UMTRI Project

Michigan Center for Advancing Safe Transportation throughout the Lifespan (M-CASTL) - University Transportation Center

Sponsor: US Department of Transportation
Investigator: David W. Eby
08/01/2007 - 07/31/2010

The theme of the Michigan Center for Advancing Safe Transportation throughout the Lifespan (M-CASTL) is Safety and Mobility throughout the Lifespan. M-CASTL strives to advance expertise and US technology in the many disciplines comprising the safety and mobility of both young people and older adults. This will be achieved through basic and applied research, and by fostering the application of transportation science and technology through education of new professionals and technology transfer to those in transportation-related fields. Both young people and older adults present unique safety and mobility challenges. The University of Michigan has established M-CASTL to increase understanding of and address—across the different dimensions of the roadway, vehicle, and driver—the risks related to the two ends of the age spectrum. Specific thrusts of the Center focus on understanding and addressing: the changing perceptual, cognitive, and psychomotor abilities of older drivers; the transportation needs of young people and older adults when they are unable or choose not to drive themselves; and the elevated crash risk of young drivers. Please click here for more information about M-CASTL.