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

‘It’s about high visibility’: Las Vegas police stress crosswalk safety after fatal hit-and-run

Although pedestrians have the right of way in a crosswalk, they don’t always anticipate the possibility that a driver won’t stop, Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. David Stoddard said Thursday.

New task force aims to improve road safety, but is it enough?

The announcement of a new task force by local law enforcement has been met with optimism from traffic and safety advocates. Erin Breen, director of UNLV's Road Equity Alliance Project, shared her thoughts on the initiative.

Advocates sound the alarm on crossing Las Vegas valley streets safely

More than 60 people have died on Las Vegas valley roads while in or crossing streets, leading road safety advocates to once again sound the alarm.

Las Vegas turkey mascot traffic stop leads to 100+ citations

Officers across the Las Vegas valley handed out the kind of holiday “stuffing” no driver wants. Police used a giant turkey mascot to enforce crosswalk laws. The operation took place near 4622 West Desert Inn Road, just east of Decatur Boulevard outside James Cashman Middle School. Officers from CCSD Police, LVMPD Traffic, North Las Vegas Police, Henderson Police, and UNLV Police took part in the effort. In just a few hours, officers conducted 145 traffic stops and issued 109 citations to drivers who failed to yield to the oversized turkey in the crosswalk. One vehicle was also towed.