A paper titled “Meta-regressions of exposure parameters used in spatial road safety analyses, September 2020” authored by Apostolis Ziakopoulos, and George Yannis, is now published in Advances in Transportation Studies. The objective of this paper is to obtain quantitative estimates that several study characteristics impose on the values of their coefficients applying meta-regression techniques to three common exposure parameters (traffic volume/AADT, roadway length and vehicle distance traveled). Results indicate that the impact of traffic volume on crash counts was positively correlated with taking speed limit and road user age into consideration in spatial analyses, while the impact of road length on crash counts in spatial analyses was found to be higher in studies considering only fatal crashes. 
KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence (KIOS CoE) of University of Cyprus organized the 23rd EURO Working Group on Transportation EWGT 2020 which took place with great success in Paphos, Cyprus, on 16-18 September 2020. The sessions focused on various themes including advanced methodologies for road safety analyses. 
NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation: 
European Countries’ Road Safety Evaluation by Τaking Ιnto Account Multiple Classes of Fatalities
NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation: European Countries’ Road Safety Evaluation by Τaking Ιnto Account Multiple Classes of Fatalities
The International Transport Forum (ITF) is organising three on-line webinars titled ‘Safe system in cities: multi-agency commitment for a Vision Zero agenda in London’, ‘Safe speeds in cities: street design, speed limits and law enforcement’ and ‘Safe streets in cities: identifying dangerous locations before a serious crash happens’ which will take place on 17, 24 September and 1 October 2020, respectively. The webinars will explore the policy toolkit for the elimination of serious and fatal crashes. This includes speed management, street design, predictive analytics, procurement and the engagement of a wide range of stakeholders.
The Slovenian Traffic Safety Agency organized the periodical training course for Road Safety Auditors which took place with success on September 14-16, 2020 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. NTUA actively contributed with a lecture on the innovations in Road Safety Audit practices in the European Union and internationally. 
The International Transport Forum (ITF/OECD) published recently a new Report titled “Best Practice for Urban Road Safety”, in which seven case studies of cities that are implementing data-driven road safety policies are presented. It highlights relevant experiences aimed at reducing the number of traffic casualties and protecting vulnerable road users in Barcelona, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Fortaleza, London, New York and Rotterdam and illustrates the diverse approaches to better understand road crashes and to prevent road traffic deaths and serious injuries.
Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety is organising an online Q&A session with Dr. Etienne Krug, Director of the Department of the Social Determinants of Health, WHO which will be held at 3pm CEST/9am EDT Tuesday 22 September 2020. This webinar will give an insight on the new UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/74/299 on improving global road safety answering questions like what the resolution is, why it matters, and how it can help you to advocate for safer roads.
The International Road Federation (IRF) and the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) organised a free webinar which was hosted on 9th September at 14:00 under the frame of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC). The Ten Step Plan for Safer Road infrastructure has been produced by the UNRSC partners to support countries seeking to implement initiatives in relation to the improved safety of road infrastructure and broader transport networks, the UN Convention on Road Traffic and Road Signs and Signals and the achievement of UN Member States Agreed Global Targets 3 and 4 for safer new and existing roads. The webinar provided to the participants the opportunity to learn about the Trust Fund and this new pilot project.
ActTravelWise is organising a webinar titled “The Emergency Active Travel Fund: Plans and Implementation at the Local Level” which will be held on 14 September 2020 at 2:00 – 3:30 pm. Authorities who received funding under the Emergency Active Travel Fund, will share their plans and how they intend to implement them on the ground to benefit local residents. Athens, one of the leading cities across Europe also taking the opportunity to introduce a step-change in active travel infrastructure. Lastly, a panel discussion will take place, with the opportunity for other local authorities to share their plans and any issues or challenges. Confirmed presenters: George Yannis and Laura Wells.
The chair of Transportation System Engineering of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is organising the 7th IEEE International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS 2021) to be held on the 16-18 June 2021 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Two Special Issues will be organised following the conference in the IEEE Open Journal on Intelligent Transportation Systems, and the Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning and Operation.
Paper submission deadline: October 1st, 2020
The International Road Federation (IRF), together with Qatar University, Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Center, National Traffic Safety Committee of Qatar Government and World Conference on Transport Research Society, are organising a Webinar on “Global Trends on the Status of Traffic Safety under the Covid-19 Pandemic”, which will be held on 29 September 2020 at 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CEST. This webinar aims to discuss the potential impacts of the current Covid-19 Pandemic and the associated mobility restriction policies on road traffic safety status.
