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Gent ISA –City

Gent ISA –City. Peter Vansevenant. Structure. 1. Gent general 2. Gent for ISA 3. ISA project 4. ISA future. 1. Gent general. Gent general. surface: 15.643 ha inhabitants: 228.000 (and  4 5.000 students) canal Gent-Terneuzen and seaport junction E40 en E17 1.046 km public roads

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Gent ISA –City

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  1. Gent ISA–City Peter Vansevenant

  2. Structure • 1. Gent general • 2. Gent for ISA • 3. ISA project • 4. ISA future

  3. 1. Gent general

  4. 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

  5. Mobility in Gent • Bicycle plan • Mobility plan city centre • Promotion of public transport • Parking management • Traffic Safety policy

  6. Traffic Safety policy • (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

  7. Traffic Safety policy (2) • Awareness building • large scale campaigns • zone 30, against parking offences,... • cooperation with schools • school travel plans • educational activities,…

  8. 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

  9. 2. Gent for ISA

  10. Gent for 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

  11. Gent for 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

  12. 3. ISA project

  13. ISA partners • 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

  14. ISA partners (2) • Research • CDO: University of Gent • Langzaam verkeer • VITO

  15. ISA general • 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

  16. ISA general • 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

  17. ISA general

  18. ISA cars and drivers • 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

  19. ISA drivers (2) • 20 inhabitants of Gent (volunteers) • selection • pro /contra ISA • 50 % men / women • 1 mobility impaired person • different ages: 22 - 76 years old

  20. ISA drivers (3) • 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

  21. 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,...

  22. 4. ISA future

  23. ISA future • 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

  24. 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

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