Improving Cycling Safety using ITS

The VRUITS project, which is sponsored by the European Commission (DG MOVE), aims at providing recommendations regarding ITS applications for the improvement of the safety and mobility for Vulnerable Road Users. VRUITS assesses the societal impact of selected ITS applications and demonstrates the use of innovative ITS applications for VRUs.

In Helmond, the VRUITS project will demonstrate how vehicles and cyclists can communicate with each other. For example, vehicle drivers can receive warnings of possible collisions with cyclists and the vehicle brakes automatically to avoid the collision or cyclists are personally warned for collisions.

In the seminar the VRUITS partners will discuss how ITS can be used to improve cycling safety. The use of Cooperative ITS for cyclists will receive specific stress. At the end of the seminar, participants will be able to visit the VRUITS Helmond test site.

Seminar Programme

09:00 Participants Arrival and Registration

09:30 Keynote speech (Rob Methorst, Rijkswaterstaat)

09:50 VRUITS project and assessment results (Johan Scholliers, VTT)

10:10 Improving safety of elderly cyclists (Stefanie de Hair, TNO)

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Helmond and C-ITS (Daniel de Klein, City of Helmond)

11:20 Mobility data of cyclists (NN, TNO)

11:40 Industrial perspective for C-ITS (Kees Moerman, NXP)

12:00 The Helmond VRUITS demonstration (Esra van Dam, TNO)

12:20 Lunch and transportation to the demonstration site

13:30 Visit to the demonstration site

14:30 Seminar closure

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