TCG – Green Deal Greece 2021 Conference, Athens, June 2021

The Technical Chamber of Greece organised with great success the Green Deal Greece 2021 Conference, which was held in Athens, on June 29, 2021. The theme of the Conference was “2020-2030: a decade of a green revolution” and it focused on the opportunities and the challenges that Greece has to face regarding the European Green Deal  video  NTUA contributed actively with the following presentation: 

June 30th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

TPH – International Conference on Transport & Health, online, June 2021

The Transportation Public Health Link (TPH Link) organised with great success the International Conference on Transport & Health (ICTH) which was held online, on 14-30 June. ICTH provided valuable insights into the health impacts of transport and urban planning, governance, strategic management, policy-making, performance metric tools and the potential return on investment of a dynamic system. 

June 30th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

PACTS Conference: Safe and healthy travel, online, June 2021

The UK Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) organised with great success the PACTS Conference: Safe and healthy travel, which was held online, on 29 June 2021.  The Conference was supported by the Department for Transport and Highways England and focused on Vision Zero, active travel,  micro-mobility, speed and infrastructure  NTUA Professor George Yannis contributed the following key note presentation: 

June 29th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

ITF – Motorcyclists Safety Workshop: Riding in a Safe System, online, June 2021

The International Transport Forum (ITF) together with the Swedish Transport Administration, VTI, the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM), and the motorcycle manufacturers associations (IMMA and ACEM) organised with great success the “Motorcyclists Safety Workshop: Riding in a Safe System” which was held online on 9-23 June. It was a follow-up to the Third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety and focused on the nine recommendations of the Academic Expert Group and their application to motorcyclists’ safety.  

June 23rd, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

ETSC – LEARN! Manual Webinar, June 2021

Τhe European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) organised with great success the LEARN! Manual Webinar, which was held online, on 23 June. The LEARN! Manual is a handbook for developing and evaluating activities and programmes for traffic safety and mobility education. It sets out recommendations, criteria and guidance to develop and implement sound educational activities in an accessible way. This webinar presented the LEARN! Manual, and showed how its different steps can be applied in practice through examples from across Europe.

June 23rd, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

BeOpen / Oscar – Open Science Collaboration Workshop, online, June 2021.

The Horizon 2020 projects BeOpen (European forum and Observatory for open science in transport) and OSCAR (Open ScienCe Aeronautic & Air Transport Research) co-organised with great success the BE OPEN meets OSCAR: Open Science Collaboration” joint workshop, which was held online, on 16 June 2021. The event focused on providing general guidelines for Open Science promotion, regulatory schemes for Open Science operationalization and presenting interactive tools for enhancing Open Science collaboration amongst transport stakeholders.  pdf5 NTUA contributed actively with the following presentation: ppt5 European Code of Conduct of Open Science in Transport

June 22nd, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

EAN – 7th Virtual Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, June 2021

The 7th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) took place virtually with great success, on 19-22 June, 2021.  The theme of the congress was Towards Precision Neurology”. Latest best practices in neurology was discussed, including cognitive impairment role in fitness to drive.  NTUA contributed actively with the following presentation: ppt5 Alzheimer’s Dementia and predictors of Driving Cessation: Results from a 4-year Longitudinal Study

 

June 22nd, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

RADAR – 6th Road Infrastructure Safety Management Meeting, online, June 2021

The RADAR project within the framework of Interreg Danube Transnational Programme, organised on 15 June 2021 the 6th Road Safety Expert Group online Meeting with focus on road infrastructure safety management. Key experts contributed into a vivid discussion on the challenges and opportunities brought by the new EU Directive on road infrastructure safety management.  ppt5  NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:  ppt5 Network-wide Road Safety Assessment

June 16th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

ETSC – 15th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report, June 2021

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) published the 15th edition of PIN Annual Report pdf5, with the active contribution of NTUA, presented at the 2021 ETSC Road Safety Performance Index Award event which took place online with great success on 16 June 2021. While the collective EU road death reduction target for 2020 was not met, all countries made improvements, and saved lives by trying to reach it. Only Greece reached the target with a 54% reduction in road deaths. Portugal, Spain, Croatia, Belgium, Slovenia, Italy, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Denmark, Austria and Hungary achieved a decrease above the EU average of 37%, while the other countries progressed to a lesser extent. The progress was slowest in the Netherlands with a 5% decrease and the UK with 14%. pdf5

June 16th, 2021|Categories: Conferences, Data|

Urbanism Next Europe, online, June 2021

Urbanism Next, New Urban Mobility alliance (NUMO),  POLIS, TNO, Gemeente Rotterdam, and Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management organised with great success the Urbanism Next Europe which took place online on 9-11 June 2021. The sessions at Urbanism Next Europe featured in-depth presentations exploring how technological, societal and economic mobility trends will change land use, urban design, transport, real estate, environment, equity,  health, economy and governance. The conference gathered 350 decision-makers and urban professionals from Europe and beyond. 

June 11th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

RADAR – 5th Road Safety Expert Group Meeting, online, May 2021.

The RADAR project team organised with great success the 5th Road Safety Expert Group (RSEG) Meeting, which was held online, on 27 May 2021, under the theme: “Transport Safety and COVID-19“. There is a reasonable threat that investments in road infrastructure safety will be largely affected by the covid-19 and will shrink already small budgets dedicated to road infrastructure safety. Improving road infrastructure safety in the Danube area in this critical time requires action to demonstrate by facts the real impact of the pandemic outbreak on road safety.  NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation: ppt5 COVID-19 impact on mobility and safety

June 7th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

DDI2022 – 8th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention, Gothenburg, October 2022

SAFER Vehicle, the Université Gustave Eiffel and the University of New South Wales co-organised the 8th International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention (DDI2022), which was held in Gothenburg, on 19-20 October 2022. DDI2022 is the primary international event on this topic, attracting delegates from more than 20 countries. It is designed to bring participants – from academia, industry and government – up-to-date on the developments and trends in the field of inattention and distraction in driving. 

