Erin Breen

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Director, Road Equity Alliance

Director, Vulnerable Road Users Project

Coordinator, Traffic Safety Coalition

Director, Safe Community Partnership Program

Expertise: Traffic Safety, Pedestrian Safety Education, Transportation Research

Biography

Erin Breen serves as director of UNLV's Road Equity Alliance Project. Breen is also the coordinator of the UNLV Transportation Research Center's Traffic Safety Coalition.

Breen specializes in traffic and pedestrian safety, bringing research and awareness for state policymakers on the issues of drunk and distracted driving, jaywalking, and more. After experiencing personal tragedy when her daughter survived a preventable car accident, Breen began researching ways to increase traffic safety awareness for new and reckless drivers throughout Southern Nevada. Breen has since been a key player in lobbying driving laws, such as Nevada's graduated driving law — a restriction for teenage motorists that has dramatically dropped the number of underage driving deaths.

Breen actively works with Silver State municipalities to promote pedestrian and driving safety education for student commuters.

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Erin Breen In The News

Nevada bill proposing red-light cameras looks to reduce deadly crashes

So far this year, Las Vegas Metro Police have responded to 35 deadly car crashes. A new bill is hoping to reduce that number.

Las Vegas company’s concept is halfway between a rideshare and a rental car

On a cloudy morning in downtown Las Vegas, a white Kia e-Niro pulls up to the corner of South Main Street and East Coolidge Avenue, just down the street from the famous Snowball the cat art installation.

Daylight saving time brings travel safety issues along with time change

With daylight saving time beginning early Sunday morning motorists should be wary about the effects the time change could have on driving this week.

OPINION: Red light cameras will not help public safety

There are few people who would disagree with the assertion that Las Vegas drivers are among the worst in the nation. Using Big Brother surveillance tactics to issue those reckless drivers a slew of citations, however, won’t make our streets any safer.