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From the internet to the street: the impact of E-commerce on road safety in Belgium

The increased access to the internet has facilitated the trade of goods or services ordered online called e-commerce. E-commerce is a rapidly evolving sector. With 94% of Belgian inhabitants having access to the internet, 80%  of them are e-shoppers. Additionally, 7 in 10 Belgians shopped at least once to up to five times during the past three months from the survey conducted in 2021 by EUROSTAT1. Belgium is the 29th largest market in the world for e-commerce with a turnover of 11.7 billion euros in 2021.

13 September 2022 13:00 – 15:00
On the road to Vision Zero
Vias institute
Belgium
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VRkeer - a virtual reality serious game teaching 10 to 14 year old children how to ride a bike safely in traffic.
De huidige aanpak om kinderen tussen 10 en 14 jaar te leren hoe ze op een veilige manier in het verkeer moeten fietsen, kan altijd beter.

Enerzijds, vallen de resultaten van de Grote Verkeerstoets tegen. Deze test peilt naar het verkeersinzicht bij Vlaamse kinderen uit het vijfde leerjaar. Daarnaast ervaren leerkrachten moeilijkheden om de verkeerslessen authentiek te maken. Het is immers niet eenvoudig om met een hele klas de straat op te gaan. Daardoor geven leerkrachten ook aan dat ze geen juist zicht hebben op de individuele prestaties van de leerlingen.

VRkeer speelt in op deze uitdagingen en creëert op een innovatieve manier authentieke leersituaties voor de leerlingen én een dashboard met learning analytics voor de leerkracht.
Picture of a Telraam device
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Putting citizens in control of local mobility policy.
Telraam helps out citizens, resident groups and local governments who want to gain knowledge on traffic in their streets and want to improve road safety by tackling traffic challenges that have a negative impact on liveability such as rat running, speed issues or the negative impact of circulation measures. Telraam is an affordable, precise, objective and scientifically supported tool which provides an insight into traffic volumes, direction of travel and average speed of cars.
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XIU: Seeing and being seen is of vital importance !
In 2008, several fatal accidents involving teenagers on bicycles occurred in our region. Parents' associations of secondary schools sat down around the table to think about a solution together. Studies showed that young people are very often involved in bicycle accidents. The cause is often “not being seen” in the dark. Most primary school children are required to wear a fluorescent jacket in our region. Young people in secondary school don't like wearing fluorescent jackets. They are laughed at by their schoolmates. Imposing an obligation is not possible.
XIU (volunteers organisation) looked for other solutions to tackle this problem in a way that would make it easier for them to do so.
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XIU: Seeing and being seen is of vital importance !
In 2008, several fatal accidents involving teenagers on bicycles occurred in our region. Parents' associations of secundary schools sat down around the table to think about a solution together. Studies showed that young people are very often involved in bicycle accidents. The cause is often “not being seen” in the dark. Most primary school children are required to wear a fluorescent jacket in our region. Young people in secondary school don't like wearing fluorescent jackets. They are laughed at by their schoolmates. Imposing an obligation is not possible. XIU looked for other solutions to tackle this problem in a way that would make it easier for them to do so.
18 June 2014 00:00
Road Safety Performance Index (PIN)
Norway House
Belgium
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