Joel Tarr

==Background==
* http://slaggarden.cfa.cmu.edu/people/jtarr.html
* http://www.heinz.cmu.edu/bio/faculty/jt03.html
* Richard S. Caliguiri Professor of History and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University
* was struck by a vehicle in a crosswalk near the campus in mid 1990s. 
* When a 19-year-old student was killed crossing Forbes Avenue in April while carrying flowers and a cake to celebrate her roommate's birthday, Mr. Tarr decided enough was enough.
==Insights==
Each year, his class at Carnegie Mellon's Heinz School takes on a policy project. This year, it was to focus on pedestrian and vehicular safety at intersections around Oakland.
"When I spoke with [city Councilman Bill Peduto], he said it's a city-wide problem and suggested we might want to look at the whole city," Mr. Tarr said. "That's a great idea."
I have a hunch the young people will succeed where their elders failed.
==Details==
* Joel Tarr, a CMU history and policy professor whose class produced the study, said his appeals to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for data, and appeals on his behalf from city and county officials, went unanswered for months. "This project has been hampered by our inability to obtain data" regarding injuries, he said. "We hope to obtain it in the future."
==Links==
* Safer highways
* Pedestrians
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