The subject of this Thematic Working Group is Traffic Safety and Security.
The TWG is currently composed of 36 experts from 21 institutes, as following:
AIT: Stefan Deix
BASt: Dr. Kerstin Auerbach
CDV: Jindrich Fric
DLR: Tanza Reize, Michael Bonert, Richard Bamler, Franz Kurz, Dominik Rosenbaum & Thomas Strang
DTU: Anu Kristina Siren & Metter Moller
DVS: Pieter van Vliet (moderator) & Iris de Jong (rapporteur)
FHG: Ralf Kalmar, Thilo Bein & Wolfgang Kappes
HIT: Maria Gemou & Dr Evangelos Bekiaris
INRETS: Hélène Fontaine & Jean-Pierre Verriest
ITS/CNTK: Justyna Wacowska-Slezak & Dagmara Jankowska
KTI: Arpad Torok
LNEC: Dr. João Cardoso
TØI: Torkel Bjornskau
TRL: Andrew Parkes
TTI: Prof. Alexander Medvedev
UPM: Francisco Javier Paez
VGTU-TMI: Alvydas Pikunas & Aldona Jarsuniene
VTI: Dr Anna Vadeby, Astrid Linder & Mats Wiklund
VTT: Harri Peltola & Anne Silla
VÚD: Stefan Machcinik
Objectives (long term)
- identify target groups and working structures to ensure safety research and practices based on high quality scientific approach, e.g. APSN, EURNEX, HUMANIST networks of excellence
- information resource for policy makers at European and national level
- establish influence in Europe equivalent to TRB (Safety) in North America
Current activities:
- finalisation of terms of reference and scope for this group (incl. definition of Safety and Security)
- definition of working relationships and lines of communication with other ECTRI Thematic Working Groups and others organisations - working on safety issues i.e. FERSI. In January 2009, the Forum of European Road Safety Institute (FERSI) released a common position paper with ECTRI on "The sustainable safety approach to Road Transport and Mobility". You can find it in the strategic document section.
- Identify specific elements for ECTRI FP7 initiated consortia
The TWG Safety and Security also prepared inputs for the FP7 update. These inputs have been gathered in a report entitled "White spots in the European Transport research traced by ECTRI's Thematic Working Groups". This report was released to the EC in June 2009.
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