July 15, 2022

Mobility21 UTC researchers Burcu Akinci and Sean Qian, along with CMU Civil & Environmental Ph.D. student Zhuoran Zhang,  have created a work zone safety analysis model that proves the causal relationship between work zones and increased car crashes.

“Causal models are crucial for improving road safety around work zones because they help us identify and analyze the various factors that impact risk in each scenario,” said Akinci, head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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