European Road Safety Summer School 2016, Mechelen (B), 22nd-26th August 2016.
The European Road Safety Summer School 2016 is an initiative of the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge (VSV), the Transportation Research Institute (IMOB) of Hasselt University, the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and the Polis network of European cities and regions cooperating for innovative transport solutions. It will take place from 22 to 26 August 2016 in Mechelen (Brussels North area – 15 minutes by train from Brussels Airport and central Brussels).
The European Road Safety Summer School 2016 is targeted at professionals dealing with road safety issues and wanting to expand their knowledge and expertise in this field: staff at national, regional or local authorities, road safety interest groups, police, spatial planning and road infrastructure departments, members of consultation committees, engineering offices, public transport, road administrations, researchers….
Prior to the course, participants provide an abstract on a particular case or road safety problem, e.g. related to a particular risk group (deadline 1 August 2016). A selection of these abstracts will be treated as a basis for group discussions. Participants whose abstract is selected will be asked to give a short presentation on day 4, followed by a group discussion in order to identify elements that can lead to possible solutions for the problem presented.