| | | The European Commission has published the EU Methodology for Network-Wide Road Safety Assessment, as developed by NTUA, FRED and FPZ and
adopted by the EU Member States. Τhis Methodology will assist EU
National Road Authorities to carry out safety assessments of their road
network easily and efficiently, as required by the EU Road Infrastructure Safety Management Directive. The
Methodology comprises both a reactive (crash based) and a proactive
(feature based) safety assessment, covering issues such as lane width,
road curvature, junctions design, roadside layout and potential
conflicts between motorised vehicles and vulnerable road users.
Subsequently, the two assessments are integrated into a common safety
rating system classifying all roads in a country. This way, Road
Authorities will be able to identify priorities for future road safety
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| Latest Developments |
| | | | The World Road Association – PIARC recently published two Reports titled "Road Safety in LMICs: Identification and Analysis of specific Issues" in two parts Literature review and Illustrative Examples. The
first part starts from the notion that road safety is a multifaceted
problem which requires a multi-disciplinary approach. The safe system
approach is generally considered as the central concept for this purpose
and this starting point is also taken in this study. The second part is
a follow up of an earlier literature review, in which were indicated which specific issues do need further attention in LMICs in the coming period up to 2030. | | | |
| | | | The World Road Association – PIARC implemented
an ambitious PIARC Knowledge Exchange project aiming at sharing
knowledge about road safety, with the active contribution of NTUA,
especially within the Low and Middle Income Countries with limited
resources but also in more developed economies with different needs and
priorities. The theme of this month refers to Vehicles, as presented by the PIARC Task Force 2.1 President Ana Luz Jiménez Ortega.
Throughout the year, PIARC will focus on the Safe System approach,
addressing safe roads and roadsides, safe road users, safe vehicles and
safe speeds.   | | | |
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| | | | The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) program on Star Rating for Schools and AiRAP partnerships will be scaled up to provide 3-star or better journeys to school and address road traffic crashes that are the leading cause of death among children and young people worldwide with the support of Google. By using artificial intelligence to identify high-risk
1- and 2-star roads that children use on their journey to school,
potential hazards and mobilise evidence-based upgrades that will save
children’s lives will be identified. | | | |
| | | | CRC Press has recently published a Handbook written by Christina Ludin-Brown and Ashleigh Filtness titled "Fatigue Management in Transportation",
which is designed as a comprehensive reference point, bringing together
international expertise from leaders in fatigue science, and showcasing
valuable insights from transportation industry practitioners. The 40
authored chapters of this handbook are divided into six sections, to
better understand fatigue science, the consequences of fatigue in
transportation, contributors to fatigue, managing fatigue and promoting alertness, real world case studies of fatigue management in practice, and future perspectives. | | | |
| Our Publications |
| | | | The World Road Association (PIARC) organised with great success the XXVIIth World Road Congress, which was held on 2-6 October 2023, in Prague. The theme of the congress was "Together on the road again"
and provided a unique opportunity to discuss in depth all subjects
related to road infrastructures and road transport, with safety being
one of the Congress key topics. The program included ministerial
sessions, 60 technical sessions covering all key aspects and topics of
road infrastructure, valuable poster sessions, various specialised
workshops and foresight sessions. A special workshop on “Boosting Sustainable Road Safety Solutions in LMICs” was also foreseen. NTUA actively contributed with the following presentations: | | | |
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| | | | The 1st "Energy Save" Conference, organised with great success by Be best company, took place on 25 September 2023 at SNFCC in Athens. The theme of the conference was "How to reduce the energy footprint" and
consisted of 3 sections: Energy footprint reduction, energy lost in
traffic and electromobility promotion, road safety and micromobility. NTUA Professor George Yannis actively contributed with the following key-note presentation: | | | |
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| | | | An NTUA Diploma Thesis titled “Correlation of crash risk with driver capacity in coping with driving tasks complexity using machine learning”
was recently presented by Spyros Tsigkos. A large set of driving data
under real-life conditions in Great Britain was exploited and eight
Structural Equation Models (SEM) were developed. It emerged that increasing the complexity of the trip increases the risk of a crash, while the deteriorated condition of the driver and the vehicle leads to increasing the crash risk. Male
drivers have more high-severity abrupt incidents while driving compared
to female drivers, which confirms the international literature. | | | |
| Upcoming Events |
| | | | The Horizon 2020 research project SHOW project (SHared automation Operating models for Worldwide adoption) will organise the 4th Pan-European Workshop, titled “Shaping Seamless AV Integration in Public Transport”,
which will be held in Düsseldorf, on 12 October 2023. The workshop will
provide a dynamic exploration of cutting-edge advancements in automated
shared mobility, along with a field trip to nearby Monheim to
experience the real-life AV service fully integrated into public
transport. The workshop will combine concise presentations by industry
leaders, experts, and project participants, followed by interactive
panel discussions that delve deep into the heart of each topic. | | | |
| | | | POLIS, the European Cities Network, is organising the 2023 Annual Polis Conference,
which will take place in Leuven, on 29-30 November 2023. The POLIS
Annual Conference is Europe’s leading sustainable urban mobility event,
providing an opportunity for cities and regions to showcase their transport achievements ,
including recent safety developments, to a large audience of mobility
experts, practitioners, and decision-makers from both the public and
private sector. | | | |
| | | | The Saudi Traffic Safety Society is organizing under the patronage of His Royal Highness Governor of the Eastern Region the sixth International Traffic Safety Conference, which will take place in Dammam, Saudi Arabia on 4-6 December 2023. The theme of the conference is “Artificial intelligence and big data for transportation and traffic safety”.
Experts, researchers, academics from internationally renowned research
centres, institutions and international scientific organizations will
take part in this conference. | | | |
| | | | The European Commission and the An Roinn Iompair (ARI) together with the European Transport Research Platforms ACARE, ALICE, CEDR, ECTP, ERRAC, ERTRAC, ETRA and Waterborne will organise the Transport Research Arena Conference (TRA2024) which will take place in Dublin, on 15-18 April 2024. The pillars of the Conference will be the safe
& inclusive transport, the sustainable mobility of people and
goods, the efficient & resilient systems and the collaborative
digitalisation regarding the European Transport Research and Innovation and the cooperation of Europe with other continents. | | | |
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