Let’s talk about IT, because I think there is a lot going on in the transportation technology sector that will affect cycling and cyclists. What I talk about are Intelligent Transportation Systems. On these slides you see some examples of the possibilities that are either already available, or are being developed. like - blind spot detection on cars - a braking light on the bike - communication between the infrastructure and cars and bikes - information sharing on mobile devices So there is some ‘intelligence’ (computer / technology) component. This topic has a worldwide relevance as the technology and car industry is a worldwide business. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it will begin to take steps to enable vehicle-2-vehicle (V2V) communication technology for light vehicles, meaning that vehicles will be able to ‘talk’ to each other and avoid crashes. Although the words cyclist and pedestrian pop up in the documents and there is some research that includes cycling, I am not confident that the transportation technology sector will naturally include the needs of all cyclists, pedestrians, and also children playing on the street. I think that cyclists themselves are not yet involved enough in the whole vehicle-2-vehicle conversation. Not in Europe and not in North America.

1. Let’s talk about IT?
Let’s talk about it!

2. Intelligent Transport Systems
Car airbag for cyclists
and pedestrians
Car-bike communication
Blind spot detection
Braking light
Secured crossing
for cyclists
Electronic break
V2I and I2V communication
Rainsensor
Safe route on mobile

3. IT for cars and infrastructure

4. Moving patterns?

5. Are cyclists involved too?

6. Projects addressing ITS for soft modes
coming along

7. Project

8. Bicycle culture

9. Bicycle fatalities Some numbers
Source: Cycling in the Netherlands, Fietsberaad 2009

10. Safety indicators
37%% - 65
20% - 58%

11. Application – Cyclists,
speed vest

12. Application – Bicycle,
hindsight

13. Application – Other vehicle,
car airbag

14. Application – Other vehicle,
Lexguard

15. Application – Infrastructure,
traffic light count down

16. Application – Internet,
Routeplanner Gent

17. Cost/effectiveness analysis

18. Ranking of applications by EU Ministries

19. Recommendations and next steps

20. Thank you!
Angela van der Kloof
Sustainable Mobility Consultant
a.vanderkloof@mobycon.nl
www.mobycon.com
www.safecycle.eu