ON THE MOVE FOR SAFER ROADS IN EUROPE DEALING WITH URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE REGION OF BRUSSELS-CAPITAL 13/10/10 Philippe Barette Engineer-Director.

ON THE MOVE FOR SAFER ROADS IN EUROPE

DEALING WITH URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE REGION

OF BRUSSELS-CAPITAL

13/10/10Philippe Barette

Engineer-Director a.i.Strategy Department

Mobility Brussels

Plan

1. Brussels; City-Region

2. The last ten years

3. Estates General for Road Safety BCR 2003

4. Evolution

5. Perspectives

1. Brussels, City-Region (1/2)

Urban challenges:

- Manage congestion- Struggle against pollution- Encourage harmonious coexistence between different users- Struggle against road accidents- Guarantee quality of life- Guarantee accessibility

1. Brussels, City-Region (2/2)

2001: The White Paper of the European Union: "The European transport policy for 2010: time to decide"

2002: Estates-General for Road Safety at the federal level

2003: Estates-General for Road Safety in BCR: 3 areas

2004 and 2005: Annual review

2007: Mid-term and new action plan 2007-2010

2009: Annual review

2010: preparing new action plan 2011-2020

2. The last ten years (1/1)

3. EGRS BCR 2003 (1/4)

Objectives:

33% reduction of deaths 30 days and serious injuriesfor 2006 (versus 1998-1999-2001), or 29 deaths and 133 serious injuries

50% reduction of deaths 30 days and serious injuries for 2010 (versus 1998-1999-2001), or 22 deaths and 100 serious injuries

3 areas:

1. Control-Sanction

2. Infrastructure

3. Sensibilization and education

3. EGRS BCR 2003 (2/4)

Infrastructure

22 measures aimed at:

- lower speeds

- reduce potential conflicts between users / improve coexistence between users

- improve traffic conditions for vulnerable road users: PRM, pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists

3. EGRS BCR 2003 (3/4)

Infrastructure: review

- Measures overall entered in the practice of road managers- Differences between road managers- Disperse of good practices in road management: vademecum “PRM”, vademecum “bicycle”, training “mobility advisers”, ...- Sometimes conflict of interest between road safety and capacity, urban design, parking capacity- Many stakeholders: levels of authority, public authorities and public services …

3. EGRS BCR 2003 (4/4)

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Objectifs EGSR

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5. Perspectives (1/2)

a) IRIS2 Plan (2010-2018)    - Encourage active modes of transportation: walking, biking    - Improving road safety - …

b) Strategic Plan for Public Works and Transport of

Minister of Transport (2010-2014)   - Priority to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport   - Public spaces on a human scale - …

c) New action plan 2011-2020, 9 goals: - reduce speed- increase seat belt-carrying- reduce driving under influence- encourage prudent and proactive behavior and reduce high risk behaviors- protect vulnerable road users: pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists- develop an intrinsically safe road management - improve the control-sanction- improve knowledge of accidents- anchor road safety in culture and in structures

5. Perspectives (2/2)

Thank you for your attention