Geetam Tiwari

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Prof. Geetam Tiwari is currently the TRIPP Chair Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, India.

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She teaches transportation planning, traffic engineering, and transport economics and finance, transport safety, and non-motorised transportation to undergraduate and graduate students. [1] [2] [3]

Education and biography

Tiwari finished her Bachelor of Architecture from the then University of Roorkee, Roorkee (currently Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee) in 1980 and worked for a year as Assistant Architect at the Uttar Pradesh State Construction Corporation, in Lucknow. She later attended the School of Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, where she earned a Masters in Transport Planning and Policy and later a Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis (Transport Planning). After serving as visiting faculty in the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, and as a consultant, she joined IIT Delhi in 1990 as a Senior Scientific Officer in the Applied Systems Research Programme, which would later be named the [Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Program (TRIPP). [4] [5] [6] [7]

Professional career

Tiwari was appointed an honorary doctor by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden in 2012, for her research on transport. She and her research group have contributed to knowledge on urban traffic patterns of various vehicles, public health effects in the urban environment, and the relationship between the municipal infrastructure and traffic safety. Their research led to the introduction of Bus Rapid Transit Systems in Delhi and guidelines for the design of highways and streets in urban environments. These have resulted in improved accessibility and traffic safety, as well as fewer emissions of greenhouse gases and less pollution in general. [8] In addition to her teaching and research, Tiwari is one of the directors of Innovative Transport Solutions (iTrans) [9] and is a member of working groups on Urban Transport for the twelfth Five-Year Plan of India [10] and the National Transport Development Policy Committee (NTDPC). [11]

Tiwari has written, edited, and contributed to various books in the field of urban transportation systems, road safety, and injury prevention. These include The Way Forward: Transportation Planning And Road Safety, [12] Injury Prevention and Control [13] Urban transport for growing cities: high capacity bus system, [14] and Road Traffic Injury Prevention: Training Manual. [15] Tiwari has authored and co-authored numerous international peer-reviewed journal articles. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Road traffic safety</span> Methods and measures for reducing the risk of death and injury on roads

Road traffic safety refers to the methods and measures used to prevent road users from being killed or seriously injured. Typical road users include pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, vehicle passengers, and passengers of on-road public transport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">School bus</span> Bus operated by a school or school district for student transport

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Safety in numbers</span> Hypothesis

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Seat belt legislation requires the fitting of seat belts to motor vehicles and the wearing of seat belts by motor vehicle occupants to be mandatory. Laws requiring the fitting of seat belts to cars have in some cases been followed by laws mandating their use, with the effect that thousands of deaths on the road have been prevented. Different laws apply in different countries to the wearing of seat belts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Living street</span> Traffic calming in spaces shared between road users

A living street is a street designed with the interests of pedestrians and cyclists in mind. Living streets also act as social spaces, allowing children to play and encouraging social interactions on a human scale, safely and legally. Living streets consider all pedestrians granting equal access to elders and those who are disabled. These roads are still available for use by motor vehicles; however, their design aims to reduce both the speed and dominance of motorized transport. The reduction of motor vehicle dominance creates more opportunities for public transportation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bicycle safety</span> Safety practices to reduce risk associated with cycling

Bicycle safety is the use of road traffic safety practices to reduce risk associated with cycling. Risk can be defined as the number of incidents occurring for a given amount of cycling. Some of this subject matter is hotly debated: for example, which types of cycling environment or cycling infrastructure is safest for cyclists. The merits of obeying the traffic laws and using bicycle lighting at night are less controversial. Wearing a bicycle helmet may reduce the chance of head injury in the event of a crash.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cycle track</span> Cycleway between a road and sidewalk, protected by barriers

A cycle track or cycleway (British) or bikeway, sometimes historically referred to as a sidepath, is a separate route for cycles and not motor vehicles. In some cases cycle tracks are also used by other users such as pedestrians and horse riders. A cycle track can be next to a normal road, and can either be a shared route with pedestrians or be made distinct from both the pavement and general roadway by vertical barriers or elevation differences.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lane splitting</span> Riding between lanes of traffic

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Injury prevention is an effort to prevent or reduce the severity of bodily injuries caused by external mechanisms, such as accidents, before they occur. Injury prevention is a component of safety and public health, and its goal is to improve the health of the population by preventing injuries and hence improving quality of life. Among laypersons, the term "accidental injury" is often used. However, "accidental" implies the causes of injuries are random in nature. Researchers prefer the term "unintentional injury" to refer to injuries that are nonvolitional but often preventable. Data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control show that unintentional injuries are a significant public health concern: they are by far the leading cause of death from ages 1 through 44. During these years, unintentional injuries account for more deaths than the next three leading causes of death combined. Unintentional injuries also account for the top ten sources of nonfatal emergency room visits for persons up to age 9 and nine of the top ten sources of nonfatal emergency room visits for persons over the age of 9.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vision Zero</span> Multinational road traffic safety project

