A presentation of the European Decision Support System (DSS) being developed within the SafetyCube Project was given by Prof. George Yannis from NTUA at the HITE / HIT – 8th International Congress on Transport Research (ICTR), which was held on 27-29 September 2017 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The background, methodology and design principles of the European […]
A presentation of the European Decision Support System (DSS) being developed within the SafetyCube Project was given by Prof. Pete Thomas from Loughborough University at the Highway Safety Performance (ANB25) and AASHTO – Joint Midyear Meeting, which was held on 20-22 June 2017 in Irvine, California. The SafetyCube concept and methodology of the European DSS were described. The presentation […]
On June 12-14, 2017, SafetyCube organised successfully a Plenary Meeting in Oslo, in which more than 35 participants were gathered in order to discuss the progress and next steps of the SafetyCube project. This meeting marked the completion of the measures analysis. Key topics on the SafetyCube Decision Support System (DSS) were also discussed and […]
NTUA within the framework of the Fourth UN Global Road Safety Week organised with great success a Workshop titled “The Future of Road Safety Research” on 15 May 2017 at the NTUA Campus in Athens. The objective of this Workshop was to highlight through an intensive flow of presentations the main findings and challenges of […]
SafetyCube project results were presented at the 24th IRTAD Meeting, organised by the International Transport Forum (ITF), which took place on 18-20 April 2017 in Paris. Prof. George Yannis from NTUA presented the results from the research on accident risks and measures related to the road infrastructure. The progress of the development of the SafetyCube European Road Safety […]
The SafetyCube project was highlighted at the road safety press release of the European Commission in March 2017. Emphasis was given on the aim of the project to support the selection and implementation of strategies and measures to reduce casualties in Europe and worldwide, as well as on its contribution to the registration and monitoring […]
The SafetyCube project was featured at the last Road Safety Newsletter of the European Commission published in March 2017. The four-step approach of the project is described, which involves: a) identification of risk factors, b) identification and estimation of the effects of road safety measures, c) estimation of the costs of implementing the road safety […]
On March 8-10, 2017, SafetyCube organised successfully a Plenary Meeting in Paris, in which more than 35 participants gathered to discuss the progress and next steps of the SafetyCube project. This meeting tracked the progress of the measures analysis, marking the end for the relevant literature research and highlighted progress and issues for the coding […]
On January 23-24, 2017, SafetyCube organised a Meeting in London, regarding the progress and next steps of the development of the European Decision Support System (DSS). Issues concerning the final taxonomy, the methodology of linking risks and measures, the structure of accident synopses as well as the DSS update and related technical issues were among […]
SafetyCube project results were presented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 96th Annual Meeting, which took place on 8-12 January 2017 in Washington, D.C. Prof. Pete Thomas from Loughborough University presented the progress of the development of the Decision Support System (DSS) and Eleonora Papadimitriou from NTUA presented the results from the research on infrastructure […]
On November 14-16, 2016, SafetyCube organised successfully a Plenary Meeting in Hague, in which more than 35 participants gathered to discuss the progress and next steps of the SafetyCube project. This meeting marked the completion of the risk factors analysis and the beginning of the measures analysis. A first prototype of the SafetyCube Decision Support System […]
A presentation of the European Decision Support System (DSS) being developed within the SafetyCube Project was given by Prof. Pete Thomas from Loughborough University at the 5th International Cycle Safety Conference, which was held on 3 November 2016 in Bologna. The SafetyCube concept and methodology of the European DSS were described. The presentation is currently […]
The 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress co-organised by the European Union Road Federation (ERF) and the Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) was held in Leeds, on 18-20 October 2016. Prof. George Yannis from NTUA presented the progress of the development of the SafetyCube European Road Safety Decision Support System (DSS), with special focus on road […]
SafetyCube project results were presented at the 23rd IRTAD Meeting, organised by the International Transport Forum (ITF), which took place on 12-14 October 2016 in Rome. Prof. George Yannis from NTUA presented the progress of the development of the SafetyCube European Road Safety Decision Support System (DSS). Klaus Machata from KfV presented the results from […]
SafetyCube project organised a Road Safety Workshop at BRSI in Brussels on September 27th, 2016, with more than 40 participants, regarding the first viewing of the SafetyCube Decision Support System (DSS). The purpose of the workshop was to illustrate how existing road safety knowledge can be collected, structured and distilled into the SafetyCube DSS that […]
The 2016 Information Day on the Horizon 2020 ‘Smart, green and integrated transport’, which addressed potential applicants to the Horizon 2020 ‘Smart, green and integrated transport’ calls for project proposals under the 2016-2017 Work programme, took place on 28 September 2016 in Brussels. Prof. Pete Thomas from Loughborough University was invited as the coordinator of […]
SafetyCube project results were presented at the Safety 2016 World Conference, organised by the World health Organisation and took place on 18-21 September 2016 in Tampere, Finland. Akis Theofilatos from NTUA presented the progress of the development of the SafetyCube European Road Safety Decision Support System (DSS). Catherine Pérez from ASPB presented the results from […]
On September 1-2, 2016, SafetyCube organised at KVF headquarters in Vienna two internal workshops for the coordination of key SafetyCube activities. The first day, the codification of risk factors and measures concerning road infrastructure safety was thoroughly discussed and the deadlines to complete the risk factors codification process (data base and synopses) are expected to […]
On June 22-24, 2016, SafetyCube organised successfully a Plenary Meeting in Athens, in which more than 35 participants gathered to discuss the progress and next steps of the SafetyCube project. Within SafetyCube’s methodology workpackage, guidelines for summarizing research results (synopsis) – including meta-analysis – have been discussed and improved. Moreover, behavior, infrastructure and vehicle workpackages […]
A presentation of the European Decision Support System (DSS) being developed within the SafetyCube Project was given by Prof. Pete Thomas at the 7th ESAR Conference, which was held on 9-10 June 2016 in Hannover. The background, methodology and design principles of the European DSS were described. The presentation and the related paper are currently […]
The SafetyCube project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 633485.