Personal Information:
Syed Muhammad Zaier Abbas Zaidi, born in August 1980, working as Deputy Director, National Highway Authority, Pakistan.
Enrolment Date:
September 2019
Education Background:
2000/1 – 2003/12: University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore (Pakistan), Bachelor in Civil Engineering
2009/1 – 2010/12: University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (USA), Master in Civil Engineering
2019/9 – Present: Tongji University, Shanghai, China, Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering
Research Interests:
Traffic Crash Statistical Analysis, Traffic Mobility and Freeways Safety Management.
Research Projects:
[1] International Comparative Study on Statistical Analysis and Modeling of Road Traffic Safety, Key Project of Intergovernmental International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (Item No. 2017YFE0134500, 2019-2020)
[2] Research on Implementing the Safe System Approach to Road Safety, Asian Development Bank, 2023-2024.
[3] Promoting Legislation and Improving Implementation of E-bike Helmets Wearing in China, Global Road Safety Partnership, 2023-2024.
As Deputy Director at National Highway Authority Pakistan, was involved in national transportation planning and highway safety initiatives in Pakistan.
Academic Publications:
[1] Syed Zaidi Zaidi, Xuesong Wang, Yesihati Azati, Jiaqi Li, Mohammed Quddus, Tianxiang Fan. Heterogeneous and Differential Treatment Effect Analysis of Freeway Exit Ramp Improvements Using Causal Inference. Transportation Research Board 104th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, 2025.
[2] Abrha Asmelash, Xuesong Wang, Zaidi Zaidi, Cai Bowen, Yang X., George Yannis. Traffic Fatality Trends of Seven Developed Countries since 1970–Assessment, Analysis, and Forecast. Transportation Research Board 101st Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA, 2022.
[3] Contributing Author. Safety on the New Silk Road – Assessing Kazakhstan’s Highways. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), USA, June 2017.
[4] Zaier Zaidi, Essam Radwan, Rami Harb. Safety Evaluation of Work Zone Including ITS Technologies Using Stochastic Micro-Simulation. 16th International Conference on Road Safety for Four Continents (RS4C), Beijing, China, 2013.5.15–17.
[5] Zaier Zaidi, Essam Radwan, Rami Harb. Assessing Safety of Traffic Passing Through a Work Zone – A Stochastic Micro-Simulation. AFB 20(2) Roadside Safety Design International Research Subcommittee, ERF, Brussels, Belgium, 2013.4.11.
[6] Zaier Zaidi, Essam Radwan, Rami Harb. Evaluating Variable Speed Limits and Dynamic Lane Merging Systems in Work Zones: A Simulation Study. ISRN Civil Engineering, 2012, Article ID 435618, 9 pages.
[7] Essam Radwan, Zaier Zaidi, Rami Harb. Operational Evaluation of Dynamic Lane Merging in Work Zones with Variable Speed Limits. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 16, 2011: 460–469.
Honors and Awards:
[1] International Road Scholar Fellowship, awarded by the International Road Federation (USA), 2008; attended Executive Orientation and Leadership Program in Washington D.C., January 2009.
[2] President of American Society of Highway Engineers – UCF Chapter, August 2009 – August 2010.