Jun 1 2018

Traffic Safety Priorities in Indian Cities: Current Challenges

June 1, 2018

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location

CUPPA Hall 4th Floor Conference Room

Address

412 S. Peoria St., Chicago, IL 60612

Cost

FREE

UTC will host Dr. Geetam Tiwari, international transportation scholar and UIC/CUPPA Alum, on Friday, June 1.  Her  presentation will take place from 11 a.m. to noon in the 4th Floor Conference room at CUPPA Hall, 412 S. Peoria St., 4th Floor.

 

Traffic Safety Priorities in Indian Cities: Current Challenges

Geetam Tiwari is MoUD Chair Professor for Transport Planning at the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme and Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi. She obtained B. Arch degree  from the University of Roorkee and  Master of Urban Planning and Policy, and Ph.D. in Transport Planning and Policy, from the University of Illinois, Chicago. She has received the degree of Doctor of Technology honoris causa from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden in 2012. She has been Adlerbretska Guest Professor for sustainable urban transport at the Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden 2007-2010.  She has been working in the area of traffic safety and transport planning focusing on pedestrians, bicycles and bus systems. She is editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion since 2009.

Geetam will share her current research in the area of traffic safety in Indian cities.

Contact

Edward Bury

Date posted

May 25, 2018

Date updated

May 25, 2018