Urban Road Safety Measures: Traffic management and protected space for vulnerable road users
ITF Meeting
As part of the Safer City Streets initiative, the International Transport Forum (ITF) organized two workshops to create a forum that enabled the exchange between members and partners of the ITF Safer City Streets network. The ITF presented their research on Urban Road Safety Measures that have proven effective in reducing road traffic deaths and serious injuries in cities. City representatives and FIA automobile clubs shared their experiences and discussed the presented measures.
This first workshop focused on traffic management in New York City (USA) and allocation of protected space for vulnerable road users in London (UK). The meeting was chaired by Transport for London (TfL). Other participants were present from the city of Vancouver and Lisbon, from the private sector as well as several FIA automobile clubs from Italy, Catalonia and Canada.
The aim of this meeting was to share experiences with different road safety intervention on the local level and to build consensus around the measures featured in the forthcoming ITF publication on Street Design and Traffic management solutions.
Agenda
Chair: Amy Pidwill, Transport for London
1) Traffic management
- Dominic Streuber, International Transport Forum: ITF findings on Traffic management
- Rob Viola, New York City Department of Transportation: Pedestrian Head Starts and Turn Calming program in New York City
- Plenary discussion of measures
2) Allocating protected space for walking and cycling
- Dominic Streuber, International Transport Forum: ITF findings on Allocating protected space for walking and cycling
- Brian Deegan, Urban Movement: Light protection measures in the UK
- Plenary discussion of measures
3) Other measures and initiatives
- Daniel Cornudella, The Royal Automobile Club of Catalonia: Motorcycle safety campaign
- Discussion and other inputs