The Illinois Section of ITE is hosting a webinar for the benefit of ITE members. The event will be hosted online using Zoom Webinar.
Safety planning today is done after crashes have occurred, with out-of-date data that can be inaccessible or scattered across multiple systems. Ford Mobility wanted to create a platform to help transportation professionals streamline their traffic safety analysis and become more proactive, using all available data in a simple, single platform that utilizes industry standards to identify hotspots that need solutions and what those solutions should be.
Ford Safety Insights helps unlock more than just historical crash patterns with Ford's connected vehicle data. It provides insight into driver behavior, distracted driving, and treacherous road conditions. This data can help provide a more comprehensive picture of safety on your roadways. Safety planning can shift into the future, becoming proactive, identifying emerging hotspots of safety events before they manifest into many crashes.
Andy Palanisamy is a seasoned mobility professional with ~20 years of public/private experience tackling transportation, infrastructure, mobility technologies, energy, and environment. Andy currently serves as the Head of Mobility Engagement (Midwest & Canada) at Ford Mobility's City Solutions group. Prior to joining Ford, he spent nearly a decade and half supporting various Federal government initiatives at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT; contractor). Andy holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School and a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) degree from Bharathiar University (India). He is also a Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Energy Security Fellows (2019-20) and a proud recipient of the Kennedy School's Edison Fellowship (2015-16).
Cal Coplai is an AICP-certified urban planner, data scientist, and mobility enthusiast serving as the Product Owner of the Safety Insights solution at Ford Mobility. Through Safety Insights, he is working to improve road safety by creating actionable insights via software and data analytics. Prior to his role at Ford, he worked with or for a variety of organizations, including local and state government, urban planning & design consultancies, universities & colleges, nonprofits, and more. He received his B. S. in Urban & Regional Planning from Michigan State University and M.S. in Urban Informatics from Northeastern University.
Andy Palanisamy
Cal Coplai
Space will be limited, so please register as soon as possible.
Please contact one of the IL ITE Activities Co-Leads, Karyn Robles or Justin Effinger, at illinoisite+activities@gmail.com with any questions.