December 2, 2020
10:20 Juris SMIRNOVS
Dean, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Riga Technical University (RTU)
Conference opening
10:25 Juris KREICBERGS
Docent, Department of Automotive Engineering, RTU, Latvia
Conference information
10:30 Tālis JUHNA
Vice-Rector for Research, Riga Technical University
Welcome from the Vice-Rector for Research
10:40 Tālis LINKAITS
Address From the Minister of Transport, Republic of Latvia
10:50 Matthew BALDWIN
Deputy Director-General, Mobility and Transport at European Commission
Speed as a Key Component in Road Safety Casualties in Both the Baltic Region And the EU
11:15 Antonio AVENOSO
Executive Director, European Transport Safety Council
How to Improve the Safety of Goods Vehicles in the EU
11:40 Rune ELVIK
Senior Research Officer, Institute of Transport Economics (TØI)
Speed Limit Policy: the Role of Policy Analysis
12:15 Jaakko KLANG
Traffic safety engineer, Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Southwest Finland, The Nordic Road Association (NVF)
Automatic Speed Enforcement in Nordic Countries – Today and Future
12:35 Gundars KAINS
Member of the board, SJSC Latvian State Roads
Latvian State Roads Network 2040
12:55 Rihards RUDZĪTIS
Product Owner, LMT Retail & Logistics Ltd, Latvia
How to Improve Road Traffic Safety with the Power of Artificial Intelligence
13:10 Aldis LĀMA
Data analyst, Latvian Road Traffic Safety Directorate
Development of Road Traffic Safety in Latvia – Measures, Achievements, Problems
14:20 Māris ŠEFLERS
Sales specialist Baltics, 3M Latvija, Transportation Safety Division
Traffic Management Solutions and Condition on Non-signalled Pedestrian Crossings in Latvia
14:40 Julius UHLMANN, Johannes VOGEL
Researchers, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany
The Right of Way at Pedestrian Crossings in European Countries
15:00 Modris CIEMS
Orthopaedic surgeon, Member of the Board, Hospital of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Riga, Latvia
Injuries Associated with Standing Electric Scooter Use and Injury Prevention
15:30 Johannes MESIMÄKI
Research Trainee, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Collisions and Near Accidents Between Pedestrians and Cyclists
15:45 Henriette WALLÉN WARNER
Senior Researcher, Swedish National Road and Transport Institute (VTI), Associate Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden
Bicycling Under the Influence of Alcohol
16:00 Alexandre SANTACREU
Policy Analyst, Road Safety, International Transport Forum, OECD
Ten Recommendations for Safe Micromobility
Poster Ziedonis LAZDA
Deputy Head of the Road Safety Audit Department, Latvian Road Traffic Safety Directorate
Road safety audit as a tool on a way to Zero Vision. Latvian practice
16:20
Discussion – safe Micromobility
17:00 End of day 1
10:00 Diva EENSOO
Researcher, National Institute for Health Development, Estonia
Adaptation and Validation of Driver Behaviour Questionnaire to Estonian and Russian (poster)
December 3, 2020 – conference day 2; Latvian time (CET+1 hour)
10:00 Raphael GRZEBIETA
Professor Emeritus in Road Safety, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
What are Survivable Speed Limits for a Safe System Approach – Some Evidence
10:25 Ioni LEWIS
Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia
Designing and Evaluating Road Safety Advertising Campaigns
10:50 Sonja FORWARD
Senior Researcher, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
Bicycle Helmet Campaign Development and Evaluation
11:15 Dago ANTOV
Transport Planning Professor, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Switching to Vision Zero Thinking Instead of Finding the Traffic Rules Offenders
Session 1
11:50 Vidas ŽURAULIS
Associate Professor, Department of Automobile Engineering, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
Assessment of Risky Cornering on Horizontal Road Curve by Improving Vehicle Suspension Performance
12:10 Ansis AVOTIŅŠ
Researcher, Department of Industrial Electronics and Electrical technologies, RTU, Latvia
Smart Lighting System Control Issues to Increase Energy Efficiency and Safety
12:30 Robert Adrian LESLIE
Docent, Department of Industrial Electronics and Electrical technologies, RTU, Latvia
Introduction to Cloud Based MAS Control for Radar Type and Long Range Hybrid PIR Sensors in Smart LED Street Lighting System
12:50 Kaur SARV
PhD student, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Sustainable Heavy Duty Driving in Baltics as Key Road Safety and Cost Saving Element
13:05 Anton PASHKEVICH
Assistant professor, Politechnika Krakowska, Poland
Driving Speeds at S8 Expressway in Poland Based on a Naturalistic Driving Study
Session 2
11:50 Jānis KALNINS
Policy Officer, Ministry of Transport, Latvia
Road Traffic Safety Policy Planning in Latvia
12:05 Ivars AUSTERS
Professor, Head of the Department of Psychology, Latvian University
Road Users Behavior Evaluation
12:20 Artūrs SMILGA
Chief of Road Haulage Supervision Unit, Traffic Surveillance and Coordination Bureau, Traffic Safety Department, State police, Latvia
The Application of Technical Means in Road Traffic Control
12:35 Henok Girma ABEBE
PhD student, KTH, Sweden
The Irrationality of Assigning Short Deadlines to Vision Zero
12:50 Aldona JARAŠŪNIENĖ and Domas ČESNULAITIS
Professor in Logistics and Transport Management and a master student, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
Improving the Efficiency of the Vilnius City Transport System in The Context of Safe and Sustainable Mobility and Multimodality
13:05 Anastasia SHEVTSOVA
Associate professor, BSTU named after V.G. Shukhov, Belgorod; co-authors Melnikov Vadim Vyacheslavovich – director of the expert center Without Road Traffic Accidents, Moscow, Novikov Alexander Nikolayevich – professor, head of the department Service and Repair of Machines Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev, Orel, Novikov Ivan Alekseevich – director of the Transport and Technological Institute BSTU named after V.G. Shukhov , Belgorod, Russian Federation
Development of an Approach to Retraining of «Risk Group» Drivers
14:00 Wouter VAN DEN BERGHE
Research Director, Vias Institute, Belgium
Key Performance Indicators as a Tool For Road Safety Policy Implementation
14:25 Eva Brustad DALLAND, Hilde KJELSRUD
Associate professor, Assistant professor, Nord University, Business School, Traffic section, Norway
How Do Driving Teacher Education And Driver Training Process Connect To Gde Matrix In Norway?
14:50 Matts-Åke BELIN
Director Vision Zero Academy, Adjunct Professor, Swedish Transport Administration, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Vision Zero – from Policy to Governance and Implementation Strategies
15:15 Lars EKMAN
PhD in Traffic Safety, Vision Zero Academy, Swedish Transport Administration
The Implementation of Vision Zero Next Step – Implementation within an Organization on a Concrete Level
15:40
Key experts: Matts-Åke BELIN, Lars EKMAN, Juris SMIRNOVS, Dago ANTOV,
Discussion – Vision Zero Policy Implementation
16:20 End of the conference
