PROJECTS
Funding
European
Duration
-
Status
Complete with results
Geo-spatial type
Other
Total project cost
€1 159 520
EU Contribution
€1 159 520
Project Acronym
ShLOW
STRIA Roadmaps
Transport mode
Transport policies
Societal/Economic issues,
Safety/Security,
Decarbonisation
Transport sectors
Passenger transport
Overview
Call for proposal
FP7-TPT-2007-RTD-1
Link to CORDIS
Background & Policy context
Respecting the legal speed limits is the traffic rule most often overlooked by road users. Speeding remains a widespread phenomenon. The OECD estimates that at any one moment 50% of drivers exceed legal speed limits. Changing speed behaviour is therefore different from other road safety areas: it requires a majority of drivers to adopt a different way of driving, whereas compliance with BAC limits (Blood Alcohol Content) and seatbelt legislation requires only a minority of 'offenders' to change. This problem is set within a social context in which speeding is not yet considered as socially unacceptable as drink driving. The extent of the behavioural and social change needed illustrates the urgency.
Objectives
The objectives of the ShLOW project were:
- To have dedicated students undertake speed management activities within their local surroundings in ten EU countries. These actions will help achieve significant reductions in excessive and illegal speeds across the EU's road network;
- To spread the know-how from transport research into speed management across Europe and train and encourage future road safety, transport, and environmental sector professionals to carry out effective speed management measures within their career;
- To help achieve two core EU targets: improving road safety and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Methodology
Throughout the project, 50 students (from engineering to environmental sciences as well as other academic fields) were selected to receive training in speed management and run a small scale activity of their choice to demonstrate through concrete actions how speed reductions can be achieved.
Funding
Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
The European Commission
Type of funding
Public (EU)
Specific funding programme
FP7-TRANSPORT
Results
The ShLOW milestones are:
- The ShLOW! Lectures
From September 2008 to February 2009 members of the ShlOW! Consortium gave five university lectures in each country to recruit and motivate students to participate in the project. - The ShLOW! Camp
In spring 2009 50 selected students from across the 10 participating countries were invited to attend a one week training course on Speed Management in Brussels: the ShLOW! Camp. During that week the students were given lectures by key road safety experts and professionals, but they were also involved in group exercises and went on a number of field trips dedicated to road safety. - The ShLOW! Challenge
For the remainder of 2009 and until spring 2010 these students then conducted one speed management action each in their home country, applied ideas and knowledge they gathered during their training in Brussels. - The ShLOW! Ceremony
The most successful students received an award at a final Ceremony in Brussels in spring 2010. There was one student awarded per country and one overall 'winner' was awarded: the student judged to have achieved the best results in implementing a speed management action by an independent Jury of road safety experts set up for this occasion. The ShlOW! Ceremony was at the same time an international conference on Speed Management attended by road safety experts.
Strategy targets
- An efficient and integrated mobility system: Acting on transport safety (saving thousands of lives)
- Innovating for the future (technology and behaviour): Promoting more sustainable development
Partners
Lead Organisation
Organisation
European Transport Safety Council
Address
Rue du Cornet 22, 1040 BRUSSELS, Belgium
EU Contribution
€570 320
Partner Organisations
Organisation
Fundacion Instituto Tecnologico Para La Seguridad Del Automovil Fitsa
Address
Avenida De Bruselas, 28108 Madrid, Spain
EU Contribution
€29 460
Organisation
Kuratorium Fuer Verkehrssicherheit
Address
Schleiergasse, 1100 Vienna, Austria
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€58 920
Organisation
Deutscher Verkehrssicherheitsrat Ev
Address
Beueler Bahnhofsplatz 16, 53222 Bonn, Germany
EU Contribution
€29 460
Organisation
"hellenic Research And Educational Institute ""panos Mylonas"" For The Road Safety And The Prevention/reduction Of Traffic Accidents"
Address
2, NEMESEOS STREET, 11253 ATHENS, Greece
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€29 460
Organisation
Instytut Transportu Samochodowego
Address
Jagiellonska, 03N/A301 Warsaw, Poland
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€58 920
Organisation
Ethniko Kentro Erevnas Kai Technologikis Anaptyxis
Address
Charilaou Thermi Road, 57001 Thermi Thessaloniki, Greece
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€29 460
Organisation
Universiteit Gent
Address
Sint Pietersnieuwstraat 25, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€58 920
Organisation
Universitat De Valencia
Address
AVENIDA BLASCO IBANEZ 13, 46010 VALENCIA, Spain
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€29 460
Organisation
Medical University Hannover
Address
Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, N/A30625 HANNOVER, Germany
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€29 460
Organisation
University Of Leeds
Address
University Rd, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€58 920
Organisation
Centrum Dopravniho Vyzkumu V.v.i.
Address
Lisenska 33a, 636 00 BRNO, Czechia
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€58 920
Organisation
Lund University, Department Of Technology And Society
Address
Paradisgatan 5, 22100 LUND, Sweden
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€58 920
Organisation
Technische Universiteit Delft
Address
., 2600 GA Delft, Netherlands
EU Contribution
€58 920
Technologies
Technology Theme
Unclassified
Technology
Non-technology