Gent ISA –City
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Transcript of Gent ISA –City
City of Gent - Mobility Department
Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA
GentISA–City
Peter Vansevenant
City of Gent - Mobility Department
Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA
Structure
• 1. Gent general• 2. Gent for ISA• 3. ISA project• 4. ISA future
City of Gent - Mobility Department
Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA
1. Gent general
City of Gent - Mobility Department
Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA
Gent general
• surface: 15.643 ha• inhabitants: 228.000 (and 45.000
students)• canal Gent-Terneuzen and seaport• junction E40 en E17• 1.046 km public roads• largest railway station in Flanders
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Mobility in Gent
• Bicycle plan• Mobility plan city centre• Promotion of public transport• Parking management• Traffic Safety policy
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• (Road) Engineering– Hierarchy of roads– Redesigning main roads – Putting in speed reducing devices
• raised intersection
• road humps,…
– Zone 30 / Pedestrian zones– (Urgent) Traffic Safety Plan
Traffic Safety policy
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• Awareness building– large scale campaigns
• zone 30, against parking offences,...
– cooperation with schools• school travel plans
• educational activities,…
Traffic Safety policy (2)
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Traffic Safety policy (3)
• Enforcement– control on speeding (20 black spots)– cameras– special actions
• illegal parking
• speeding in specific areas, incl. 30 km/h areas
• bicycle lightning
• ISA
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2. Gent for ISA
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• Part of traffic safety policy: Reducing traffic accidents/victims
– Rebuilding (main) roads takes time– Speed limiting devices are effective but
expensive and have disadvantages– Awareness building is very important, but does
not prevent a minority from speeding– Police control has limits
Gent for ISA
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• Other reasons– to promote the city of Gent as a city that sets
standards for road safety – to enlarge the basis for the implementation of
ISA– making the public aware of the advantages of
ISA– to assess ISA against speed limiting devices
Gent for ISA
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3. ISA project
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• Initiators– City of Gent (Alderman Karin Temmerman)
– BIVV (Belgian Institute for Traffic Safety)
• Sponsors– DVV (insurance company) – University of Gent– De Lijn (public transport company)– Volvo– Province East Flanders– OCMW
ISA partners
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• Research– CDO: University of Gent– Langzaam verkeer– VITO
ISA partners (2)
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• Semi-open system from IMITA (S)– counterpressure on accelerator
• permanent warning system
• possibility to drive faster in emergency cases
– GPS and speed map in car– map to be replaced in cars
ISA general
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• Location– Gent within R4
• including city centre, pedestrian zone, extending zone 30 areas, build-up areas, motorways, main roads
– Public transport routes, also outside Gent
ISA general
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ISA general
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• 34 cars, 3 buses (public transport company “De Lijn”)”
• “Important” ISA drivers: – mayor and aldermen of city of Gent– rector and vice-rector of university of Gent– president of Volvo Belgium
ISA cars and drivers
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• 20 inhabitants of Gent (volunteers)– selection
• pro /contra ISA
• 50 % men / women
• 1 mobility impaired person
• different ages: 22 - 76 years old
ISA drivers (2)
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• Their remarks– Private drivers are satisfied, 90 % would like to keep
the ISA
– ISA in a very adequate help in adjusting speed
– ISA makes driving more relaxed
ISA drivers (3)
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ISA way of working• Research
– driving behavior• objective: data logging,...• subjective: interviews,…
– ISA basic research
• Communication– management comitee– publication: news letter, city magazine, TV,
specialized magazines,...
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4. ISA future
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• Gent = ISA-city– intention to implement ISA in car fleet of city
of Gent (when affordable)
• Enlarge basis of the implementation of ISA– Discussion with Minister of Mobility– Combined action of ISA cities/governments?
• Working on an international level
ISA future
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INFO
• Dienst Mobiliteit Stad Gent• Woodrow Wilsonplein 1• 9000 Gent• tel. ++32 (0) 9 266 77 61• fax ++32 (0) 9 266 77 79• e-mail [email protected]