SAFEWAY2SCHOOL - Integrated System for Safe Transportation of Children to School
Overview
Background & policy context:
Crashes involving school buses and crashes involving children travelling to and from school, are far from negligible and require further efforts to be drastically reduced.
Objectives:
The objective of the SAFEWAY2SCHOOL project was to design, develop, integrate and evaluate technologies for providing a holistic and safe transportation service for children, from their home to school and vice versa, encompassing tools, services and training for all key actors in the relevant transportation chain. These include optimal route planning and re-routing for school buses to maximise safety, on-board safety applications (i.e. seat belts), intelligent bus stops, effective warning and information systems for bus drivers, children, parents and the surrounding traffic, as well as training schemes for all actors.
Methodology:
The project innovative systems, services and training schemes were tested at four sites Europewide, including North (Sweden), Central (Austria), South (Italy) and Eastern (Poland) Europe. To evaluate their usability, efficiency, user acceptance and market viability, taking into account the very different children's transportation to and from school systems across the different European regions as well as key cultural and socio-economic aspects.
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