Project presentation

• Main Authors: Anund, Anna, Dukic, Tania, Chalkia, Eleni
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Samspel människa, fordon, transportsystem, MFT 2009
• Subjects: Bus; Child; Journey to school; Safety; Research project; Planning; Infrastructure Engineering; Infrastrukturteknik; North Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-5232

SAFEWAY2SCHOOL is a European research project carried out by research institutes, universities and industry in order to enhance safety for children on their daily way to school. SAFEWAY2SCHOOL aims to design, develop, integrate and evaluate technologies for providing a holistic and safe transportation service for children, from their home door to the school door and vice versa, encompassing tools, services and training for all key actors in the relevant transportation chain. These include optimal route planning and rerouting for school buses to maximize safety, on-board safety applications (i.e. for speed control and 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. The project innovative systems, services and training schemes will be tested in 4 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/from school systems across the different European regions as well as key cultural and socio-economic aspects.