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Current Transportation Research Center News

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Campus News |

Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of UNLV.

UNLV XMAS
Campus News |

This month’s frosty headlines and highlights from the students and faculty of UNLV.

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Business and Community |

Shashi Nambisan, director of UNLV’s Transportation Research Center, explores sustainable solutions for a robust and efficient transportation system.

child in makeup sits on gurney as part of traffic safety workshop demo
Campus News |

The workshops and accident re-enactment immerse students in urban infrastructure planning issues.

Erin Breen speaks at front of room during traffic safety workshop
Campus News |

Erin Breen, longtime safety advocate, on the Maryland Parkway project and other transportation improvements coming to the Valley.

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Campus News |

As the nation's most-watched sports entertainment event rolls into town, UNLV researchers are available to provide expertise.

Transportation Research Center In The News

KSNV-TV: News 3

The corridor, roughly 530 yards long, has a posted speed limit of 45 mph and no marked crosswalks between 28th Street and Mojave Road. Police said all three pedestrians were taken to University Medical Center following the crashes. Doctors at UMC see the consequences firsthand of crashes around the valley, not just on East Charleston.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The corridor, roughly 530 yards long, has a posted speed limit of 45 mph and no marked crosswalks between 28th Street and Mojave Road. Police said all three pedestrians were taken to University Medical Center following the crashes. Doctors at UMC see the consequences firsthand of crashes around the valley, not just on East Charleston.

KVVU-TV: Fox 5

A metal fence installed along a deadly stretch of Boulder Highway has dropped pedestrian deaths from five per year to zero on that portion, prompting officials to expand the safety project.

KSNV-TV: News 3

The speed limit along that stretch of Charleston Boulevard is 45 mph. Data from the Traffic Safety Research Group at UNLV shows the risk of death for pedestrians increases sharply as speeds rise.

KSNV-TV: News 3

While neighbors and advocates have been pushing for a crosswalk since March, a traffic safety expert said a different option may be under consideration by the Nevada Department of Transportation.

KSNV-TV: News 3

There's still about a month left of school in the Vegas Valley, and 347 students have been hit going to and from school. Four children have died. These are Clark County School District, private school, and charter school students, as well as children too young to attend school.

Transportation Research Center Experts

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Recent Transportation Research Center Accomplishments

The Transportation Research Center (TRC) recently participated in the 2025 Pacific Southwest Region (PSR) University Transportation Center (UTC) Annual Congress at the University of California, Berkeley. Assistant research engineer Juliana Byzyka (TRC) presented their project titled, “A Methodology to Evaluate Complete Streets Development in Small…
Juliana Byzyka (Transportation Research Center) will be honored with the International Association for Advanced Materials (IAAM) Young Scientist Medal in recognition of her significant contributions to materials science, engineering, and technology. This prestigious award will be presented to her during the Advanced Materials World…
Juliana Byzyka (Transportation Research Center) recently attended the 2024 Nevada Asphalt Conference: Sustainable and Resilient Pavement where she jointly presented with professor Mujib Rahman (Aston University, UK) and moderated the sessions of the final day. The topic of their presentation was “Infrared Heated Pothole Repairs: A Sustainable…
The Transportation Research Center (TRC) at UNLV has actively participated in two conferences and one symposium over the past two weeks: the 2024 Fall Transportation Conference, the UNLV Interdisciplinary Research Symposium, and the 2024 Nevada Asphalt Conference. Numerous undergraduate and graduate engineering students and faculty…
Juliana Byzyka (Transportation Research Center) joined her colleagues Erin Breen (Transportation Research Center) and Courtney Coughenour (Environmental and Occupational Health) at the regional conference with the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) - Las Vegas #74 at the Tuscany Suites and Casino. The panel engaged in…
Juliana Byzyka (Transportation Research Center) was recently appointed to the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NHRP) Project 20-136 Panel. This project, titled "Use of Data from Sensors Integrated within Connected Vehicles in Maintenance Management and Pavement Management," focuses on identifying available sensing technologies…