The International Road Federation (IRF) is organising the first IRF Executives Talks with Florent Menegaux, CEO, Michelin, which will be held on 11 September 2020 from 14:00 to 14:30 CEST (UTC+2) by Webinar. The ‘IRF Executives Talks’ is a series of 30 min talks with high-level executives from the transportation sector highlighting the challenges the sector faces, innovative programmes & ideas and a lot more.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), The World Bank Group, Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the International Transport Forum (ITF) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) recently established the Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO). APRSO is the regional forum on road safety data, policies and practices to ensure the protection of human life on the roads across Asia and the Pacific. Member countries of APRSO are Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
The UN General Assembly has adopted a new resolution on “Improving global road safety” which was co-sponsored by 55 governments. Among key decisions, the resolution proclaims the period 2021–2030 as the Second Decade of Action for Road Safety, with a goal of reducing road fatalities and injuries by at least 50% from 2021 to 2030, and in this regard calls upon Member States to continue action through 2030 on all the road safety-related targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The resolution calls for action to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries as a pressing development priority. It also endorses the Stockholm Declaration, approved at the third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, held in Stockholm on 19 and 20 February 2020.
The 7th International HUMANIST Conference will be host on May 2021 in the Rhode Island, Greece. The theme of the conference is “Human Perspective in an Evolving Transport Era“. The 2020 conference will bring together researchers, experts and stakeholders from several multidisciplinary communities that are active in the field of human factors in transport. Topics for this year’s symposium include, but are not limited to: C-ITS, driver monitoring, automation, electrification, new vehicle types, smart cities, towards effective MaaS and mobile transport apps, enhanching accessibility and inclusion ensuring the safety of VRUs, ergonomics (passive safety, new vehicles interior).
The 2020 International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury Europe Conference will take place on 8-10 September 2021 in Munich, Germany. The focus of IRCOBI is on the avoidance and reduction of the severity of traffic accidents, with special emphasis on advanced safety technologies and the biomechanics of injury. Instead of the 2020 conference there will be a live session on Wednesday, 9 September 2020.
The 9th conference of European Association for Research in Transportation (hEART) will take place in Lyon on 7-9 April 2021. The conference is organized by the Transport, Urban Planning and Economics Laboratory (LAET), and will cover relevant areas of transportation research with focus on methods, models and planning of transport systems. The aim of the conference is to connect researchers in transport modelling, transport economics, transport engineering and transport policy with advanced practice and state of the art. Bringing together leading experts and promising young researchers, the symposium offers an opportunity for scientific discussion and interaction in relatively small groups.
Short paper submission: 1st February 2020
Within the 18th European Week of Regions and Cities organised by the European Committee of the Regions, RADAR and SLAIN project are featured in the session ”Modelling the future of Road Safety using Network-wide Risk Assessment”, which will be held on 14 October 2020 at 11:00 am-12:00 pm CET. How do you design a safe road infrastructure? How can you identify risk on roads? How do you propose an economically viable crash countermeasure? These will be some of the questions that will be discussed at this session. Invited speakers are George Yannis, Lina Konstantinopoulou, Marko Sevrovic, moderated by Olivera Rozi.
ESRA2 (E-Survey of Road Users’ Attitudes) project with the active participation of NTUA is organising six on-line webinars under the theme “Measuring Global Traffic Safety Cultures to Support Effective Road Safety Policy Development” starting on 23 September 2020. The Webinar topics concern: Enforcement and traffic violations – Seat belt & Child restraint systems – Senior road users – Support for policy measures – Pedestrians – Cyclists – Moped drivers and Motorcyclists – Gender Issues – Young road users – Subjective safety and risk perception – Vehicle automation. Registration for the September 23rd webinar is now open.
The Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the Civil Engineering School of the National Technical University of Athens was ranked 25th in Europe among all Transportation Science & Technology Schools and the Civil Engineering School of the National Technical University of Athens was ranked 7th worldwide (3rd European) among all Civil Engineering Schools according to ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020. The methodology of ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking includes specific thresholds, indicators, and weights.
among all Transportation Science & Technology Schools and the Civil Engineering School of the National Technical University of Athens was ranked 7th worldwide (3rd European) among all Civil Engineering Schools according to ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020. The methodology of ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking includes specific thresholds, indicators, and weights.
The French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks (IFSTTAR) is organising the 7th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention (DDI2021) under the theme “Disconnected drivers during manual, assisted, and automated driving”, which was going to take place in Lyon, France, on October 12-14, 2020 will be postponed to the second half of October 2021. The conference topics include theory, measurement, effects, crash risks, and prevention/mitigation related to driver distraction and inattention. Moreover, DDI2020 will focus on the driver/occupant status. Participants are invited to present and discuss work covering disconnected drivers in assisted (drowsiness, out-of-the-loop, overreliance), and in autonomous vehicles (sleeping, take overs, etc).
