Rahul Raoniar

Dr. Rahul Raoniar

🚸Pedestrian & Child Safety Researcher, Developer & Blogger👨🏾‍🔬

Dr. Rahul Raoniar
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Rahul Raoniar, Ph.D. 🌳🚶‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚌🚆

About Me

Roads kill. I research why - and how to change that.

For over a decade, I have studied the small decisions - a glance, a hesitation, a missed signal - that separate a safe crossing from a fatal one. My research spans pedestrian behaviour, child safety, driver psychology, and crash risk across India and the United States.

I believe the best science doesn't stay on the page - it changes how we build streets and protect the people who use them.

Current Interests

Walkable & cyclable streets · Pedestrian & cyclist safety in Global South cities · Child road safety · Night-time crash risk · Mobility for blind & differently-abled pedestrians · The real cost of free parking

Disciplines 🎨

Walkable & Cyclable Safe Streets · Road Safety & Injury Prevention · Transport Psychology · Transportation Accessibility · Quantitative Social Research

Academic Degrees 📃

Ph.D. in Transportation Systems Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Assam, 2022
M.Tech in Transportation Engineering, AcSIR, CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi, 2015
B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, 2012
Diploma in Civil Engineering, Raiganj Polytechnique, Raiganj, West Bengal, 2009

Experience 👨‍🏫

Data Science & ML Blogger / YouTube Creator - Independent (July 2018 – Present)
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Western Kentucky University, USA (August 2024 – January 2026)
Postdoctoral Fellow - IIT Bombay, Maharashtra (March 2023 – July 2024)
Project Research Scientist - IIT Bombay, Maharashtra (December 2022 – March 2023)
Ph.D. Research Scholar - IIT Guwahati, Assam (July 2016 – November 2022)
Trainee Scientist - CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi (August 2013 – August 2015)
Assistant Engineer - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Mission, Malda, West Bengal (July 2012 – July 2013)

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