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SISAT Professor Thomas Horan Briefs US Transportation Secretary

Published on Monday, October 04, 2010

SISAT Professor Thomas Horan Briefs US Transportation Secretary

On Monday, January 25, SISAT professor Dr. Thomas Horan briefed U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and his senior staff on SafeRoadMaps.org.    SafeRoadMaps.org is a service that visually identifies the location of crashes through an online, searchable map.  Launched in June of 2009, SafeRoadMaps was developed by a team led by Dr. Horan in cooperation with the University of Minnesota and the Center for Excellence in Rural Safety. It has received close to 10 million hits since being launched, and have received international press coverage due to its innovative nature.

Dr. Horan noted, "We are honored that the leaders of the US Department of Transportation have taken the time to learn of and support our innovative visual system for traffic safety, developed right here at SISAT in collaboration with our partners at the University of Minnesota. "
SafeRoadMaps recently launched a 2.0 version of the service.  The research and development team includes SISAT Research Assistant Professors Dr. Brian Hilton and Dr. Benjamin Schooley as well as SISAT PhD students, Frank Moss, Roni McClintock, and Yoonmi Lee.
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