Accomplishments

Karen Lightman, interim Executive Director of Safety21 met with US Department of Transportation (US DOT) University Transportation Center Grant Manager Amy Stearns at the US DOT headquarters in Washington, D.C....

Safety21 Interim Executive Director and Metro21: Smart Cities Institute Executive Director Karen Lightman moderated “Governance Going the Distance – Moving Beyond One-Hit-Wonder Smart Cities Projects” at the Smart Cities Connect Fall...

Safety21 researchers Sean Qian and Katherine Flanigan co-advised students Kevin Freymiller and Lindsay Graff, who were both awarded the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Fellowship by the Transportation Research...

Safety21 UTC researcher Burcu Akinci has been named an ASCE fellow, a prestigious recognition awarded to only 3% of ASCE members.

Safety21 UTC Researcher Professor Sean Qian recently proposed an optimal ride-hailing pricing system that incentivizes riders using services through transportation network companies to select an alternate route that could reduce...

Safety21 Interim Executive Director Karen Lightman attended an all-day workshop led by Michael Baker that was the first of a series of meetings to focus on the design of the...

Safety21 Interim Executive Director Karen Lightman attended the PA Transportation Alliance monthly meeting, where they discussed Central PA Center for Independent Living’s transportation updates, PennDOT updates, federal transportation updates, and...

Safety21 UTC Interim Executive Director Karen Lightman joined Sera Linardi and Michael Madison from the University of Pittsburgh for a recent panel discussing public interest tech and civic data.  Lightman...

Safety21 UTC researcher Dr. Destenie Nock has received the 2023 George Tallman Ladd Research Award in recognition of her exceptional work in the domains of energy transitions and justice.

Safety21 hosted the second UTC faculty meeting for the fall 2023 semester.  The discussion was an opportunity to discuss the goals for the new UTC and included a presentation by...

Safety21 UTC researcher Dr. Corey Harper’s recent project, “Deploying Charging Infrastructure to Catalyze Market Adoption of Electric Vehicles and Improve Mobility, Health, and Economic Outcomes in Disadvantaged Communities” hosted a...