City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA Gent ISA–City Peter Vansevenant

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA Structure 1. Gent general 2. Gent for ISA 3. ISA project 4. ISA future

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA 1. Gent general

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA Gent general surface: ha inhabitants: (and  students) canal Gent-Terneuzen and seaport junction E40 en E km public roads largest railway station in Flanders

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA Mobility in Gent Bicycle plan Mobility plan city centre Promotion of public transport Parking management Traffic Safety policy

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA (Road) Engineering –Hierarchy of roads –Redesigning main roads –Putting in speed reducing devices raised intersection road humps,… –Zone 30 / Pedestrian zones –(Urgent) Traffic Safety Plan Traffic Safety policy

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA Awareness building –large scale campaigns zone 30, against parking offences,... –cooperation with schools school travel plans educational activities,… Traffic Safety policy (2)

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA Traffic Safety policy (3) Enforcement –control on speeding (20 black spots) –cameras –special actions illegal parking speeding in specific areas, incl. 30 km/h areas bicycle lightning ISA

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA 2. Gent for ISA

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA Part of traffic safety policy:  Reducing traffic accidents/victims –Rebuilding (main) roads takes time –Speed limiting devices are effective but expensive and have disadvantages –Awareness building is very important, but does not prevent a minority from speeding –Police control has limits Gent for ISA

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA Other reasons –to promote the city of Gent as a city that sets standards for road safety –to enlarge the basis for the implementation of ISA –making the public aware of the advantages of ISA –to assess ISA against speed limiting devices Gent for ISA

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA 3. ISA project

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA Initiators –City of Gent (Alderman Karin Temmerman) –BIVV (Belgian Institute for Traffic Safety) Sponsors –DVV (insurance company) –University of Gent –De Lijn (public transport company) –Volvo –Province East Flanders –OCMW ISA partners

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA Research –CDO: University of Gent –Langzaam verkeer –VITO ISA partners (2)

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA Semi-open system from IMITA (S) –counterpressure on accelerator permanent warning system possibility to drive faster in emergency cases –GPS and speed map in car –map to be replaced in cars ISA general

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA Location –Gent within R4 including city centre, pedestrian zone, extending zone 30 areas, build-up areas, motorways, main roads –Public transport routes, also outside Gent ISA general

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA ISA general

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA 34 cars, 3 buses (public transport company “De Lijn”)” “Important” ISA drivers: –mayor and aldermen of city of Gent –rector and vice-rector of university of Gent –president of Volvo Belgium ISA cars and drivers

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA 20 inhabitants of Gent (volunteers) –selection pro /contra ISA 50 % men / women 1 mobility impaired person different ages: years old ISA drivers (2)

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA Their remarks –Private drivers are satisfied, 90 % would like to keep the ISA –ISA in a very adequate help in adjusting speed –ISA makes driving more relaxed ISA drivers (3)

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA ISA way of working Research –driving behavior objective: data logging,... subjective: interviews,… –ISA basic research Communication –management comitee –publication: news letter, city magazine, TV, specialized magazines,...

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA 4. ISA future

City of Gent - Mobility Department Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA Gent = ISA-city –intention to implement ISA in car fleet of city of Gent (when affordable) Enlarge basis of the implementation of ISA –Discussion with Minister of Mobility –Combined action of ISA cities/governments? Working on an international level ISA future

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