1. Transport Research Centre Brno OUR MAIN OBJECTIVES S 15: Section of Social and Human Aspects of Transport

2. S15 Activities 2 Invitation CENTRUM DOPRAVNÍHO VÝZKUMU

3. S15 Activities 3 Invitation CENTRUM DOPRAVNÍHO VÝZKUMU

4. S15 Activities 4 CENTRUM DOPRAVNÍHO VÝZKUMU Transport Research Centre Brno

5. S15 Activities 5 CENTRUM DOPRAVNÍHO VÝZKUMU Transport Research Centre Brno

6. S15 Activities 6

7. 7 Transport Research Centre (CDV) The only transport research arm of the Czech Ministry of Transport and Communications Established in 1992 www.cdv.cz

8. S15 Activities 8 Areas of Expertise Transport Policy Transport Economics Transport Information Database, GIS Transport Prognosis and Modelling Transport Infrastructure Construction Rail Transport Urban and Public Transport Air Transport Road Transport Cycling Transport in Olomouc Transport and Environment Transport Safety Land Use Transport Planning Transport Psychology and Sociology – S15 Telematics Intermodal Transport Legislation and Integration to EU

9. S15 Activities 9 Research Sections S 11 Transport Infrastructure Tišnov S 12 Air Transport Brno S 13 Environment Brno S 14 Traffic Safety Brno S 15 Social and Human Aspects of Transport Brno S 16 Traffic Engineering Brno S 17 Road, Integrated and Combined Transport Brno S 19 Legislation and Integration to EU Brno S 21 Transport Strategy Prague S 22 Transport Informatics Prague S 31 Transport Telematics Brno S 32 Cycling Transport Olomouc S 18 Transport Planning Brno S 33 Transport Economics and Marketing Brno

10. S15 Activities 10 S 15 – Section of social and human aspects of transport The head of the S 15 Section: Doc. Ing. Arch. PhDr. Karel Schmeidler, CSc. Staff: 4 psychologists 5 sociologists 1 engineer 2 pedagogues

11. S15 Activities 11 Selected areas of interest Ability to Drive IMMORTAL – Ability to Drive in the Relation to the Drivers´ Impairment (Drugs, Alcohol, Disease) CONSENSUS - Ability to Drive of PSN (people with special needs) CONSENSUS ( European Database of the Health Evalution and Assessment Ability to Drive) DRUID – Alcohol and drug influence

12. S15 Activities 12 Selected areas of interest Drivers´education TRAINER – Trainer Systém for Driver Training and Assessment Using Interactive Evaluation Tools and Reliable Methologies (New Methodology for Drivers´Training)

13. S15 Activities 13 Selected areas of interest HMI - HUMANIST (Human Centred Design for IST) - COST 352 (Influence of Modern Information Systems on Road Traffic Safety) - IZAMK (Information Workload and Mental Capacity of a Driver) IN SAFETY – self explaining and forgiving road by electronic means

14. S15 Activities 14 Selected areas of interest Mobility of social groups - SIZE (Mobility of older people and Quality of Life) - ASI (Urban Planning and Land Use-Quality of Life and Implementation of the Programme "Cities of Tomorrow“) - COST 349 (Accessibility of low-floor buses for people with limited mobility)

15. S15 Activities 15 Selected areas of interest Education and campaigns - „Safe travel to school“ – Attempt to reduce high fatality and injury rate by school children - Eurobob campaign – Designed driver - CLOSE-TO – peer to peer traffic safety education - ESCAPE ( Enhanced Safety Coming from Appropriate Police Enforcement), the project focused on legislative options and transport police work focused on increasing road traffic safety

16. S15 Activities 16 Selected areas of interest Travel behaviour - SARTRE III ( Social Attitudes to Road Traffic Risk in Europe; the comparative research of drivers’ attitudes, positions and behaviour), longitudal research - Gadget – (Guarding Automobile Driver Through Guidance, Education and Technology) project researching options of influencing road traffic participants´behaviour

17. S15 Activities 17 Other research Impact of selected psychological characteristics on driving performance COST 355 - Analysis of socio-psychological causes of choosing different modes of transport and change of attitude Mobility management in Czech Republic KITE – Intermodal mobility in Europe

18. Invitation – Share your knowledge with us European Seminar on ITS and HMI Ministry of Transport ČR, Prague May 9-10 th, 2005

19. Thank you for your attention schmeidler@cdv.cz