Good practices

The safety and interaction of cyclists during infrastructure conservation and repair works are significantly impacted by changes made, potentially leading to new conflicts between cyclist traffic and vehicles.
The BIKEFLOW project's objective is to enhance cyclist safety in critical areas identified within modified sections during ongoing conservation efforts. By employing video analytics and Artificial Intelligence, we can examine the movements and potential interactions of cyclists and vehicles. This technology utilizes video analysis to forecast safety levels before incidents happen, enabling the identification of vehicles, routes, and speeds, with the capability to present data in real-time or upon request. In light of these analyses, permanent cameras have been installed at the junction of N-110 and N-502 to conduct surrogate safety assessments. This involves applying various configurations to the route to analyze the behavior of road users (both vehicles and cyclists) and to train an AI model that determines the most suitable layout configuration. The findings are then applied to adjust signage, lower speed limits, establish protected lanes at critical junctures, or modify paths as necessary.

Between 2018 and 2022 there where 93 fatalities and 894 serious injury collisions in Irish roads which involved motorcyclists. No specific road safety programme aimed at motorcyclists existed at that time. It was identified that the vast majority of these collisions occurred over the Summer months and almost 50% at weekends and many involved leisure riders or those retuning to motorcycling. Ireland has a large number of rural roads, ideal for leisure riding but this also increases risk through road topography and additional hazards which adversely impact motorcycle safety compared to other road users.

Asociatia Drum Sigur analyzed and researched the following design errors:
- incorrect use of signs for yielding priority in intersections (Give Way and Stop signs) (error found in most countries of the world)
- the formulas used to calculate the length of acceleration/deceleration lanes at road junctions are incorrect (they do not take into account the impact of heavy vehicle traffic, as well as the volume of traffic flows) (error found worldwide)
- the use of staggered pedestrian crossings at traffic lighted intersections has negative effects on pedestrian traffic in most cases. (case analysis for all the staggered pedestrian crossings in Bucharest)
- identification of design and execution errors for T-type intersections, roundabouts, turbo-roundabouts or interchanges in some cities in Romania.
- analyzing some design errors on certain streets in Bucharest and proposing measures to improve road safety and traffic flow.

Met de Alliantie Stop Verkeersongevallen geven wij gratis trainingen aan kwetsbare doelgroepen zoals kinderen (10-14 jaar), senioren en fietsers/e-bikers. Met deze gratis trainingen willen wij zorgen dat de doelgroepen en onze klanten (bestuurders van zowel grote als kleine voertuigen) beter op elkaar ingespeeld zijn en willen wij de verkeersongevallen met 10.000 gevallen naar beneden brengen.

In Zusammenarbeit mit den führenden Wiener Sharing-Anbietern Voi und Lime hielten wir am 29.5.24 einen „E-Scooter-Aktionstag“ beim Burgtheater ab mit dem Ziel die Sicherheit und verantwortungsvolle Nutzung von E-Scootern stärken. Das Angebot richtete sich an aktive Nutzer:innen und an die Allgemeinheit, um die Vorteile der E-Sharing-Mobilität für alle zugänglich zu machen. Besucher:innen konnten sich an Info-Ständen über Verkehrsregeln und korrektes Parken informieren, insbesondere im Hinblick auf die seit 2023 erhöhten Parkstrafen in Wien. Ein Sicherheitsparcours bot den Teilnehmenden die Gelegenheit, ihre Fahrkünste zu erproben und zu verbessern. Unter Anleitung unserer ausgebildeten Trainer:innen wurden hilfreiche Tipps zur sicheren Nutzung geübt. Es wurden kostenlos Helme verteilt, um das Tragen von Schutzkleidung zu fördern. Diese Maßnahmen sollen einen sicheren und verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit E-Scootern in Wien unterstützen und die städtische Mobilität nachhaltig verbessern.