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Image of Manik Barman and a student wearing a hat kneeling on the pavement using measuring tape to assess the size of a pothole while wearing reflective neon safety vests.
Talking with U of M

Talking potholes with U of M

While winter is almost over in Minnesota, it’s not just spring we’ll be ringing in — pothole season has arrived. Manik Barman with the Swenson College of Science and Engineering on the Duluth campus at the Center for Transportation studies discusses potholes causes, maintenance and driver safety on perilous roads.

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Research Brief

Highway death toll messages cause more crashes

Displaying the highway death toll on message boards is a common awareness campaign, but new research from the University of Toronto and University of Minnesota shows this tactic actually leads to more crashes.

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