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SnowFlake Expansion

SnowFlake Expansion. Alvin Nieves Rosario Valerie Maier-Speredelozzi Daniel Berman. Agenda. SnowFlake Project Previous Projects Studied Areas Statistics Vehicles Roads Fatalities Future work. SnowFlake Expansion. Why compare data?.

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SnowFlake Expansion

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  1. SnowFlake Expansion Alvin Nieves Rosario Valerie Maier-Speredelozzi Daniel Berman

  2. Agenda • SnowFlake Project • Previous Projects • Studied Areas • Statistics • Vehicles • Roads • Fatalities • Future work

  3. SnowFlake Expansion

  4. Why compare data? • Look for similarities and differences in safety policies • Learn from past experiences • Adopt policies from each other

  5. Previous Projects

  6. SUNflower • Developed in Europe • Compare three countries • Sweden • United Kingdom • Netherlands

  7. SUNflower+6 • Included six countries • Central • Czech Republic • Hungary • Slovenia • Southern • Spain • Greece • Portugal

  8. SnowFlake • Comparison between a US state and a Europe country • Rhode Island • Czech Republic

  9. SnowFlake expansion areas

  10. SnowFlake expansion areas

  11. Road infrastructure

  12. Vehicle fleet

  13. First fatality recorded • In 1869, the first road accident fatality occurred in a small town in the Irish Midlands. • In 1896, the first road fatality occurred in England. • In the US, in 1899 the first road fatality occurred in New York.

  14. Fatalities • Measure fatalities for different areas • Types of measurements • Per vehicle miles traveled (VMT) • Per capita • Per motor vehicles • Per area • Per road infrastructure • Total lane length

  15. Fatalities

  16. Fatalities

  17. Fatalities

  18. Fatalities

  19. Fatalities

  20. Fatalities

  21. Fatalities

  22. Road safety features • Measure specific road safety aspect • Types of road safety features • Age groups • Drinking and driving • Motorcycles • Seatbelt use • Road users

  23. Road safety features

  24. Road safety features

  25. Road safety features

  26. New England

  27. New England

  28. New England

  29. New England

  30. New England

  31. New England

  32. New England

  33. Future work • Update current areas • Expand to more areas • States • Countries • Look for factors that ultimately influence road safety in these and other areas

  34. Acknowledgements • URITC • FHWA • Dwight Eisenhower Fellowship Program • Valerie Maier-Speredelozzi • Daniel Berman • Alberto Figueroa

  35. Questions

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