In this clip from the latest edition of the Thinking Transportation Podcast from Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), the organization’s Road User Safety Program manager, Emily Martin, and Crash Analytics Program Manager, Srinivas Geedipally discuss what behaviors are associated with distracted driving and factors that quantify its impact on road safety.
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Guest info: Emily Martin is an assistant research scientist and manager of the Road User Safety Program at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. She specializes in using data and stakeholder insights to address road safety challenges and promote safer driving behaviors. Martin leads the Employer Driver Safety Innovation Initiative, which helps organizations integrate safety into everyday operations through customized, theory-based programs. Her expertise includes curriculum development, program evaluation, strategic outreach, crash data analysis, and long-term data collection. Martin holds a bachelor’s degree in health and a master’s degree in health education from Texas A&M University.
Guest info: Dr. Srinivas Geedipally is a research engineer and manages TTI’s Crash Analytics Program. He co-authored the textbook Highway Safety Analytics and Modeling and has participated in numerous traffic safety research projects for state, federal, and international sponsors. Geedipally is an advisory board member of the journal Analytic Methods in Accident Research, handling editor for the Transportation Research Record journal, and a current member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on Pedestrians (ACH10). He has published numerous papers in international journals and has been a key contributor in the development of the Highway Safety Manual. Geedipally has received awards for his work in traffic safety, notably the Fred Burggraf award from TRB.
