The Call has an overall budget of EUR 880,000 and is addressing four specific challenges:
A: Safety for both Road Worker and Road Users – reduce incursions into work zones
B: Driver Distraction – (Digital) Billboards
C: Guidance for Safe road sides
D: Self-explaining systems for VRU safety in non-urban areas
The Programme Executive Board brings together representatives from Belgium (Flanders), Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Sweden and the UK.
Four projects have been selected and are now underway.
PROGRESS – Provision of Guidelines for Road Side Safety
The PROGReSS project will provide recommendations to achieve organisationally robust and practicable guidelines for road sides that can be implemented by road authorities. For further information, visit the project website at https://cedrprogress.eu/
Project Coordinator: Govert Schermers, SWOV, the Netherlands
Project results:
IRIS – Incursion Reduction to Increase Safety in road work zones
The main aim of IRIS is to share best-practices on traffic management at work zones with national road authorities in Europe for short, medium and long term road works. For further information please view this project presentation or visit the project website www.cedr-iris.eu
Project Coordinator: András Várhelyi, Lund University, Sweden
Project results:
ADVERTS – Assessing Distraction of Vehicle drivers in Europe from Roadside Technology-based Signage
The ADVERTS project aims to inform national road authorities across Europe on issues related to distraction from roadside billboards and on the best-practices in the context of a safe system approach. For further information, please view this presentation or visit the project website -
Project Coordinator: Ingrid Van Schagen, SWOV, the Netherlands
Project results:
SANA-4U – Safety in Non-Urban Areas for VRU
The objective of the SANA-4U project is to identify areas for improvement in road design, standards and guidelines in regard to vulnerable road users’ safety in non-urban areas.
Project Coordinator: Christopher Patten, VTI, Sweden
Project results:
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