June 1st, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

United Nations Sixth Global Road Safety Week, May 2021

The UN Road Safety Collaboration organised with great success the global campaign for the Sixth UN Global Road Safety Week, with was held on 17-23 May 2021. The 6th Global Road Safety Week will have as theme Managing Speeding, with focus on city streets safety and the introduction of 30km/h speed limit in cities. It was a great opportunity to mobilise the global population (Authorities, stakeholders, citizens) and launch the global plan for the proclaimed Second Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030. During that week, several road safety events were organised worldwide, including the active participation of NTUAlink

May 23rd, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

NTUA endorses UN Global Road Safety Week pledge for 30km/h urban speed limit, May 2021

NTUA participated actively in the Sixth UN Global Road Safety Week  by organising a key Scientific Workshop titled “Innovation in Road Safety Research” held online on 20 May 2021  , contributing at the Together for Safer Roads Vision Zero Fleet Forum  and several other workshops and endorsing the pledge of the UN Global Road Safety Week for speed limits of 30km/h in urban areas, together with the United NationsWorld Health OrganisationInternational Road Federation, World Bank GRSF, ETSC/FEVRRSI P.Mylonas, EFTHITA, Interamerican.

 

May 21st, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

Together for Safer Roards – Vision Zero Fleet Forum, online, May 2021

Together for Safer Roads organised with great success the Vision Zero Fleet Forum, which was held online on May 19th, 2021.  With focused contributions from key safety experts, this fleet-specific forum, focused on Vision Zero practices that maximize global learning and impact for fleet safety managers, city authorities, vision zero practitioners and city streets users.  NTUA actively contributed in the section Commercial Fleets, Vision Zero & Data Sharing.

May 19th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

NTUA – Innovation in Road Safety Research Workshop, online, May 2021

NTUA within the framework of the Sixth UN Global Road Safety Week organised with great success a Scientific Workshop titled “Innovation in Road Safety Research” which was held online on May 20th, 2021. The objective of this Workshop was to highlight through an intensive flow of presentations the main findings and challenges of key road safety research projects carried out within the NTUA Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering and to open up the discussion in a round table with high-level experts on key innovations in road safety research in Greece, in Europe and worldwide. NTUA supports actively the UN Global Road Safety Week pledge for speed limits of 30km/h in urban areas

  • Workshop Programme: pdf5
  • Team Photo: 
  • Workshop Video: video

Workshop presentations concerned:

  1. ppt5 The NTUA Road Safety Observatory
  2. ppt5 Driver needs and behaviour in automated traffic – Drive2theFuture
  3. ppt5 Societal impacts of connected and automated vehiclesLevitate
  4. ppt5 Shared Automation Operating Models for Worldwide AdoptionShow
  5. ppt5 Holistic Approach for Driver Role Integration into AutomationHadrian
  6. ppt5 Driver-vehicle-environment interactions and safety tolerancei-Dreams
  7. ppt5 Smart city mapping for safer and eco driver behaviourSmartMaps
  8. ppt5 Smartphone applications for driver safety behaviour supportBeSmart
  9. ppt5 Development of the Road Safety Strategic Plan in Greece 2021-2030
  10. ppt5 Collection of Road Safety KPIs in GreeceBaseline-G
  11. ppt5 EU Methodology for Road Safety KPI Collection – Baseline-I
  12. ppt5 Open science in road safetyBeOpen
  13. ppt5 A Methodology for Network-wide Road AssessmentNetSafety
  14. ppt5 Modelling crash modification factors globallyi-SafeModels
  15. ppt5 Road Safety Audit of the Hellinikon Metropolitan Pole
  16. ppt5 Monitoring road safety attitudes globallyEsra2
  17. ppt5 Investigation of driver distraction effect using big data from smartphones
  18. ppt5 Safety behaviour assessment of older drivers in real driving conditions
  19. ppt5 Covid-19 impact on mobility and safety
  20. ppt5 Model traffic and parking arrangements for the Athens Great Walk
  21. ppt5 Electromobility as driver for sustainable mobility and safetye-Mopoli
  22. ppt5 Socio-economic impact of environmental transport chargingEcoCharge

Round table discussion:

  1.  ppt5 Safety Innovations in Automation and Connectivity, Prof. Andrew Morris
  2.  ppt5 How are Emerging Data Enabling Smarter Safety Applications?, Prof. Constantinos Antoniou
  3.  ppt5 Innovations for Safe Driver Behaviour, Prof. Tom Brijs
  4.  ppt5 Which Values for Future Safety Technologies, Ass.Prof. Eleonora Papadimitriou
May 19th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

Province of Brescia – e-MOPOLI final conference, online, May 2021

The Province of Brescia, leader partner of the Interreg Europe project Electro MObility as driver to support POLicy Instruments for sustainable mobility (e-MOPOLI) organised with great success the e-MOPOLI Final Interregional Conference (phase 1) which was held online, on 19 May 2021. The meeting focused on presentation of project outputs, such as good practices, recommendations and on 9 partners regional action plan from Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Flanders, Finland, Norway, Romania and Latvia. It also presented key results and future scenarios of alternative fuel mobility NTUA actively contributed with the following presentations:

May 19th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

ITF – 2021 ITF Summit, online, May 2021

The International Transport Forum (ITF) organised with great success the 2021 ITF Summit which was held online, on 17-28 May. ITF’s research unit supported the Summit with topical analyses and a pre-summit Research Day was organised with leading institutions to provide cutting-edge academic input to the Summit debate. Side events hosted by ITF partner organisations took place in and around the Summit thereby allowing greater opportunities for presentations of recent work and dialogue on key issues complementing the Summit theme.   

May 13th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

IRTAD 32nd Meeting, online, April 2021

The International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group (IRTAD) of the International Transport Forum (ITF) organised online the 32nd Meeting on 12-13 April in which the latest international road safety developments were discussed. NTUA contributed actively with the following presentations:

May 7th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

LEVITATE Webinar on road safety assessment of automated vehicles, online, May 2021

The EU-funded Horizon 2020 project Levitate (Societal Level Impacts of Connected and Automated Vehicles) organised with great success a Webinar on Road safety assessment of automated vehicles, which was held online, on 27 May. The Webinar offered a discussion on which road safety impacts can be expected from Connected and Automated Transport Systems and how best the different types of impacts can be quantified. Key findings from the Levitate project analyses were presented including estimation of impacts using microsimulation and those focusing on Vulnerable Road Users. 

