Sustainable Transport Safety (Safe Systems Planning): Tools to Proactively Evaluate Communities & Move Loss of Life Towards Vision Zero

交通伤害造成巨大的社会和经济负担，被世界卫生组织列为需要解决的十大全球流行病之一。有效和可持续的解决办法需要使用可靠的经验工具的基于科学的方法。各国政府正在寻找可靠的实证工具，在做出决策之前量化和预测与土地使用和交通相关的政策选择的影响，以确保这些政策决策产生更安全、更可持续的基础设施投资。需要运输安全规划者，特别是具有处理新出现的伤亡趋势的工程和建模专业知识的规划者。因此，培训HQP以满足这一需求是至关重要的。在这份NSERC探索助学金申请中，我提议将我建议的研究预算的94%用于HQP工资，特别是我的研究生和本科生研究助理负责我的建议研究。 除了实验和会议的实地考察外，本预算中描述的所有研究都将在我的新的CFI资助的可持续运输安全研究实验室的UBC Okanagan EME大楼进行，该实验室配备了八个计算机研究工作站、一个中央安全服务器、视频会议单元和用于建模、地理参考、软件编程和自动化的行业标准软件。年度研究设施维护资金也包括在CFI IOF计划中，因此不包括在本DG申请中。 到目前为止，我和我的HQP进行的研究帮助开发和应用了第一批可靠的经验性道路安全规划工具，这些工具有可能扭转这些令人震惊的趋势，并通过出版物、演示文稿和伙伴关系展示了影响。为了支持联合国和加拿大的道路安全愿景，我建议通过改进数据、模型和在线STS系统研究来创新地面交通和信息技术。 今后五年，我提出的研究重点将放在以下四个能力建设项目上： I)培训--招聘HQP，以解决知识差距，并将工具转化为行业最佳做法； 二)合作伙伴--为在中小城市和公司从事主动运输(AT)工作的STS安全系统行业从业者研究和推出一个基于知识的在线工具。 Iii)改进数据研究，并提供改进和集成的AT暴露、碰撞和伤害数据，以支持改进的AT碰撞预测模型(AT-CPM)的开发和从业人员的使用。 Iv)实验--利用我的CFI资助的STS实验室及其工具，与行业合作伙伴和社区一起验证预测结果并开发更可靠的AT-CPM。 在这项拟议的五年研究计划结束时，将培训23名HQP，包括3名博士、6名MASC和14名UG NSERC USRA学生。随着我的HQP毕业生进入行业和/或学术界，合作将促进技术转移。

Traffic injuries create enormous social and economic burdens, and are ranked by the World Health Organization as a top ten global epidemic to be addressed. Science-based approaches using reliable empirical tools, are required for effective and sustainable solutions. Governments are seeking reliable empirical tools to quantify and predict the impact of policy options related to land use and transportation before they make decisions, to ensure those policy decisions result in safer more sustainable infrastructure investments. Transport safety planners, especially with engineering and modelling expertise to address emerging injury and fatality trends, are needed. Therefore, it is critical to train HQP to meet this demand. In this NSERC Discovery Grant request, I have proposed to dedicate 94% of my proposed research budget to HQP salaries, specifically my graduate and undergraduate student research assistants conducting my proposed research. Except for field trips for experiments and conferences, all research described in this budget will occur at the UBC Okanagan EME Building in my new CFI-funded Sustainable Transport Safety (STS) Research Laboratory, equipped with eight computer research work stations, a central secure server, video-conference unit, and industry standard software for modelling, geo-referencing, software programming, and automation. Annual research facility maintenance funding is also covered under the CFI IOF program, so not included in this DG application. Research to date by my HQPs and I has helped to develop and apply the first reliable empirical road safety planning tools that have the potential to reverse these alarming trends, with publications, presentations and partnerships that demonstrate impact. To support UN & Canadian road safety visions, I propose innovative surface transport and information technology via improved data, models, and on-line STS systems research. In the next five years, my proposed research would focus on the following four capacity-building projects: i) Train - Recruit HQPs, to solve knowledge gaps and migrate tools into industry best practise; ii) Partner - Research and launch an on-line, knowledge-based tool for STS safe systems industry practitioners working on active transport (AT) in small and medium sized cities and firms. iii) Improve Data - Research and provide improved and integrated AT exposure, collision, and injury data to support improved AT Collision Prediction Model (AT-CPM) development and use by practitioners. iv) Experiment - With industry partners and communities to validate predicted results and develop more reliable AT-CPMs, using my CFI-funded STS lab and its tools. At the conclusion of this proposed five-year research program, 23 HQP would be trained, including 3 PhD, 6 MASc, and 14 UG NSERC USRA students. As my HQP graduates move into industry and/or academia, collaboration will promote technology transfer.