Erin Breen

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Director, Road Equity Alliance

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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Erin Breen In The News

New technology sheds light on pedestrian crashes across Las Vegas Valley

Traffic safety experts across Clark County are utilizing new technology to analyze pedestrian crash trends, all in an effort to save lives and bring solutions to different communities.

Pedestrian forum aims to save lives across the Las Vegas Valley

Dozens of community members gathered at a pedestrian safety forum with a mission to make the roads safer for everyone across the Las Vegas Valley.

Memorial Day marks start of 100 deadliest days for teen drivers, Nevada warns road users

Memorial Day officially kicks off the 100 Deadliest Days of Summer, which is considered the most dangerous time nationally for teenage drivers on roadways. While the period focuses on teen drivers, traffic safety advocates in Nevada stress it’s also a dangerous time for all road users.

‘It’s very awful’: Pedestrian deaths put Las Vegas road safety in focus

As he stood on the steps of the Regional Justice Center the morning of May 3, Arbor View senior Brayden Boulter didn’t talk about his plans for the future, his upcoming graduation ceremony or his last days as a high schooler. Instead, he talked about what he called a “dangerous” crosswalk steps away from his high school in the northwest Las Vegas Valley.