May 7th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

NU Oman – International Webinar series on Sustainable Road Safety, May 2021

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of National University of Science and Technology of the Sultanate of Oman (NU) organized with great success the first lecture in the context of International Webinar series on Sustainable Road Safety, which was held on 5 May. Dr. Stergios Mavromatis, NTUA Assistant Professor, delivered a webinar titled Role of Infrastructure design in achieving sustainable Road safety. The Webinar provided a deep insight into current issues in accident analysis and discussed the proactive and reactive strategies with appropriate examples. The Vision Zero and Safe System Approach were presented, while the improvement of road design to reduce potential crashes was explained with practical examples. pdf5 pdf5

May 6th, 2021|Categories: Conferences, Knowledge|

CIECA – 53rd CIECA Congress, online, May 2021

The International Commission for Driver Testing (CIECA) organised with great success the 53rd CIECA Congress, which was held online, on 26-28 May 2021. With this congress, entitled Different drivers & vehicles. Safety for all, CIECA focused on exploring the challenges that new trends in mobility, and the inclusion of modern technologies in vehicles present for driver training and testing. 

May 5th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

European Commission – 3rd European Conference on Connected and Automated Driving, April 2021

The European Commission together with ARCADE project organised with great success the third European Conference on Connected and Automated Driving (EUCAD 2021), which was held online on 20-22 April 2021. Participants enjoyed a blend of policy-oriented plenary sessions, as well as thematic breakout sessions to discuss specific R&I challenges. A virtual exhibition of projects was accessible throughout the three-day event. 

April 22nd, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

European Commission – EU Road Safety Results Conference, online, April 2021

The European Commission organised with great success the EU Road Safety Results Conference which was held online on 20 April. The Conference was an opportunity to engage with EU Member State authorities and all stakeholders on the progress being made with implementing the Safe System approach. In particular, it allowed participants to learn how work towards the Key Performance Indicators set out in the Next Steps Towards Vision Zero policy framework is moving forward. 

April 20th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

Pioneer Alliance – PIONEERing Solutions for the Smart City Challenge, online, April 2021

The Pioneer Alliance together with the NTUA Department of Transportation Planning organised with great success the PIONEERing Solutions for the Smart City Challenge, which was held online on 15 April 2021. Through this Workshop, students had the opportunity to learn about civil engineering for carbon-neutral smart cities, safety, security and risk management, technology enhanced solutions, service design, circular economy and sustainable urban life and tourism.  NTUA actively contributed with the following presentations:

April 15th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

EU Publications Office/ISA² – ENDORSE Conference, online, March 2021

The Publications Office of the European Union  and the ISA² programme of the European Commission organised with great success the European Data Conference on Reference Data and Semantics (ENDORSE) which was held online on 16-19 March 2021. The Conference created an opportunity to link expertise to tackle current and future issues in the fields of interoperability and knowledge management including aspects of road safety.  NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation from the The Horizon 2020 project BeOpen (European forum and observatory for open science in transport): ppt5 FAIR Challenges in Transport Open Science

April 13th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

ICCS/ALICE – 8th International Physical Internet Conference, online, June 2021

The Institute of Communication & Computer Systems (ICCS) together with the European Technology Platform ALICE organised with great success the 8th International Physical Internet Conference  (IPIC 2021) which was held online on 14-16 June 2021. The Conference aimed to provide an open forum for researchers, industry representatives, government officials and citizens to explore leading edge freight transport and logistics concepts, methodologies, projects, technological advancements and start-up initiatives for future interconnected logistics and the Physical Internet. Special sessions’ proposals deadline: 15 April.   pdf5

April 9th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

ETSC – Road Safety Performance Index Annual Conference 2021, online, June 2021

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) organised with great success the Road Safety Performance Index Annual Conference and Award Ceremony 2021 (PIN conference) which was held online, on 16 June 2021. In June each year ETSC’s analysis of overall annual progress on tackling road deaths and serious injuries is published in the PIN Annual Report. The PIN conference is also the platform for the presentation of the PIN Award to the best performing country.  pdf5

April 5th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

Region of Attica – Workshop on Electromobility, online, March 2021

The Region of Attica within the framework of the research project e-MOPOLI of the Interreg Europe programorganised with great success a Workshop on Εlectromobility which was held online on 23 March 2021. The workshop was hosted by the Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering of the NTUA and included presentations of key stakeholders of electromobility in Greece and a round table of experts. pdf5 Professor George Yannis opened the workshop with the key outputs of e-MOPOLI project as well as the status and next steps of electromobility in Region of Attica with the following presentation: ppt5 Interregional Learning Workshop of Region of Attica

March 30th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

BE OPEN – TOPOS Observatory and Forum Webinar, March 2021

The Horizon 2020 project BeOpen (European forum and observatory for open science in transport), organised with great success the TOPOS Observatory and Forum Webinar which took place on 26 March. The BeOpen partners presented the functionalities of the Transport fOrum/Observatory for Promoting Open Science (TOPOS), which aims to limit existing barriers in Open Science in Transport Research and align transport research with EOSC by following FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles.  pdf5 A short feedback survey on improvement proposals on the current state of TOPOS is now available. 

March 26th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

IRF – 18th World Meeting & Exhibition, Dubai, November 2021

The International Road Federation (IRF) organised with great success the 18th World Meeting & Exhibition, which took place in Dubai World Trade Center on 7-10 November 2021, under the theme Roads to Tomorrow: Innovative & Sustainable Solutions. This Meeting was a global summit & technology showcase that is both uniquely relevant to a wide cross-section of road mobility stakeholders, and focused on delivering solutions to the world’s pressing mobility questions.  NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:

March 10th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

Medical School of Hannover – 9th Expert Symposium on Accident Research (ESAR), Online, March 2021

The 9th International Expert Symposium on Accident Research (ESAR) took place online on 23-24 March 2021. ESAR was organised by the Medical School of Hannover and it was a platform for exchanges of information on accident research issues. The conference focused on accident research general, accident causation, pre-crash analysis, accident reconstruction, new data sources for accident research such as video observation and EDR, injuries, regulation and consumer information.  

