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The AUTOBUS project: Final webinar

29 March, 2021 lucas

How do ordinary road users interact with self-driving buses in ordinary road traffic? Join the final seminar to hear the results on April 28th at 9 AM (CEST). The main…

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International Transport Forum (ITF) Pre-Summit Research Day – call for papers

23 March, 2021 swov

The International Transport Forum (ITF), together with the European Conference of Transport Research Institutes (ECTRI), the US Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS),…

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FERSI Conference postponed to 2022

4 February, 2021 lucas

Unfortunately, due to the developments regarding COVID, FERSI has decided to postpone the FERSI conference until 2022. For FERSI as a network organisation par excellence, it was felt that meeting each…

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FERSI Conference 2021: Call for contributions

12 November, 2020 lucas

FERSI is organising a two-day conference for researchers and policy makers on 28 and 29 October 2021 in the Hague. FERSI invites you to submit a proposal for a contribution. This contribution…

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FPZ, Croatia joined FERSI

11 November, 2020 lucas

We are very pleased to announce a new FERSI member: the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences (FPZ) of the University of Zagreb, Croatia. FPZ is an iRAP Centre of…

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In memory: Péter Holló

2 November, 2020 lucas

Our beloved colleague Prof. Dr. Petér Holló passed away. Péter was in FERSI for a long time, representing KTI Institute for Transport Sciences. He was Executive Board member for several years….

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IRTAD Road Safety Annual Report 2020: Ask-the-Author webinar

29 October, 2020 lucas

The International Transport Forum published the IRTAD 2020 Road Safety Annual Report. It provides an overview of the road safety performance in 42 countries. An Ask-the-Author webinar is scheduled for 4…

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ESRA2 webinar series: measuring global traffic safety cultures to support effective road safety policy development

9 September, 2020 lucas

ESRA2 is offering six free one-hour webinars in advance of the 2021 international conference (tentatively scheduled for March 2021). These webinars are hosted by the ESRA partners across the world who are…

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E-scooters in Europe: legal status varies, safety effects unclear

3 September, 2020 lucas

Based on the input from FERSI members, FERSI compiled a report on the legal status, usage and safety of e-scooters in 18 European countries. It shows that the legal status…

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ETSC PIN briefing on impact COVID-19

18 August, 2020 lucas

In July, ETSC published a PIN briefing on the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on road deaths in April 2020, when most countries were in lockdown. Data were available from 25…

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Vacant positions at DTU, Denmark

11 June, 2020 lucas

One of our FERSI members, the Department of Technology, Management and Economic at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), invites applications for positions as Assistant or Associate Professor in Transport…

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FERSI paper on vehicle automation

6 May, 2020 lucas

The TRA2020 conference, scheduled for April 2020, had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Abstracts of all scientific papers accepted to TRA2020 will be made available in a…

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Towards the 12 Voluntary Global Targets for Road Safety

17 February, 2020 lucas

The United Nations Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) recently published the document Towards the 12 Voluntary Global Targets for Road Safety – Guidance for countries on activities and measures to achieve the…

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ITF 2020 Pre-Summit Research Day: call for abstract

17 February, 2020 lucas

ECTRI, in partnership with the International Transport Forum (ITF), the US Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS), is co-organising the ITF 2020 Pre-Summit…

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1st Drive2theFuture Workshop on 6 March: save the date

23 January, 2020 lucas

The first Drive2theFuture Workshop will be held in Brussels on 6 March. Drive2theFuture is a Horizon 2020 project, endorsed by FERSI, and coordinated by CERTH/HIT. The project deals with user…

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FERSI recommendations for an evidence-based national road safety programme

13 January, 2020 lucas

FERSI is pleased to announce the publication of its new position paper. The paper intends to offer guidance to Member States on developing a national road safety programme. Its main…

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First announcement of the 2021 Young Researchers Seminar

13 January, 2020 lucas

The 10th Young Researchers Seminar will be held on 9-11 June 2021 in Portorož , Slovenia. It will be hosted by the Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport of the…

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DTU Denmark joined FERSI

17 December, 2019 lucas

We are very pleased to announce that the Department of Technology, Management and Economics of the Danish Technical University DTU joined FERSI again. With DTU we have another strong and…

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FERSI published guidelines for assessing mobile phone use in road traffic

28 November, 2019 lucas

FERSI published a technical paper that sets out a scientifically valid method for assessing the prevalence of mobile phone use of car drivers, cyclists and pedestrians through on-road observations and…

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TRA2020: Registration is open

29 October, 2019 lucas

The TRA2020 conference will take place in Helsinki from 27 to 30 April 2020. Registration has opened now at traconference.eu. TRA, the Transport Research Arena, is a large biannual European research and…

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Results and future perspectives for road safety in Africa

8 October, 2019 lucas

On 18 September the European project SaferAfrica concluded its work with the conference “Results and future perspectives for road safety in Africa” in Tunis, Tunisia.  The project started 3 years…

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FERSI supports EC’s policy on KPIs

7 May, 2019 lucas

FERSI fully supports the European Commission’s policy on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). It its recently released statement (PDF) FERSI concludes that the use of KPIs can be of great help for…

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6th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design

23 April, 2019 lucas

The 6th International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design will take place from 28 June until 1 July 2020 in Amsterdam. Abstract submission is open until April 30th 2019. For more…

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New ERTRAC roadmaps available

16 April, 2019 lucas

At the ERTRAC Annual Conference 2019, early April in Brussels, ERTRAC published the Connected Automated Driving Roadmap. This document is an update of the 2017 roadmap. At this same event,…

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Newest TRA2020 newsletter

19 March, 2019 lucas

Read the latest TRA2020 newsletter. TRA, The transport research arena is the biggest European Research and Technology Conference on transport and mobility. In 2020 TRA brings together the experts from…

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FERSI calls for a road safety mission in Horizon Europe

28 January, 2019 lucas

FERSI calls upon the European Commission to give road safety a strong and visible position in Horizon Europe, the next EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. In a short…

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Rob Eenink succeeds Horst Schulze as FERSI president

17 October, 2018 lucas

After two terms as president of the Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes (FERSI), Horst Schulze (BASt) will be succeeded by Rob Eenink (SWOV). Concurrently, FERSI’s General Secretary Raschid Urmeew (BASt)…

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The Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes (FERSI) aims to enhance road safety in Europe by promoting and coordinating high quality road safety research, advising on the implementation of research results, and evaluating implementation outcomes.

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