Traffic Education and Research Center
Mission
- Assist the foreign EMU students, academic and administrative staff to adapt to the traffic rules and regulations in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) by offering educational seminars;
- Conduct research, organize symposium, congress and conferences on traffic problems;
- Increase the awareness of people living in North Cyprus about the importance of traffic;
- Establish links with organizations working on traffic safety, both in North Cyprus and abroad.
Fields of Activity
- Traffic education at primary schools
- Publish and distribute information pamphlets on road infrastructure improvements on the university campus.
- Provide consultation to government agencies on traffic safety issues.
- Proposal for the establishment of the National Traffic Safety Program
- Perform road safety audit both on National road network and on EMU campus road network.
- Collaboration with University of Texas at Austin, including technical visits in 2001, 2003 and 2010.
- Conducted opinion survey of the traveling public throughout TRNC in 2003
- Conducted workshop on traffic engineering for practicing civil engineers
- Performed a joint public traffic safety campaign with State Milk Industries (KOOP SÜT)
- Actively involved in the review of the traffic fines code of the government
- Established traffic simulation laboratory at EMU for undergraduate education
- Prepared a book section for “Civil Engineering Heritage in Europe” about the Cyprus Government Railways which operated between 1905 and 1951.
- Study towards the incorporation of visual material in traffic safety education.
- Collaborated on students “Traffic Safety with English” class projects of English Language Teaching Department of Faculty of Education at EMU.
Contact
Address:
Traffic Education and Research Center,
Eastern Mediterranean University
Famagusta, 99628, North Cyprus
Mersin 10, Turkey
Chair: Assist. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kunt
Tel: (+90) 392 630 2353
E-mail: dau.team@emu.edu.tr