Action Plan for Road Safety – Luxembourg - Transforming Transportation 2016

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Action Plan for Road Safety –

Luxembourg

H.E. François Bausch, Minister of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure

of Luxembourg

Presented at Transforming Transportation 2016

Plan d’action « sécurité routière »

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Plan d’action « sécurité routière »

UN target: Halve global road traffic deaths andinjuries by 2020

EU White Paper : Halve road traffic deaths by 2020

Luxembourg: Vision Zero

Zero deaths

Zero injuries

= only possible goal

We all deserve and expect safe roads! 3

Plan d’action « sécurité routière »

Action plan for road safety (2014-2018)

Under the lead of the Ministry for Sustainable Development andInfrastructure

Together with all the actors: Government, Police, associationsactive in the field of road safety work

Implementation follow-up on a bi-annual basis

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Plan d’action « sécurité routière »

Action plan for road safety (2014-2018)

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11 challenges

29 measures

3 pillars:

prevention

education

repression

Plan d’action « sécurité routière »

Prior to crash measures

-> focus on educational and preventional pillars

appropriate equipment of each vehicle

specific training for each driver

reduced maximum speed (non urban roads & 30kmh zones)

safe infrastructure

promotion of alternative mobility

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Post incident measures

-> focus on the repressional pillar

speeding

implementing automatic speed control

driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol

increasing sanctions

-> fines & demerit point system

alcohol interlock

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Road safety through alternative means of transport

Cars kill more people per person-kilometer than any other means of transport.

Busses, bicycles or pedestrians create 10-15 times less congestion per person than cars.

69 people in 60 cars 69 cyclists on 69 bikes 69 people in 1 bus 69 pedestrians

Promote projects that include safe conditions for alternative means of transport!

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Road safety through fewer cars per person

How do I get the fastest from A to B with my car?

vehicle sharing driverless vehicles

-> fewer vehicles -> fewer accidents