In the episode, Ellen Zavisca (AMPO Transportation Planning Manager) talks with Seth LaJeunesse from UNC’s Highway Safety Research Center about the role of data in roadway safety, including the Safe System, FHWA’s Safe Streets and Roads for All program, and the design of vehicles.Helpful Links:⁠Seth’s bio, including links to publications⁠: https://www.hsrc.unc.edu/team/lajeunesse/David J. Ederer’s publication on the Safe System Pyramid, where he identifies speed as the “pathologic agent” in traffic fatalities and serious injuries: ⁠https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198223001525⁠An introduction to “self-explaining roads” and the work of Jan Theeuwes:⁠LaJeunesse - HSRC⁠⁠Self-explaining roads: What does visual cognition tell us about designing safer roads? - Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

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