwCvgR-b Add the Career Fair to your calendar: https://myumi.ch/Q6Eyb Add the Networking Reception to your calendar: https://myumi.ch/ypRnw

Michigan now has 1.8 million drivers age 65 and older and that number is growing rapidly. As our age increases, changes to our physical, mental and sensory abilities may impact our driving. Experts at UMTRI are committed to ensuring safety of drivers through the lifespan. Working with our partners including Michigan State Police, Michigan Department of Transportation, Michigan Department of State, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services, we launched an award winning website to provide guidance, research findings, and resources to help older drivers, their families and friends, to keep driving as long as they are safely able to do so, and how to identify resources and assist with the transition from driving to non-driving. https://lnkd.in/ejcg9Nb

Join the final CCAT @ UMTRI Distinguished Lecture webinar featuring Kristin White (Federal Highway Administration). Registration is free and open to the public. More details below 👇 🗓 Tuesday, December 10th 🕐 Time: 1:00 PM ET 🎟 Register: https://myumi.ch/pk4nj Debby Bezzina, MBA,PMP Henry Liu

The Michigan State Police reports that safety belt use has dropped for the second year in a row. UMTRI experts have focused on occupant protection for nearly 60 years - in fact Michigan's safety belt legislation was signed at UMTRI in 1985. Journalist Janelle D. James reports for The Center For Michigan | Bridge Michigan | BridgeDetroit https://lnkd.in/gsFCAHH3

Together with UMTRI, Efe Yamac Yarbasi will be hosting Inigo Incer for a talk "Towards Provably Safe and Secure Systems with Contract-Based Design." Incer is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Michigan College of Engineering. Join us Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at Noon in the UMTRI Collaboration Space.

Jon Hewett with WWJ Radio Audacy, Inc. covers the the 9th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention, hosted by UMTRI. Hewitt interviews Natasha Merat with the University of Leeds and discusses how in vehicle technologies such as touch screens are adding to driver distraction. https://lnkd.in/gAAfqHvT

UMTRI is hiring! We are looking for individuals who would like to join UMTRI long-term and who will contribute to the excellence and diversity of our research efforts. The Center for the Management of Information for Safe and Sustainable Transportation (CMISST) group at UMTRI focuses on data analysis to answer a wide variety of questions about transportation safety and mobility. CMISST faculty and staff include statisticians, epidemiologists, programmers, and project managers who help bring in, analyze, and make data available to the public. CMISST has a strong track record of safety data analyses, especially combining crash data with other datasets (e.g., driving, travel, roadway), and conducting studies featuring social behavioral approaches. areas of speeding and vehicle accessibility. Research areas of expertise include crash and driving data analysis, driver behavior, injury biomechanics and ergonomics, safe transport and occupant restraint, traffic modeling, connected and automated driving, and vulnerable roadway users. https://lnkd.in/gt6vVWSq