Vision Zero is a multi-national road traffic safety project that aims to achieve a roadway system with no fatalities or serious injuries involving road traffic. It started in Sweden and was approved by their parliament in October 1997. A core principle of the vision is that "Life and health can never be exchanged for other benefits within the society" rather than the more conventional comparison between costs and benefits, where a monetary value is placed on life and health, and then that value is used to decide how much money to spend on a road network towards the benefit of decreasing risk.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Traffic collision</span> Incident when a vehicle collides with another object

A traffic collision, also known as a motor vehicle collision, or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other moving or stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building. Traffic collisions often result in injury, disability, death, and property damage as well as financial costs to both society and the individuals involved. Road transport is statistically the most dangerous situation people deal with on a daily basis, but casualty figures from such incidents attract less media attention than other, less frequent types of tragedy. The commonly used term car accident is increasingly falling out of favor with many government departments and organizations, with the Associated Press style guide recommending caution before using the term. Some collisions are intentional vehicle-ramming attacks, staged crashes, vehicular homicide or vehicular suicide.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Active mobility</span> Unmotorised transport powered by activity

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cycling infrastructure</span> Facilities for use by cyclists

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Work-related road safety in the United States</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System</span> Public transport service in Delhi, India

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dinesh Mohan</span> Indian academic (1945–2021)

Dinesh Mohan was honorary professor at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi since 2017. He was distinguished professor at Shiv Nadar University, Gautam Buddha Nagar (India) from 2016 to 2018. From 2010 to 2015 he was Emeritus Volvo Chair Professor for Transportation Planning & Safety at IITD. He was head of Centre for Biomedical Engineering (1991–1996), Coordinator of the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (1998–2010) and head, W.H.O. Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Safety Technology at IIT Delhi (1991–2010). He was also Director, Independent Council for Road Safety International (www.icorsi.org).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Safety of cycling infrastructure</span> Overview of bicycle safety concerns

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Mark Stevenson is an Australian epidemiologist, author, and academic. He is a professor of Urban Transport and Public Health at The University of Melbourne, where he directs the Transport, Health, and Urban Systems Research Lab. Additionally, he serves as an International Scholar at Tongji University, while also working as an Advisor for injury to the Director General of the World Health Organization and Chief Scientist of Urban Analytica.

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  14. ↑ Tiwari, G. (2002). Urban transport for growing cities: high capacity bus system. Macmillan. ISBN   9780333937846 . Retrieved 3 October 2014.
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  16. ↑ Fazio, Joseph; Tiwari, Geetam (1995). "Nonmotorized - Motorized Traffic Accidents and Conflicts on Delhi Streets". Transportation Research Record. 1487: 68–74. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  17. ↑ Tiwari, Geetam; Mohan, Dinesh; Fazio, Joseph (March 1998). "Conflict Analysis For Prediction of Fatal Crash Locations in Mixed Traffic Streams". Accident Analysis and Prevention. 30 (2): 207–215. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.134.5457 . doi:10.1016/S0001-4575(97)00082-1. PMID   9450124.
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  19. ↑ Tiwari, Geetam; Fazio, Joseph; Gaurav, Sushant (August 2007). "Traffic Planning For Non-Homogeneous Traffic" (PDF). Sādhanā. 32 (4): 309–328. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.571.1226 . doi:10.1007/s12046-007-0027-5. S2CID   109322941 . Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  20. ↑ Tiwari, Geetam; Fazio, Joseph; Gaurav, Sushant; Chatteerjee, Niladri (March 2008). "Continuity Equation Validation For Nonhomogeneous Traffic". Journal of Transportation Engineering. 134 (3): 118–127. doi:10.1061/(asce)0733-947x(2008)134:3(118).
  21. ↑ Gupta, Udit; Tiwari, Geetam; Chatterjee, Niladri; Fazio, Joseph (2010). "Case Study of Pedestrian Risk Behavior and Survival Analysis" (PDF). Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies. 8: 2095–2111. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  22. ↑ Tiwari, Geetam; Khatoon, Mariya; Singh, Niharika; Choudhary, Prateek; Fazio, Joseph (2011). "Modification of a Highway Capacity Manual Model for Evaluation of Capacity and Level of Service at a Signalized Intersection in India". Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies. 9: 1558–1571. doi:10.11175/easts.9.1558.
  23. ↑ Gandhi, Sandeep; Tiwari, Geetam; Fazio, Joseph (2013). "Comparative Evaluation of Alternate Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) Planning, Operation and Design Options". Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies. 10: 1292–1310. doi:10.11175/easts.10.1292.
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