Pedestrian Safety with Dr. Austin Angulo
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May 19, 2026 · 40 min · Season 2 · Episode 19
About this episode
This episode discusses pedestrian and cyclist safety with Dr. Austin Angulo, focusing on his research and virtual reality testing.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in the US more than 7000 pedestrians are killed each year and more than 71000 injured. According to the World Health Organisation, pedestrians represent over 20% of all road traffic deaths. In this episode we talk pedestrian (and cyclist) safety with Dr. Austin Angulo from the Transportation Research and Visualization Laboratory at the University at Buffalo. We discuss Dr. Angulo's research on vehicle-pedestrian communication and testing pedestrian and cyclist safety in virtual reality.
People in this episode
Guest: Dr. Austin Angulo
Topics covered
- pedestrian safety
- cyclist safety
- vehicle-pedestrian communication
- virtual reality
- transportation research
Keywords
- pedestrian safety
- cyclist safety
- vehicle communication
- virtual reality
- transportation research
- traffic deaths
- safety research
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, World Health Organisation, Transportation Research and Visualization Laboratory
Places: University at Buffalo
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