Recommendations and Guidelines

NEWSLETTER 4

The aim of SaferBraIn is to increase the level of safety of the whole road transport system and its components, focusing the attention on vulnerable road users, thus contributing to the overall scope of reducing the number of fatalities and the severity of injuries caused by road accidents. We work together with India and Brazil aiming at adopting EU experiences thus improving VRU’s safety in these Countries.

ContentThe Safer BraIn project is steaming ahead. On the website the first results can be found on:Analyses of Local Requirements (newsletter 1)Conditions for transferability (newsletter 2)Methodologies and tools (newsletter 3)Recommendations and guidelines (newsletter 4)Pilot projects (newsletter 5)

In a next newsletter we will be able to report on the planned trainings and details of the final conferences that will be held in India and Brazil. In this newsletter we will introduce the relevant issues short and snappy. Easy access can be gained in the content letters that can be found on the website. Obviously you can also read all full documents.

Documentos em portuguêsWe offer translations of some of the work done in Portuguese; for now we haveavailable for you:Inventário das necessidades locais para a melhoria da segurança no Trânsito dos Usuários Vulneráveisde Rodovias (UVR)Carta de Conteúdo 1.1Relatório sobre Auditoria de TransferibilidadeRelatório da Auditoria de TransmissibilidadeCarta de Conteúdo 2.2Inventário das necessidades locais para a melhoria daRevisão das experiências e práticas sobre a gestão da segurança rodoviária, a auditoria de segurança rodoviária, o projeto de infra-estrutura e planejamentoFuncionalidades e especificações do Sistema de Apoio à decisãoSistema de Apoio à DecisãoDiretrizes para Uso da Terra e Planejamento Integrado de Transporte para VRU SegurançaSeleção de Sites Pilotos

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Short and snappyRecommendations and guidelinesA variety of best practice guidelines, guidance documents and EC funded studies in the areas of land use and transport planning are identified in the review as having potential for being recommended for best practice in Emerging Economies, many of which have an emphasis on sustainability.

Relevant guidance from the USA, Australia and Canada is also sourced.From the review undertaken, a summary of best practice recommendations is identified which could potentially be transferred to Emerging Economies. All of the recommendations are linked to the guidance documents that deal with the relevant issues.

Three main recommendations are provided:1. Stakeholder participation should be considered.2. A step by step planning process should be developed.3. VRU-specific principles should be implemented into the step by step process.

Other recommendations include: 1. Ensuring accessibility for all.2. Integration of policies.3. Consideration of potential future development impacts.4. Consideration of existing and future needs of all road users but from the point of view of VRU safety.

There are potential positive and negative impacts to applying these best practice recommendations to India and Brazil. Detrimental issues identified include bias towards more affluent areas or business interests, lack of political support, deficiency in technical skills and overriding support for the motorised vehicle.

Positive aspects include taking the wider approach would generate wider results, such as reducing travel distances and car use and there would be benefits to the ‘community’ feel of many of the roads in India, where roads are more than just a travel route. Safety implications that should be considered include sus-tainable mobility, priority to VRUs, accessibility, modal split considerations and the specific measures to be used to implement the planning process.

The main results of Recommendations and guidelines are:• A review the current European best practice guidelines for land-use and transport planning from a safety perspective and to assess the feasibility of application of these guidelines, or a modified version of them to the Emerging Economies• Development of recommendations and guidelines for correct integrated land-use and transport planning, with a particular emphasis on safe cycling/walking facilities planning• An examination of road safety audit guidelines and recommendations to ensure that they are useable in the development of the pilot roads evaluated in WP5 and in general for wider use in emerging economies.

The full document can be found here

Also available are online short documents on:Guidelines for Integrated Land Use and Transport Planning for VRU SafetyFAO Guidelines for Land Use PlanningBrazil: Comparison of Local Conditions against Best Practice RecommendationsIndia: Comparison of Local Conditions against Best Practice RecommendationsSafety implicationsPrinciples for Developing a Transport Plan Aimed at VRU Safety

The content can also be read in Portuguese. Relevant documents in can be found here:Diretrizes para Uso da Terra e Planejamento Integrado de Transporte para VRU Segurança

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This News Letter was produced by Velo Mondial in the context of its dissemination tasks for Safer BraIn.Please send any comments, queries, advice you may have to Safer BraIn c/o Antonino Tripodi:tripodi@ctl.uniroma1.it

Partners in Safer BraIn• University of Rome, Italy• Loughborough University, UK• Master Plan BV, Netherlands• IMR, Brazil• Balancia, Netherlands• A+S Consult GmbH FuE, Germany• Mobycon, Netherlands• SUNCON Pvt. Ltd., India• Foundation of Support to University of San Paulo, Brazil• Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd., India• I&D Consulting, Belgium• I.T. Ingegneria dei Trasporti srl, Italy Articles about road safetyMore India oriented• International Road Federation India Chapter• National Campaign for Reduction of Road Fatalities in India• Strategies for Reducing Pedestrian and Bicyclist Injury at the Corridor Level• In poll season, better traffic flow ideas likely to fall on deaf ears, Times India, 25.5.2011• Pune: Mishaps down, but deaths are a worry, TOI 30 Nov 2010• PROMISING: Cost-benefit analysis of measures for vulnerable road users• Need for evolving a hassle-free system for pedestrians• India streets• Punes Pilot Project, TOI 4 Sep 2010• Walkers have little space on many widened roads, TOI 03 Sep 2010• Walkability in Asian cities: state and issues• Deadliest for Walkers: Male Drivers, Left Turns• India and Brazil Green• Shimlas’ strategy to curb road accidents: Build a temple• Pune gets ready for skywalks, TOI 30 Jun. 2010• Commuting school children TOI 27 Jun. 2010• Traffic control branch Pune statistics June 2010• Drunk driving, TOI 22 Jun. 2010• LordRobertsonCommGRoadSafety DecadeofAction BBC4 20110511 by Morten7an• Parking norms, TOI 8 Jun. 2010• Road Safety Patrol, Pune• Traffic offences, TOI 15 Apr. 2010• ‘Killer’ roads to turn safe, one by one • “Where are we to walk?”, from Pune in Maharashtra, India (video)• Jaipal Reddy urges states to promote public transport

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More Brazil Oriented• Cycle path with room for improvement• Critical Mass in Brazil, 25.2.2011, VERY SAD NEWS!• India and Brazil Green• Cities for Mobility• Brazilian Mobility Profile 2009• The development and cycling inclusion in Brazilian Urban Mobility• The Brazilian Scenario for Bicycle Mobility• Bicycle Partnership Program Brazil• Interview with Robert cervero• Brazilian EMBARQ Transport and Traffic Congress• Pedestrian Infrastructure in Brazil and Maleysia• Ecomobility More general oriented• IRF Calender 2011• European Road Statitics 2010• No room left for the car• Decade of action• DHL Deutsche Post, Global Road Safety Initiative• Gehl & Hook: a cool duo• Europe: more action on road safety• GTZ Sourcebook Module on Financing Sustainable Urban Transport• Bottom-up urban planning, Standard / New Delhi 18 Jul. 2010• Traffic in the Era of Climate Change - Walking, Cycling, Public Transport Need Priority• Volvo introduces helmet to protect against Volvos