CTS Webinar: How Infrastructure Shapes Driver Behavior and Pedestrian Safety

About the Webinar

Improving pedestrian safety requires a deeper understanding of how people interact with roadway design and infrastructure. This webinar highlighted two recent research efforts examining how transportation infrastructure influences driver behavior and pedestrian safety outcomes.

Speaker Curtis Craig presented findings from two complementary studies examining infrastructure at intersections. The first study explored how right turn lane configurations affect pedestrian safety using a combination of behavioral analysis and multiple research methods. The second project examined how drivers and pedestrians respond to different infrastructure treatments and how those designs influence behavior in real-world environments.

These study findings offer transportation agencies, planners, and engineers practical considerations as they work to create safer and more accessible pedestrian environments.

The webinar was held in conjunction with a CTS Transportation Safety and Mobility Council meeting.

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Speaker

Curtis Craig is a research associate in the Human Factors Safety Laboratory, which is housed within the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. He is also a CTS scholar and a Certified Human Factors Professional. 

Craig's research portfolio focuses on improving safety in high-risk human-machine systems, including driving and healthcare, by applying our understanding of human perception, cognition, and decision-making.