 

March 9th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

IRF – Webinars on Covid-19, Sustainable Mobility and Road Safety Management, March 2021

The International Road Federation (IRF) organised with great success three Webinars which were held online on 4, 9 and 16 March 2021. The topics of the Webinars were: COVID-19 Response and Recovery: The Global Transport Knowledge Partnership (gTKP)Sustainable Mobility: Policymaking for Data Sharing and Road Safety Management – Innovation and delivery in developing countries. Among others, the webinars offered insights on what is the reality of road safety on the ground, how to better engage at the country level and how to mobilise the resources needed to deliver. link link link

February 21st, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

Drive2theFuture – 2nd Newsletter, February 2021

The 2nd Newsletter of the Horizon 2020 project Drive2theFuture was recently released highlighting the 2nd Drive2theFuture Workshop, held on March 2021, with the so far achievements of the project. The Newsletter also includes a survey identifying the current views and acceptance of automation in all modes which has been concluded with the participation of more than 11.500 people from all over Europe.   NTUA actively contributed in the Workshop with the following presentation: ppt5 From AV Skills Identification to AV training: The Drive2theFuture approach

February 10th, 2021|Categories: Conferences, News|

ITF – Artificial Intelligence in Road Traffic Crash Prevention Roundtable, online, February, 2021

The International Transport Forum (ITF/OECD) organised with great success on 10-12 February 2021 an online Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence in Road Traffic Crash Prevention, chaired by NTUA Professor George Yannis. video This roundtable examined several promising use cases of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the prevention of road crashes and explored the potential of computer vision to acquire relevant information and AI models to identify high risk locations and situations. The Full Report will be available soon.  NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:

ppt5 video Using AI for spatial predictions of driver behavior

 

February 8th, 2021|Categories: Conferences|

Rhodes’ Rescuers – Road accidents: Don’t just observe – Act Webinar, December 2020

Rhodes’ Rescuers Association have organised with great success a three-day Webinar titled “Road accidents: Don’t just observe – Act” which was held online on 18-20 December 2020.  The Webinar results are expected to bring significant value to road safety efforts at local, regional and national level. NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:

December 21st, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

ITS Hellas – 6th Intelligent Transport Systems Conference, online, December, 2020

The “Hellenic Association for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems – ITS Hellas, has organised with great success the 6th Intelligent Transport Systems and Developments in Greece Conference which was held online on 14-15 December 2020 with the support of the European Commission Representation in Greece, focusing on issues related to European goals and national aspirations and efforts for the transition to a sustainable and “green” mobilitypdf5 The recordings of the presentations are now available:  NTUA actively contributed with the following presentations:

December 14th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

ERF – Roadside Safety Event, online, December 2020

The European Union Road Federation (ERF) has organised a Roadside Safety Event which was held with great success online on 15 December 2020. The conference was a unique opportunity for road safety experts around the globe to exchange information concerning the latest trends and developments in the area of roadside passive safety and road safety design NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:

December 13th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

World Bank – Global Meeting of Regional Road Safety Observatories, December 2020

Africa’s Road Safety Data Challenge (ARSO), Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO) and Ibero-American Road Safety Observatory (OISEVI) with the support of international development organizations, co-organised the Global Meeting of Regional Road Safety Observatories which was held online with great success, on 8-9 December 2020. This Global Conference helped in keeping the momentum created at the Third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, and contribute to strengthening collaboration and harmonization across these regional observatories

December 7th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

POLIS – Polis Annual Conference, online, November 2020

POLIS, the European Cities Network, has organised with great success the 2020 Annual Polis Conference which was held online from 30 November to 3 December. Cities and Regions showcased their transport achievements and get connected with up to 600 committed transport innovation professionals who work in local and Regional Governments and related public and private sector Organisations. NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:

December 3rd, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

ETSC PIN Talk: Improving goods vehicles safety in the EU, online, December 2020.

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) organising with great success an online PIN Talk titled “How to improve the safety of goods vehicles in the EU?“, which was held on 14 December. The event focused on the safety of goods vehicles in the EU, looking at goods vehicle safety but also the safety of goods vehicle drivers and all other road users.   pdf5

December 2nd, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

SHOW – 1st Ideathon, online, January 2021

The Horizon 2020 research project SHOW (SHared automation Operating models for Worldwide adoption) organised with great success the 1st Ideathon, which was held online on 15 January 2021. Amongst others, the participants had the chance to contribute to the development of automated urban mobility solutions that address end-users’ real needs and get access to advanced knowledge on automated mobility and gain insights in the needs of different user groups. 

December 2nd, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

SHOW – 1st Concertation Workshop, online, December 2020

The Horizon 2020 project SHOW (SHared automation Operating models for Worldwide adoption)  organised the 1st Concertation Workshop, which was held online on 16 December 2020. The workshop focused on discussions about the planning of demonstrations for fleets of Automated Vehicles around Europe, concerning mainly road transport for both passengers and goods.  

December 1st, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

WHO Europe – Road Policing for Road Safety, Webinar Series, December 2020

World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe has announced the first session in a series of webinars on Road Policing for Road Safety, titled: “Traffic Management vs Road Policing“. The session was held on 1 December 2020. As part of a wider series of topics on road policing and enforcement for road safety, Detective Chief Superintendent Andrew Cox, will present on the transition in operational thinking from traffic management to road policingpdf5 

November 30th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

ETSC/HMIT – EU Road Safety Exchange Workshop for Greece, online, 2020

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) together with the Hellenic Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport under the auspices of the European Commission – DG Move, organised with great success the online EU Road Safety Exchange National Workshop for Greece on 24 November 2020. ‘EU Road Safety Exchange’ is a three-year twinning project (2019-2021) that supports improved institutional capacity and exchange of knowledge and best practice on road safety topics between EU Member States. Speeding and Powered Two Wheelers’ safety have been selected as priority road safety topics for Greece and best practices from France and Spain respectively on these topics were kindly presented by national experts, followed by thorough discussion.  pdf5

Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Mr. Ioannis Kefalogiannis stated that: “Serious effort and international cooperation on key road safety problems can bring  important reduction of road casualties in Greece”. NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:

November 27th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

100th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington, online, 2021

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) organised with great success the 100th Annual Meeting, which was held online throughout January 2021. The meeting program covered all transportation modes, addressing topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. A number of sessions and workshops  focused on the spotlight theme for the 2021 meeting: Launching a New Century of Mobility and Quality of Life. This year’s meeting also featured dozens of sessions on how COVID-19 has impacted transportation and how transportation professionals and researchers are responding. 

