University of Brescia - DICATADepartment of Civil Engineering,

Architecture, Land and Environment

A.L.O.T. scarlAgency of East Lombardy for

Transport and Logistics

Road Safety in East Lombardy:

first Outcomes of a Comprehensive

Approach

Prof. Michela TIBONI - Ing. Silvia ROSSETTI - Dott. Alberto MILOTTI – Ing. Francesca COSTA

INPUT 2012 Conference Cagliari

May 10 – 12, 2012

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION:

SOL “SAVE OUR LIVES”

ROAD SAFETY IN EAST

LOMBARDY: SITUATIONAL

ASSESSMENT

PILOT PROJECTS IN

BRESCIA AND IN MANTOVA

FIRST OUTCOMES AND

CONCLUSIONS

1. INTRODUCTION: SOL

“SAVE OUR LIVES”“SAVE OUR LIVES”

SOL “SAVE OUR LIVES”

SOL is a € 3.5 million transnational project in

8 Central European countries focusing on

road safety and sustainable mobility at the

community level.

SOL is cofinanced by the European

Programme of Territorial Cooperation

“Central Europe”.

SOL “SAVE OUR LIVES”

In Italy, the SOL Project focuses on the 4

provinces of East Lombardy.

ALOT is the leading partner of the project,

the University of Brescia (DICATA

Department) is giving its academic and

technical support.

2. SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT

SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT

The first step of the project was to implement the Community Situational Assessment:

1. Stakeholder Map

2. Road Safety Assessment

3. Institutional Capacity Assessment

4. Public Knowledge and Opinion Survey

� number of accidents, killed and injured;

� risk indicator;

� number of killed by age and by road user,

number of killed in accidents involving drivers

impaired by alcohol and killed due to

inappropriate speed;

� number of killed by road type and by time of day;

� severity index;

� motorization rate;

� performance indicators.Analysis & Elaborations

SITUATIONAL ASSESSMENT

2000 2008

ROAD SAFETY ASSESMENT

ROAD SAFETY ASSESMENT

PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY

459 inhabitants of the East Lombardy took part in the Public Opinion Survey by means of

an on-line questionnaire

PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY

PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY

Statement M

Dangerous situations on the road happen to us because of a bad luck 3.11

I often feel that I do not have influence on things that happen to me on

the road

5.12

I am responsible myself for things that happen to me on the road 2.09

Some people are just born unlucky and they are also unlucky on the 5.17

The respondents answered the following question according to a 7-point scale “To what

extent do you agree with the following statements”. The table includes mean results (higher

score means bigger acceptance of the statement):

PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY

Some people are just born unlucky and they are also unlucky on the

road

5.17

3. PILOT PROJECTS IN

BRESCIA AND MANTOVABRESCIA AND MANTOVA

RS & PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Road Safety & Public Mass Transit

Province of Brescia

RS & PUBLIC TRANSPORT -BRESCIA

The pilot will be focused on infrastructural issues and on the safety role that a

correct location and design of bus stops and of related pedestrian ways can play in

the whole transport network. The campaign will integrate road safety inspections of

bus stops with awareness raising of dangerous situations involving different road

users in proximity of dedicated bus stops.

RS & PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Most important steps (past and futures), milestones, deliverables

and deadlines

1.Analysis of the Public Transport System in the Province of Brescia

(ongoing)

2.Improvement of the RS Assessment with a focus on crashes that involved

buses (ongoing)

3.Students Survey (done)

4.Bus Drivers Survey (to be scheduled)

5.Bus stops spatial covering analysis (done)

RS & PUBLIC TRANSPORT -BRESCIA

5.Bus stops spatial covering analysis (done)

6.Demo lines Safety Inspections (ongoing)

7.Final Manual (by the end of the project)

Involved Stakeholders: Regione Lombardia, Provincia di Brescia,

Comune di Brescia, AIB (Industries association), TrasportiBrescia, Brescia

Mobilità, FAI Brescia, ASL Brescia, A.B.A. (Driving Schools association),

ACI Brescia (Automobile Club).

RS & TRUCK MOBILITY

Road Safety & Truck Mobility - Province of Mantova

RS & TRUCK MOBILITY -MANTOVA

The campaign will increase awareness of the seriousness of the accidents involving

trucks and consider possible educational measures to improve the safety of the

drivers and vulnerable road users by addressing issues such as respect of traffic

rules, fatigue and sleepiness and by promoting road safety at work and vehicle

safety

RS & TRUCK MOBILITY

Most important steps (past and futures), milestones, deliverables and

deadlines

1.Analysis of the Truck Mobility System in the Province of Mantova and in the

other Provinces of East Lombardy (done)

2.Improvement of the RS Assessment with a focus on crashes that involved

trucks (ongoing)

3.Truck Drivers Survey to investigate work related RS issues (to be scheduled)

RS & TRUCK MOBILITY -MANTOVA

4. Public Awareness and Training Campaign for Truck Drivers (to be scheduled)

5. List and description of the most common truck accidents scenarios(by the

end of the project)

Involved Stakeholders: Regione Lombardia, Provincia di Mantova, Comune

di Mantova, Local Police (both municipal and provincial), FAI Brescia.

4. FIRST OUTCOMES

CONCLUSIONS

In both the pilots a very important role is played by the local stakeholders

(public bodies, associations and private companies)

Three main approaches to reduce road accidents:

Enforcement, Education, Engineering

From the meetings with the stakeholders it emerged clearly that nowadays

the most convenient and applicable approach is Education: there is a need to

work on public education and awareness campaigns.

The project involves the East Lombardy territory, at a level that is setThe project involves the East Lombardy territory, at a level that is set

between the Region and the Provinces. This may represent a good level of

detail. Different administrations (the four Provinces) are involved: the

interlocutors have some common characteristics but are also different from

some points of view (e.g. road accidents data are gathered and managed

separately by each Province).

This project represents an opportunity to analyze and compare the four

realities, merging data at a level that is not a common one but that can be

helpful to better understand the territory (as a matter of fact working

considering the whole Lombardy Region should mean including the province

of Milano with its metropolitan features).

CONTACTS

Prof. Ing. Michela TIBONI

tiboni@ing.unibs.it

Tel. 030 3711270

Ing. Silvia ROSSETTI

silvia.rossetti@ing.unibs.it

Tel. 030 3711265

DICATA

Dipartimento di Ingegneria civile, architettura, territorio e ambiente

Università degli Studi di Brescia

Via Branze, 43 - 25123 BRESCIA

Dott. Alberto MILOTTI Ing. Francesca COSTA

A.L.O.T. s.c.a r.l.

Agenzia della Lombardia Orientale per i Trasporti e la Logistica

Via Cipro, 16 - I-25124 Brescia – Italy

P.IVA e C.F.: 03057190989

Phone 030 2477956 - Fax 030 2427735

www.alot.it - Email: info@alot.it

Dott. Alberto MILOTTI

alberto.milotti@alot.it

Ing. Francesca COSTA

francesca.costa@alot.it