Erin Breen

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Director, Road Equity Alliance

Director, PedSafe Vegas

Director, Vulnerable Road Users Project

Coordinator, Traffic Safety Coalition

Director, Safe Community Partnership Program

Expertise: Traffic Safety, Pedestrian Safety Education, Transportation Research

Biography

Erin Breen serves as director of UNLV's Road Equity Alliance Project. Breen is also the coordinator of the UNLV Transportation Research Center's Traffic Safety Coalition.

Breen specializes in traffic and pedestrian safety, bringing research and awareness for state policymakers on the issues of drunk and distracted driving, jaywalking, and more. After experiencing personal tragedy when her daughter survived a preventable car accident, Breen began researching ways to increase traffic safety awareness for new and reckless drivers throughout Southern Nevada. Breen has since been a key player in lobbying driving laws, such as Nevada's graduated driving law — a restriction for teenage motorists that has dramatically dropped the number of underage driving deaths.

Breen actively works with Silver State municipalities to promote pedestrian and driving safety education for student commuters.

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Las Vegas is one of the nation’s most dangerous cities for pedestrians, study says

Las Vegas’ mark of 3.46 pedestrian deaths per 100,000 is the fifth-highest in the study, trailing only Albuquerque, New Mexico (4.41), Mesa, Arizona (3.6), Phoenix, Arizona (3.6) and Tucson, Arizona (3.6), respectively. Its walk score is the 13th-lowest in the study. According to a news release by Kuru, the city’s walk score reflects “limited pedestrian infrastructure amid high tourism traffic and busy roadways.”

Fatal crashes in Clark County down nearly 32% so far this year

Fatal crashes in Clark County are down nearly a third compared to the same period last year, according to the Nevada Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety. But for families who have lost loved ones on the road, the number of deaths is unacceptable.

Nevada law doubles school zone fines and license penalties starting July 1

There's a new law in Nevada that's meant to help students get to and from school safely. School zones have become danger zones for many students, with unsafe driving and distractions.

Recommendations released to address student traffic safety after 427 students hit by cars

427 students were hit while going to and from school last year in Clark County. Four of those students died. Clark County leaders are rolling out a new plan to get students to and from school every day safely.