November 19th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

LaHeRS – Road Safety Culture, Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Heraklion, online, 2020

The Laboratory of Health and Road Safety (LaHeRS) organised with great success an online Conference titled: “Road Safety Culture, Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow” on 20-21 November.  The Conference was addressed to teachers and all kinds of specialists who aim at promoting safe transportations.  New developments in the field of road safety culture were discussed followed by a fruitful discussion on innovative methods, modern tools and good practices in the education fieldpdf5 NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:

 

November 15th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

FEVR – World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, 2020

The  European Federation of Road Victims (FEVR) together with the WHO Regional Office for Europe  and UNRSC members commemorated the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (#WDoR2020) on 15 November 2020, as an “appropriate acknowledgement for victims of road traffic crashes and their families”.  Some of the objectives of WDoR 2020 are to provide a platform for road traffic victims and their families to remember all people killed and seriously injured on the roads, to acknowledge the crucial work of the emergency services and to draw attention to the generally trivial legal response to culpable road deaths and injuries.   

In Greece, EFTHITA Rhodes is organising a special event on 15 November 2020, by presenting a poster on the west side of the building of the Greek Parliament, passing the message “Remember-Support-Act” pdf5 pdf5

November 5th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

ETSC: Road Safety and Society: Involving Stakeholders in Road Safety Programmes, online, November 2020.

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and DVR with the support of the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, organised an online PIN Talk, which was held on 19 November.  National experts from Germany shared their experience with international and private sector experts on how to involve stakeholders in road safety programmes. 

October 30th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

HUMANIST – 7th Humanist Conference, Rhodes, October 2021

The 7th International HUMANIST Conference was hosted on 26-27 October 2021 in Rhodes, Greece. The theme of the conference was “Human Perspective in an Evolving Transport Era“. The 2021 conference brought 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 included, but were 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).  NTUA contributed actively with the following presentations:

October 27th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

ERTRAC – Conference: Results from Road Transport Research in H2020 projects, online, November 2020

The European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC), the European Green Vehicles Initiative Association (EGVIA) and the European Commission organised the 4th European-wide Conference dedicated to the presentation of results from road transport research in H2020 funded projects (H2020RTR), which was held on 30 November & 1 December 2020. The Conference aimed at presenting what the projects have discovered, how they overcame the hurdles and challenges and resolved them, and what were the next research steps in the fields covered by their research. link pdf5

October 26th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

IRF – Workshop: Role of Road Safety Audits in Improving Traffic Safety, online, November 2020

The International Road Federation (IRF), together with Qatar UniversityQatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Center, Khatib and Alami and World Conference on Transport Research Society, organised with great success an Online Technical Workshop on “Role of Road Safety Audits in Improving Traffic Safety”, which was held online on 8-10 November 2020.  The Workshop aimed at building the understanding of the importance and benefits of RSAs. Furthermore, it provided basic information on the scope and procedure of RSAs as well as the role and skills of the RSA team. link pdf5

October 19th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

IRF – Conference: Roads to Recovery: a Sustainable Mobility for a Sustainable Future, online, November 2020

IRF organised with great success an online conference titled “Roads to Recovery: a Sustainable Mobility for a Sustainable Future” which was held on 12 November 2020. The main objective of the conference was to discuss priorities for the road sector going forward. The conference was structured around three main sessions: High-Level Panel debate on Recovery for the Road Sector, Safer roads to save lives, Fostering innovation to accelerate road sector transformation. 

October 19th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

Radar/Slain – Modelling Road Safety using Network-wide Risk Assessment, October 2020

Within the 18th European Week of Regions and Cities organised by the European Committee of the Regions,  RADAR and SLAIN projects were featured in the session ”Modelling the future of Road Safety using Network-wide Risk Assessment”, which was held with great success on 14 October 2020.  Key questions concerned: How do you design a safe road infrastructure? How can you identify risk on roads? How do you propose an economically viable crash countermeasure?    

NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation: ppt5 Network-wide Road Safety Assessment

October 14th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

POLIS – Mobilising Mobility and Automated Vehicles Impact Assessment Webinar, October 2020

POLIS in cooperation with the LEVITATE and CoEXist projects organised with great success a webinar titled “Mobilising Mobility: Impact assessment of automated vehicles” which was held on 15 October 2020. The Webinar provided insights into the methods developed for assessing the impacts of automated vehicles across a range of mobility domains and the findings from their application in real-life scenarios and using policy options such as parking regulation, road pricing and dedicated AV lanes.  video

October 13th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

European Commission – Executive Seminar on Speed and Speed Management, Brussels, October 2020

European Commission DG Move together with the Transport Area of the Florence School of Regulation organised an important Executive Seminar on “Speed and Speed Management in Road Safety Policy” held online on 8 October 2020, with the active contribution of NTUA Key Road Safety Experts contributed to a Synthesis Paper intended to guide policies in speeding globally pdf5 together with the respective Key Conclusions pdf5 highlighting the need for:

  • high quality communication on the centrality of speed and speed management at all levels of government;
  • more efficient speeding enforcement, including the use of dynamic speed limits;
  • promoting Intelligent Speed Assistance Systems in vehicles (ISA)
  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) on speeding to support evidence-based road safety policies;
  • partnerships between all levels of government and with stakeholders and industry in order to make speed a central road safety issue for all

 

October 13th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

FERSI – Road Safety Conference, Hague, October 2021

The Forum of European Road Safety Research Organisations (FERSI) organised with great success the 2021 Road Safety Conference which took place on 28-29 October 2021 in Hague, Netherlands. The conference focused on the exchange of national and regional experiences with implementing evidence-based road safety measures with specific focus on the road to successful implementation, including overcoming barriers and promising ways to facilitate decision making.  

October 12th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

27th ITS World Congress, Los Angeles, October, 2020

The 27th ITS World Congress took place with great success in Los Angeles, CA, on 4-8 October, 2020. The conference focused on the New Age of Mobility and covered areas such as: 1) Seamless Mobility and Changing Behavior, 2) Fueling the Future: Alternative Fuels and Emission, 2) The Path to Vision Zerο, 3)Disruption on the Digital Highway: Data, 4)Technology from Entry to the Last Mile, 5)Connectivity or Spectrum / Networks, 6) Intelligent, Connected and Automated Vehicles, 7)Organizing for Success, Governance, Business Models, International Cooperation. This World Congress focused on these issues through the exchange of information and dialogue among attendees. 

