This Month's Feature

Transportation

Westat’s strong research skills and innovative data collection capabilities lead the way in transportation and safety research.

On the Road, Naturally

How do drivers interact with their vehicle? With traffic? With various roadway characteristics? With traffic control devices? With the environment? By employing the help of some tantalizing technology, researchers get behind the wheel with drivers to view their behavior on the road.

Motorcycle Crashes: Causes, Characteristics, Countermeasures

Motorcycle crash-related fatalities have surged over the past decade. Why? A team of researchers for the Motorcycle Crash Causation Study will find out. It’s the most comprehensive investigation into the causes, rider demographics, and countermeasure development to be conducted in the United States in more than 30 years.

NOPUS: Providing Data on Vehicle Restraint Use…and More

Seat belt use by drivers and passengers. Children in child safety seats. Motorcyclists’ helmet use. Texting while driving. These are the items that the National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS) team hits the road to measure every year.

News

Westat Staff to Participate in Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

01/17/12

Westat staff will be participating in the 91st annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) to be held January 22-26, 2012. The theme for the meeting is Transportation: Putting Innovation and People to Work.

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Bob Fay, Ph.D., Elected AAAS Fellow

01/12/12

Westat Senior Scientist Bob Fay has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

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Roger Tourangeau, Ph.D., Joins Westat

01/06/12

Roger Tourangeau, Ph.D., has joined Westat as a Vice President. Dr. Tourangeau is an internationally renowned survey methodologist with an extensive research background in statistics and survey research methods. He has authored several books and book chapters, and has published many articles in a wide variety of leading journals.

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