Gary A. Davis

Gary A. Davis is Professor and Richard P. Braun/CTS Chair in Transportation Engineering at the University of Minnesota’s Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering, College of Science and Engineering. His work integrates statistical modeling with traffic-safety engineering to improve roadway design, policy, and automated-vehicle deployment.

Education:

• Specific degrees are not detailed in the provided text.

Research Interests:
Davis focuses on causal inference in traffic safety, application of accident-reconstruction techniques to engineering questions, Bayesian statistical methods for transportation data, and optimization approaches to traffic and planning problems. His recent studies address crash-modification factors, freeway rear-end collision risk under automated vehicles, and uncertainty quantification in pedestrian-impact severity models.

Projects & Grants:

• Principal Investigator on “Tool to estimate the safety impact of vehicle levels of automation on Minnesota roads” (2021-2025, MnDOT)
• Principal Investigator on “Impact of speed limit changes on urban streets” (2020-2023, MnDOT)
• Principal Investigator on “Driver Comprehension of Flashing Yellow Arrows” (2020-2023, MnDOT)
• Co-Investigator on “Remaining Service Life Asset Measure, Phase 2” (2019-2022, MnDOT)
• Principal Investigator on “Criteria and Guidelines for Three-Lane Road Design and Operation” (2018-2023, MnDOT)
• Over 21 funded projects in total since 2006.

Laboratory & Teams:
Davis collaborates extensively with colleagues at the Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) and maintains an active network with MnDOT engineers, post-docs, and graduate researchers, although individual student names are not listed in the provided text.