October 8th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

ICoRSI – 12 Global Road Safety Dialogues, online, October-November 2020

The International Council for Road Safety International (ICoRSI) organised with great success a series of twelve Global Road Safety Dialogues on current key issues in road safety, which were held online on 20 October – 5 November 2020. Each dialogue features Key International Road Safety Experts on the subject who will be challenged by an Interlocutor on issues dealing with road safety interventions and research around the world pdf5 The recordings and the presentations of all the sessions are now available: pdf5 

 

October 6th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

ICSC2020 – Webinar “Single bicycle crashes as a rising problem”, November 2020

The International Cycling Safety Conference (ICSC2020) organised with great success a webinar titled “Single bicycle crashes as a rising problem” which was held online at November 5th 2020. The large majority of serious injuries among cyclists are due to single crashes and in a few countries the same applies to cyclist deaths. This special session highlights the size of the problem, trends, existing data and knowledge and provide a discussion about why so little is known about causes and measures to address single-bicycle crashes.  video

 

 

October 6th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

IATSS – 6th Global Interactive Forum on Traffic & Safety, online, November 2020

The International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences (IATSS) organised with great success the 6th Global Interactive Forum on Traffic & Safety which was held online on 26 November 2020. Researchers and practitioners at this symposium clarified the definition and measurement of “traffic culture” and explored its relationship with road user behaviour and traffic safety stakeholders actions. The results of these discussions are expected to pave the way for implementing more effective traffic safety measures in order of importance and urgency.  pdf5 NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation:

October 6th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

ERF – Conference “Shaping the Future of New Mobility”, online, October  2020

The European Union Road Federation (ERF) organised with great success a conference titled “Shaping the Future of New Mobility” which was held on 14 October  2020, gathering more than 160 participants. The purpose of the organisers (ERFFIEC, the French Road Federation, the FNTP and the CICA) was to present the main findings of the international comparative study dealing with the impact of new mobility uses on road infrastructure and its equipment. The recordings and the presentations of the conference are now available:  pdf5 pdf5  video

October 5th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

ITF Webinars on Urban Mobility and Safety, September-October 2020

The International Transport Forum (ITF) organised with great success 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 took place on 17, 24 September and 1 October 2020, respectively. The webinars explored 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.   

October 1st, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

ICCS/L3Pilot – Developing and Testing Automated Driving – Online Summer School, September 2020

The Institute of Communication & Computer Systems within the EU funded Horizon 2020 project L3Pilot organised a Summer School titled “Developing and Testing Automated Driving“, which was held on-line with great success, on 9-10 September 2020. The L3Pilot Summer School 2020 focused on the theory and practice of Automated Driving Implementation and Testing and in particular on the progress of the largest European pilot-testing of SAE Level 3 driving functions implemented by L3Pilot partners. 

NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation: ppt5 A methodological framework from data collection to impact assessment of autonomous vehicles

September 29th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

IEEE/ITSS – International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, September 2020

The IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS) organised the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) which was held on-line, on 20-23 September 2020. The conference focused on new developments in theory, analysis, simulation and modeling, experimentation, demonstration, case studies, field operational tests, and deployments. 

NTUA actively contributed with the following paper and presentation: ppt5 pdf5 Impacts of Autonomous Shuttle Services on Traffic, Safety and Environment for Future Mobility Scenarios

September 23rd, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

EDWARD – ROADPOL Safety Days, Mainz, September 2020

In the framework of the European Mobility Week, the ROADPOL Safety Days (formerly known as Project EDWARD) took place on 16-22 September, in Mainz, Germany. The aim of the ROADPOL Safety Days was to reduce the number of traffic fatalities, which is 70 per day across Europe, to zero at least in one day. Activities varied from additional roadside checks to awareness-raising initiatives, such as vehicle turnover simulations, exhibitions and debates.  

September 22nd, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

SHOW – 1st Pan-European Workshop, online, September 2020

The SHOW (SHared automation Operating models for Worldwide adoption) project organised its 1st Pan-European Workshop, titled «How to make CCAM in Cities a reality» which was held on-line on 18 September 2020. In this workshop, a selection of high-level keynote speakers shared their views and experiences about Connected and Cooperative Automated Mobility, while interactive sessions about Use Cases for CCAV in Urban Mobility and Best Practices for Business and Operating Models in Europe and worldwide took place.  pdf5

September 19th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

UCyprus – 23rd EURO Working Group on Transportation, Paphos, September 2020

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 paper and presentation:pdf5 ppt5 European Countries’ Road Safety Evaluation by Τaking Ιnto Account Multiple Classes of Fatalities

September 17th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

ActTravelWise – Webinar: The Emergency Active Travel Fund: Plans and Implementation at the Local Level, September 2020

ActTravelWise orginised a webinar titled “The Emergency Active Travel Fund: Plans and Implementation at the Local Level” which was held with great success on 14 September 2020.  Authorities who received funding under the Emergency Active Travel Fund, shared their plans and how they intend to implement them on the ground to benefit local residents. Athens took the opportunity to introduce a step-change in active travel infrastructure. Lastly, a panel discussion took place, with the opportunity for other local authorities to share their plans and any issues or challenges. Presenters: George YannisLaura Wells, Ambrose White, Lynsey McGarvey, and Sian Fox.  link NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation: ppt5 Athens Great Walk transformation project

September 15th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

Global NGOs – Webinar: UN General Assembly resolution, September 2020

Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety  organised with great success an online Q&A session with Dr. Etienne Krug, Director of the Department of the Social Determinants of Health, WHO which was held on 22 September 2020. This webinar gave 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.  

September 10th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

UNRSC – Webinar The Ten Step Plan for Safer Road Infrastructure, September 2020

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.  link

September 10th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

Gdansk University – 13th GAMBIT International Road Safety Conference, Gdansk, September 2020

The Department of Highway Engineering of the Gdansk University of Technology and the Foundation for the Development of Civil Engineering in Gdansk organised with great success the 13th International Road Safety Conference GAMBIT 2020.  The Conference has held online on 7-8 September 2020 focusing on challenges and requirements of improving road safety until 2030.  It covered topics such as challenges and opportunities for implementing Vision Zero, programmes and strategic actions for road safety until 2030, road safety innovation, from science to practice – an overview of road safety research projects, vulnerable road users, new technologies for road safety, road safety in road design guidelines, safe road surfaces, road safety management, safe public transport and urban mobility versus road safety.  pdf5

September 8th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

TUM – 7th IEEE International Conference on ITS Models and Technologies, online, June 2021

The chair of Transportation System Engineering of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) organised the 7th IEEE International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS 2021), which was held online on the 16-17 June 2021. More than 80 state-of-the-art papers were presented boosting vivid discussion on future ITS challenges and opportunities.link NTUA actively contributed with the following presentations:

