Walking and Cycling
The Safety of Electrically-assisted Bicycles Compared to Classic Bicycles in the Netherlands
Presentation, slides, speech,
29 January 2018
Cycling Safety in World Cities: Measuring Exposure and Risk
Presentation, slides, speech,
29 January 2018
Exposure-adjusted Fatality Rates for Cycling and Walking in European Countries
Presentation, slides, speech,
29 January 2018
Partenariats public-privé pour les infrastructures de transport
Roundtable Report, Policy Insights,
29 January 2018
- Ne renégocier les PPP que dans des cas exceptionnels.
- Faire appel à un arbitre indépendant pour établir si le résultat d’un PPP cadre avec ce que les parties auraient négocié si elles avaient prévu le changement intervenu.
- Envisager de charger une instance indépendante de statuer sur le bien-fondé de la renégociation d’un PPP.
- Inclure la réputation et la compétence avérée parmi les critères d’attribution des contrats de PPP.
- Comparer les avantages et inconvénients des PPP avec ceux des autres formes de participation des capitaux privés.
Performance Criteria for Assessing Airport Expansion Alternatives for the London Region
Presentation, slides, speech,
10 January 2018
Dismantling the Skies that Bind: Institutional Impacts of Brexit in Aviation Markets and Networks
Presentation, slides, speech,
8 January 2018
Political Economy of Airport Capacity Planning in the London Airport System
Presentation, slides, speech,
7 January 2018
2nd ITF Statistics Meeting Proceedings from Last Meeting of Group
Presentation, slides, speech,
2 January 2018
Adapting Transport Policy to Climate Change
Research Report, Policy Insights,
30 November 2015
- Uncertainty is different from risk.
- Climate effects are subject to uncertainty.
- There are techniques to deal with risk.
- There is currently no robust method to treat Knightian uncertainty.
- Risk, uncertainty and discount rate all affect carbon value.
Estimating Wider Economic Impacts in Transport Project Prioritisation using Ex-Post Analysis
Presentation, slides, speech,
9 November 2015
Forecasting Travel Time Reliability in Road Transport. A New Model for The Netherlands
Presentation, slides, speech,
8 November 2015
Incorporating Wider Economic Impacts Within Cost-Benefit Appraisal
Presentation, slides, speech,
8 November 2015
Improving Safety for Motorcycle, Scooter and Moped Riders
Research Report, Policy Insights,
7 October 2015
- The powered two-wheeler population is increasing and plays a significant role in mobility.
- Powered two-wheeler (PTW) riders are at far greater risk than car drivers.
- Poor perception and control are frequent failures that lead to PTW crashes.
- A Safe System approach is required to improve the safety of PTWs.
- The helmet is the most important source of protection against severe injuries and death.
- Advances in car technology can also bring positive safety benefits to PTW users. There are a number of new technologies, such as forward collision warning, blind spot information and vulnerable road user protection systems, which can prevent collisions, including those with PTW riders, pedestrians and cyclists.
Road Infrastructure Safety Management
IRTAD, Policy Insights,
6 October 2015
- Benchmark road infrastructure against good practices in other countries.
- Implement new minimum safety standards for road infrastructure.
- Continue evaluation and research to quantify safety impacts of planning decisions.
- Implement suitable Road Infrastructure Safety Management procedures for each stage of road development including planning design, pre-opening and full operation.
- Make Road Infrastructure Safety Management procedures legally binding.
- Involve both road and health authorities when developing road accident data bases.
- Assure adequate institutional management capacity and investment levels.
- Use existing tools and guidelines; adopt second-best solutions where state-of-the-art solutions are not feasible.
- Identify the Road Safety Infrastructure Management procedures that fit specific needs and understand barriers to implementation.
- Share good practices of Road infrastructure Safety Management procedures and intervention measures.
- Monitor the safety performance of road infrastructure.
- Develop self-explaining roads.
Why Does Road Safety Improve When Economic Times Are Hard?
IRTAD, Policy Insights,
5 October 2015
- There is clear evidence that when economic growth declines, and particularly when unemployment increases, road safety improves.
- The financial and economic crises which started in 2007 were accompanied by marked falls in annual numbers of road deaths in most OECD countries.
- It is important to understand how much of the accelerated reduction in numbers of deaths during the downturn that began in 2008 was attributable to the changed economic conditions.
- The economic downturn in 2009-10 may well have contributed to about two-thirds of the decrease in fatalities from 2008.
- The recent downturn has had repercussions on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and unemployment rate and has influenced the number of road deaths through a reduction in vehicle kilometres driven, especially by young men and by heavy goods vehicles, a reduction in speeding and in drink-driving, and a reduction in learning to drive by young men.
- Policy makers need to take careful account of these results when setting road safety targets and when designing road safety strategies for the future.
Spain: Background and Current Status on the Implementation of a Safe System
Presentation, slides, speech,
30 September 2015
ITF Promotes Intelligent Mobility at ITS World Congress in Bordeaux
Media Release,
30 September 2015
UN Secretary-General Appoints Head of ITF as Advisor on Sustainable Transport
Media Release,
14 September 2015