Federal Research Projects

January 1, 2025

The Future of Automated Traffic Enforcement and Public Acceptance (BTS-42)

The objectives of this research are to conduct a comprehensive assessment of automated traffic law enforcement to assist in the public policy discussion of the future of traffic enforcement across the nation and develop a toolkit for state highway safety offices and other stakeholders.

January 1, 2025

The Future Use of Law Enforcement Personnel and Traffic Safety Enforcement (BTS-41)

The objective of this research is to provide public policy guidance for decision makers on the role of law enforcement in traffic safety enforcement.

January 1, 2025

Workplace-Based Approaches to Improve Driver Behavior and Reduce Crashes (BTS-40)

The objectives of this research are to identify resources that utilize countermeasures proven most effective in raising awareness of the risk of motor vehicle crashes both on and off the job and provide actionable program tools.

January 1, 2025

The Last Impaired Mile: Challenges of Impaired Mobility in a Multimodal World (BTS-39)

The objectives of this research are to develop an improved understanding of the scope of the “last mile” problem in multimodal environments, explore what could be altered to change driver behavior and develop a toolkit of practical strategies.

January 1, 2025

Slow Down Move Over Best Practices (BTS-38)

The objectives of this research are to 1) understand the current state of practice and legal nuances that differ among jurisdictions and 2) develop a toolkit of practical strategies for SHSOs and other stakeholders to effectively communicate the goals of implementation and requirements for drivers to realize safety improvements.

August 5, 2024

Informing the Selection of Countermeasures by Evaluating, Analyzing, and Diagnosing Contributing Factors that Lead to Crashes (BTS-14)

Recognizing that vehicle and mode mix matters in the success of investment strategies, this project assessed best practices in crash diagnosis across crash types in modal diverse contexts.

May 30, 2024

Improving Moped and Seated Motor Scooter (50 cc or less) Rider Safety (BTS-19)

This study investigated safety issues unique to moped and motor scooter riding and provided practical policy recommendations.

April 4, 2024

Determining the Effectiveness of Combined High Visibility Enforcement (BTS-17)

This project provides a scalable evaluation framework and methodologies to determine the effectiveness of combined law enforcement/engagement for reducing crashes and their severity involving road user behaviors.

January 1, 2024

How to Reach the Last of the Seat Belt Use Holdouts (BTS-35)

This project will design and conduct research on the remaining fraction of Americans who do not use seat belts, with the goal of identifying practical, actionable countermeasures that can be implemented by state highway safety offices and their partners to motivate the last seat belt use holdouts to buckle up.

January 1, 2024

Optimizing Parent-Teen Supervised Drives to Reduce Teen Crash Rates (BTS-33)

The objective of this research is to provide actionable data for states to optimize the supervised driving requirement to ensure it creates safer teen drivers and reduces the crash risk for this vulnerable age group.

January 1, 2024

Formative Research and Resources to Prevent Cannabis Impaired Driving Among Teens and Young Adults (BTS-32)

The project will develop educational resources to support parents and caregivers in talking with teens about cannabis impaired driving and impaired driving laws.

January 1, 2024

Quantifying the Safety Impacts of Reduced Traffic Enforcement (BTS-31)

The objective of the research is to identify how enforcement activity has changed in recent years, and associate those changes with corresponding changes in crashes, injuries, and/or fatalities. Statistical comparisons can describe those factors that may be significant and guide future investments in enforcement and prioritization among policing agencies.