September 4th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

IRF – Webinar: Global Trends on the Status of Traffic Safety under the Covid-19 Pandemic, September 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, organised with great success a Webinar on “Global Trends on the Status of Traffic Safety under the Covid-19 Pandemic”, which was held on 29 September 2020. This webinar aimed to discuss the potential impacts of the current Covid-19 Pandemic and the associated mobility restriction policies on road traffic safety status.  link

September 4th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

IRF – IRF Executives Talks with Florent Menegaux, CEO, Michelin, September 2020

The International Road Federation (IRF) organised with great success the first IRF Executives Talks with Florent Menegaux, CEO, Michelin, which was held online on 11 September 2020. The ‘IRF Executives Talks’ was 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.  link

September 4th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

hEART – 9th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation, Lyon, February 2021

The 9th conference of European Association for Research in Transportation (hEART) organized by the Transport, Urban Planning and Economics Laboratory (LAET), took place with great success in Lyon on 3-4 February 2021. It covered relevant areas of transportation research with focus on methods, models and planning of transport systems. The aim of the conference was to connect researchers in transport modelling, transport economics, transport engineering and transport policy with advanced practice and state of the art, including road safety applications. link NTUA actively contributed with the following paper: pdf5 Exploring driving behavior as a latent variable in safety modeling. A preliminary analysis from a driving simulator study.

September 4th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

ESRA2 Webinar Series: Measuring Global Traffic Safety Cultures, 2020-2021

ESRA2 (E-Survey of Road Users’ Attitudes) project with the active contribution of NTUA is organising six on-line webinars under the theme Measuring Global Traffic Safety Cultures to Support Effective Road Safety Policy Development” started in 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  (16 December 2020 by NTUA) – Gender Issues –  Young road users – Subjective safety and risk perception – Vehicle automation.  Registration is open. 

August 31st, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

VSV – European Road Safety Summer School, online, August, 2020

Vlaamse Stichting Verkeerskunde (VSV) in cooperation with FlandersRoad Safety GBUHasseltETSC and Polis organized with great success a European Road Safety Summer School which took place online, on 24-28 August 2020, targeting road safety professionals. The schedule of the Summer School for these 5 days included key topics on:  road safety strategies, strategies in education and awareness raising, infrastructure, technologies, enforcement and technical site visits pdf5 pdf5 

August 28th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

PRAXI/GSRT – Climate-neutral & Smart Cities, Webinar, July 2020

The PRAXI Network and the General Secretariat of Research and Technology organised the “Climate-neutral & Smart Cities” webinar within the framework of Horizon Europe, on July 7, 2020. The webinar presented the mission and enrolled in a discussion between stakeholders from academia, research and public authorities. pdf5  NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation: ppt5 Sustainable Mobility in Smart Cities

July 20th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

UTH – On-line Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility – Skiathos, June 2020

The University of Thessaly, Department of Civil Engineering, Traffic, Transportation and Logistics Laboratory (TTLog), organised on-line the 5th Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility (VirtualCSUM2020) on June 17-19, 2020. The theme of this year’s conference was Advances in Mobility as a Service Systems” and its objective was the dissemination of knowledge and the exchange of good practices among researchers and practitioners in the domain of urban transportation.   NTUA contributed actively with several traffic safety papers and presentations:

July 20th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

LEVITATE – Webinar: The impacts of automation in urban transport, June 2020

The EU-funded Horizon 2020 project Levitate (Societal Level Impacts of Connected and Automated Vehicles) organised with great success the 2nd Webinar on the impacts of automation in urban transport – featuring local urban strategies on 11 June, 2020.  This webinar provided an insight into the challenges that urban mobility is facing due to the COVID-19 crisis and into mid-term local mobility strategies. There were presentations from LEVITATE partners: NTUATransport for Greater Manchester, and Free Hanseatic City of Bremen The full recording of the webinar is available:  NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation: ppt5 Urban Transport Services

July 6th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

Empa – 9th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements, Zurich, July 2020

The Laboratory for Road Engineering and Sealing Components of the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) organised the 9th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements (MAIREPAV9) which took place with great success on 1 – 3 July 2020, in Zurich. The MAIREPAV series aims to promote and discuss the state-of-the-art design, maintenance, rehabilitation and management of pavements. MAIREPAV9 focused on sustainable design, testing and evaluation, and management of pavement infrastructures. The conference aimed to present and discuss current knowledge of the ever-changing challenges to researchers, engineers, managers and professionals from all over the world who are involved in design and management of pavements.  NTUA actively contributed with the following paper: 

July 5th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

UNECE/Serbian RTSA – 15th International Conference Road Safety in Local Communities – Vrnjacka Banja, June 2020

Within the framework of 15th International Conference Road Safety in Local Communities, UNECE together with the Serbian Road Traffic Safety Agency organised  with great success an online Workshop on 25 June 2020. The aim of the Workshop was to strengthen knowledge of representatives of the South‐East Europe member States on road safety management, evidence‐based decision making on road safety strategic goals and targets and the role of the Global Framework Plan of Action of Road Safety in development of road safety system.   NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation: ppt5 EU Strategic Action Plan on Road Safety

June 29th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

ETSC – 14th Annual Road Safety Performance Index (PIN) Report, June 2020

European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) published the 14th edition of PIN Annual Report pdf5, presented at the 2020 ETSC Road Safety Performance Index Award event which took place on-line with great success on 17 June 2020. Estonia, Greece, Lithuania, Latvia and Portugal have reduced road deaths the most since 2010 while road deaths in Malta, the Netherlands and the UK were higher in 2019 than in 2010. Road safety progress is demonstrated but away from the decade targets. Estonia was awarded with the 2020 European Transport Safety Council Road Safety Performance Index Award.    video

June 18th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

EAN – 6th Virtual Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, May 2020

The 6th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology took place virtually with great success, on 23 – 26 May, 2020.  The theme of the congress was “Time for Action: Predict, Prevent, Repair”.  The sessions focused on showing the novel therapeutic interventions, designed to predict, protect and repair neurodegenerative diseases. Some sessions concerned cognitive impairment and road safety.  NTUA contributed actively with the following presentations:

