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Transportation Safety / Road User Safety
While we cannot prevent all collisions, we can significantly reduce their number by enhancing visibility for road users —
While we cannot prevent all collisions, we can significantly reduce their number by enhancing visibility for road users —
Using light!
Using light!
What We Do
What We Do
LHRC researchers have developed innovative ways to improve visibility and safety for drivers, pedestrians, and other vulnerable road users.
Enhance safety for first responders
Reduce pedestrian injuries
Improve road signage and markers
Make vehicle and road lighting more effective
Where We Are Going
Where We Are Going
Collaborating with policy makers on regulations, codes, and standards that will improve safety by enhancing visibility along streets and roadways
Creating new ways to improve safety for all road users including the safety of autonomous systems
Proving the safety-effectiveness of light while minimizing energy use and negative environmental impacts
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Using visual performance modeling to assess the safety consequences of headlight evaluation systems (2023)
Impacts of mobile screens on pedestrian visual performance at night (2020)
Insights on exterior lighting for autonomous vehicles from recent news media (2019)
Real-world demonstrations of novel pedestrian crosswalk lighting (2017)
Parking lot lighting based upon predictions of scene brightness and personal safety (2017)
To illuminate or not to illuminate: Roadway lighting as it affects traffic safety at intersections (2013)
Videos, Podcasts & More
Videos, Podcasts & More
Articles:
Do We Need to Accept Tradeoffs Between Driver Visibility and Glare? (2023)
Correct Beacon Settings and Reflective Vests Bolster Nighttime Visibility in Roadway Work Zones (2019)
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