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BEST IN EUROPE 2002
"Safer Cities - challenges and opportunities"

Best in Europe - Press notice
 
Introduction: Safer Cities: challenges and opportunities
 
Best in Europe - Abstracts of Presentations
 

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

09.30

Chairman: Professor Herman De Croo MP
Chairman - ETSC Board of Directors


09.45

Introduction
Safer Cities: challenges and opportunities
Professor Richard Allsop
ETSC

10.00

Traffic safety activity in Vienna, A
Professor Hermann Knoflacher
Institute of Traffic Planning and Traffic Engineering, Technical University of Vienna

10.30

A vision zero town - Trollhätan, S
Hans Wahlstrom
Swedish National Road Administration

Stig Fredikson
City manager, Municipality of Trollhätan


11.00

BREAK


11.30

Setting city targets- Gloucester, UK
Ray Lane
Head of Engineering Services, Gloucester City Council

12.00

Implementing sustainable safety- Zoetermeer, NL
Wim Serné
Stadhuis Zoetermeer

12.30

Discussion

13.00

LUNCH

14.00

Calming traffic in Cattolica, I
Nazario Gabellini
Director of Municipal Traffic Police, Commune di Cattolica

14.30

Urban Management and safety in Cottbus, D
Karl Heinz Schäfer
BSV, Aachen

15.00

Speed zones in Gladsaxe, DK
Ivan Christensen
Head of Road and Park Department, Municipality of Gladsaxe

15.30

Discussion

15.50

BREAK

16.15

Panel discussion

Reflecting and European actions for the future


Professor Richard Allsop
ETSC Working Party Chairman

Dimitrios Theologitis
Head of Road Safety Unit, DG TREN CEC

Tom Dhollander
Federation of European Pedestrians Assocs

Professor Murray Mackay
ETSC Borad Director

Thanos Vlastos
Eurocities

Fred Wegman
Director of SWOV

17.00

Conference close

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