June 2nd, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

HADI – Multidisciplinary Road Safety on-line Conference – Athens, May 2020

The Hellenic Association of Driving Instructors together with Key Transportation Organisations in Greece organized an International Multidisciplinary Traffic Safety on-line Conference on 29-30 May 2020. The Conference aims concerned the evaluation of traffic and road safety in Greece, the identification of current and future pedestrians and vehicles traffic problems in Greece related to new technologies, the exchange of experiences from scientific studies, and current traffic safety actions and practices in Greece and internationally   pdf5 NTUA actively contributed with the following presentations:

May 30th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

6th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and ITS (VEHITS), Prague, May, 2020

The 6th International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems (VEHITS) was held on 2-4 May 2020. The purpose of VEHITS 2020 is to bring together engineers, researchers and practitioners interested in the advances and applications in the field of Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems. This conference covered areas such as Connected Vehicles, Data AnalyticsIntelligent Transport Systems and InfrastructureIntelligent Vehicle TechnologiesSmart Mobility and Sustainable Transport Services

May 4th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

9th International Conference Road Safety in Local Community, Banja Luka, October 2020

The Traffic Safety Agency of Republic of Srpska in cooperation with the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) organized  with great success the 9th International Conference Road Safety in Local Community, in Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska on 29-30 October 2020.  The Conference  was aiming to strengthen and develop capacities at the local level and create synergies for significant road safety improvements in the country.   

NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation: ppt5 Road Safety Strategy in Greece

April 30th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

Transport Research Arena (TRA), Helsinki, 2020

The Transport Research Arena Conference (TRA 2020) organised by the European Commisison and the European transport research platforms (ACARE, ALICE, CEDR, ECTP, ERRAC, ERTRAC, ETRA, Waterborne), was scheduled to take place in Helsinki, Finland from 26-30th April 2020, themed “Rethinking transport – towards clean and inclusive mobility”. The conference was cancelled, though, due to the corona virus crisis.  Nevertheless, all scientific papers are scheduled to be published at the Conference Proceedings. NTUA’s TRA conference papers (full paper + presentation) are listed below:

April 25th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

Levitate – Webinar: the future impacts of automation in freight transport, March 2020

The Horizon 2020 project Levitate (Societal Level Impacts of Connected and Automated Vehicles) organised a webinar on the future impacts of automation in freight transport on 23 April 2020, 10:00-11:30 CET. This webinar gave an insight on autonomous solutions in freight, as well as their future impacts and potentials in the transport sector. It was presented an introduction of LEVITATE and its use case on freight transport, the project ALEES from VIL (Platform for the logistics sector in Flanders)  and an overview of ALICE on Autonomous Freight Transport Potentials.  

March 23rd, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

IRF/ERF/ASECAP – Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility Virtual Workshop, April 2020

International Road Federation (IRF) – Geneva in collaboration with the European Union Road Federation (ERF) and the European Association of Tollway Operators (ASECAP) organised the IRF Virtual Workshop on “Unleashing road infrastructure potential for Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM)”, on 23 April 2020. This workshop session provided insights into the role, the vision and challenges of the road infrastructure sector in this transition period towards Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM). With an average audience of 200 international participants, 12 speakers from different backgrounds described how road infrastructure stakeholders will contribute to the new mobility ecosystem stressing the importance of mutual understanding and collaboration with other sectors. 

March 20th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

UNECE/Bosnia – Transport-related SDGs and Road Safety System Workshop, Sarajevo, March 2020

UNECE and the Ministry of Communications and Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina organised the Transport-related SDGs and Road Safety System Workshop which took place with great success in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, on 4-5 March 2020. The aim of the Workshop was to strengthen the knowledge of competent institutions in the field of road safety in Bosnia and Herzegovina and experts on transport‐related SDG and how to define framework road safety strategy and improve road safety situation. NTUA road safety presentations concerned:

 

March 17th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

UTSG – 52nd Annual UTSG Conference, Loughborough, July 2020

The Universities’ Transport Study Group (UTSG) Executive Committee decided that the 52nd Annual UTSG Conference at the Loughborough University on the 6th to 8th July 2020 will not be a face-to-face conference due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Specifically, the Smeed competition will still take place with presentations being made in a virtual environment on Monday 6th July 2020 and  Annual Business Meeting of UTSG on Tuesday 7th July 2020 between 10am and 12 noon via the virtual conferencing facility webex. One key UTSG activity is an annual conference for staff, research students and other relative newcomers to transport research of member institutions and overseas universities, which is designed to discuss research needs, research in progress, and to give research students the opportunity to present papers on their work. 

March 5th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

TOI – Mobility and Road Safety Conference, Oslo, February, 2020

The Mobility 2020 and Road Safety Conference (MOBILITET) organised by the Institute of Transport Economics (TØI), took place with great success on 4-5 February  2020, in Oslo, Norway. The MOBILITET 2020 gathered Norwegian and international scientists, politicians, key figures from the government and business community to discuss on climate issues, urbanization, innovation, technology, traffic safety and mobility trends  NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation: ppt5 Skal den enkeltes frihet gå på bekostning av andres ulykke?

February 24th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

ITF – The role of private sector in road safety, Stockholm, February, 2020

The “Innovation, Emerging Mobility Trends, and the Role of the Private Sector in Road Safety” event which was organised by the International transport Forum (ITF), the Volvo Group and the ITF Corporate Partnership Board (CPB), was held with great success on 18 February 2020, in Stockholm, Sweden. The event brought together top road safety experts, policymakers and other stakeholders which highlighted the importance of the ongoing innovative work of key global companies in improving road safety; with new technologies and data being the major catalysts.   NTUA actively contributed with the following presentation: ppt5  CPB Report: Safer Roads with Automated Vehicles?

February 19th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|

3rd Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety, Stockholm, Sweden, 2020

The 3rd Global High-Level Conference on Road Safety took place with great success on 19–20 February 2020, in Stockholm, Sweden marking the conclusion of the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety coordinated by the World Health Organisation (WHO). More than 1,700 participants from around 140 countries discussed extensively how the global targets for road safety can be developed, not the least in relation to the already existing goals for road safety in the 2030 Agenda.  During the Conference, the Stockholm Declaration focusing on global road safety efforts up to 2030 was presented,pdf5 together with the recommendations from the Academic Experts Grouppdf5

NTUA contributed actively in various sessions including: ppt5 The ITF/CPB Report: Safer Roads with Automated Vehicles? and reporting session on Developing New Technologies for Road Safety.

February 19th, 2020|Categories: Conferences|