Category: News
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New traffic signal reduces unnecessary stops
Optimizing signals to keep up with changes in traffic flows isn’t a simple task. The time and cost of traffic counts and recalculation, taking roughly two to six months and up to $4,500 per intersection, mean most municipalities won’t reassess for two to five years and sometimes even decades. U-M project reduces time and cost.
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YouthShape.US: A new study of the body size and shape of U.S. children and youth
“Most product designers today are looking up data on body size in the same way their predecessors did in the 1960s,” says Matt Reed, Don B. Chaffin Collegiate Research Professor and head of UMTRI’s Biosciences Group. “Our goal is to provide a new, dynamic way of interacting with the data through online apps.”
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Technology evolves but human behavior drives outcomes
UMTRI experts attend the 2025 Human Factors and Ergonomic Society Annual Meeting – ASPIRE – and share UMTRI’s ongoing commitment to advancing human factors research.
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UMTRI celebrates 60 years of research excellence!
We are in the midst of a transportation revolution, driven by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence. From autonomous vehicles to intelligent traffic management systems, UMTRI is leading in the evolution of how people and goods move safely and efficiently around the world.
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New statistical method can help uncover driver patterns without expensive maps or cameras
A new approach developed at the University of Michigan outperforms current methods using only GPS data.
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Traffic Safety Study Grant Awarded
Groundbreaking project aims to explore the link between traffic enforcement levels, types of enforcement activities, and traffic safety.