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June 25, 2015

With Transportation Department support, the researchers are now looking at texting while walking.

With Department of Transportation support, the researchers at the Hank Virtual Environments Lab are turning their attention to the area of "distracted walking" by studying people who cross the street while texting.

Credit: Hank Virtual Environments Laboratory at the University of Iowa


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