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

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

Mobility in Gent

• Bicycle plan• Mobility plan city centre• Promotion of public transport• Parking management• Traffic Safety policy

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

• (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

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

• Awareness building– large scale campaigns

• zone 30, against parking offences,...

– cooperation with schools• school travel plans

• educational activities,…

Traffic Safety policy (2)

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

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

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

2. Gent for ISA

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

• 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

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

• 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

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

3. ISA project

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

• 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

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

• Research– CDO: University of Gent– Langzaam verkeer– VITO

ISA partners (2)

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

• 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

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

• 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

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

ISA general

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

• 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

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

• 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)

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

• 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)

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

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,...

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

4. ISA future

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

• 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

City of Gent - Mobility Department

Intelligent Speed Adaptation ISA

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 mobiliteit@gent.be