Pisa is here!

Hi guys! I hope you are all fine. As Gabriel said, Finally I've identified my risk site, after some changes... It's a very dangerous junction near Pisa, it connects important roads between the city and the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the freeway for Florence. As you can see in the photo, there are many conflict points especially in the curve where the visibility is poor because there are the trees in the roadside. In this place several accidents occured, fatal also. In particular a boy, who studied in my university, died some years ago. Last week I knew his father, we want to project a solution to increase the safety of this site. The idea is a roudabout...now I'm working on that and I think to do it as degree thesis. I post a video so you can see the hazard. I remember all of you with pleasure. A lot of kisses. Linda

R2R MiniAwards!... Linda 7th winner!!!

This week the MiniAward goes to Linda for her efforts to fix a site near Pisa. Linda identified the site together with her professors. It is an intersection known to be particularly dangerous in which a student from her university, Jacopo, died a few years ago. Linda was brave enough to meet Jacopo's father who was happy to learn that she wants to fix this site, and hear about R2R.

Linda will now design a roundabout solution for this site and propose it. The civil engineering faculty of the University of Pisa has close links with local authorities and we can hope that this site will be fixed soon.

Good luck Linda!

R2R MiniAwards!... Stefano 6th winner!!!

This week the MiniAward goes to Stefano (the boy who only drinks Coke!).

This award is well deserved as Stefano put a lot of efforts into gathering info on his site, a dangerous intersection in Milan, and prepared a presentation that he will deliver to the chief of mobility in Milan this week.

Stefano's presentation includes some strategic elements about his site that can serve as inspiration for others' work too:

-traffic volumes on his site

-accidents records (picture attached)

-analysis of further risks

-a number of proposed measures (mostly low cost)

With background research of such quality I would be surprised if Stefano didn't manage to get some results... Good Luck!

R2R MiniAwards!... Biagio 5th winner!!!

Dear all,

This week the MiniAward goes to Biagio for getting an agreement from the authorities in Naples to install variable electronic road display devices on this dangerous motorway. The displays will inform drivers of the traffic conditions: during peak hours 'queues' of cars tend to form just after a steep curve, and these preventive displays would do much to improve safety by informing the drivers of incoming danger. Looking forward to hear about your progress in implementing this!

I also want to congratulate the other students who made some important progress last week (Stefano, Olga, Beata...). Well done to you all and thanks for keeping the R2R alive!

Hello!

Dear all
I wanted to apologize for my absence but lately I wasn't feeling too good and had to return home to Reggio Calabria for surgery.
I'll be back next week in Rome (I hope!), to continue my work and the report on my high risk site.
After finishing the report I will have to translate it and then send it to you. In the meantime I hope to be able to make contacts with local authorities.
A beloved greeting to all
Olga

News from Napoli

Hi everybody,
I hope all of you are fine. I'm very sorry for my silence, but, at the moment, I'm very very busy for the end of my PhD and for other activities. However, yesterday evening I've met again the local authority in order to define the final strategy of intervention and at the end, after several discussions, I have obtained their final agreement. So, during the next week I will carry out the solution design and thus we will be able to implement the strategy. The only problem could be the timeline, but however I think that almost all could be ultimated before the end of the year.
A big kiss to all,
Biagio

Mario's achievement

On this video you can see Mario's achievement: the traffic light at this dangerous junction in Valencia now has a transition phase between the pedestrians green and the cars green light. Congratulations again!

R2R MiniAwards!... MAŁGORZATA 4th winner!!!

This week's MiniAward goes to Gosia for her decision to fix this dangerous site for cyclists between Krakow and Tyniec . This is a popular cycle path interrupted by a section of road that has no facility for cyclists, resulting in conflicts with fast moving cars. There is no data for how many cyclists use this path so Gosia went to count them herself and counted 244 cyclists confronted with dangerous cars in only one hour!

Congratulations for choosing a site that has a large potential for casualty reduction. As you may know cycling has a fatality risk per distance travelled 7-9 times higher than car travel. Now we hope that you will succeed in convincing some key peopel to fix this problem and save these vulnerable road users...

For more information on a European wide campaign to protecty vulnerable road users: http://www.etsc.be/Voice.php

R2R MiniAwards!... Alberto 3rd winner

This week the MiniAward naturally goes to Alberto (the ladies man on the photo above)! Congratulations for getting a commitment from the authorities in Motril to turn your junction into a roundabout... let's see how things evolve now.

I want to congratulate Mario for getting his site fixed too of course (what a fast outcome... a premiere in the history of road safety lobbying!), I wish that all of you can have such success stories to share by the end of the competition.

Have a nice week,

A very big problem

Hi Gabriel!
I'm sorry for my silence about my dossier and my project, I'm writing you on the blog because for two weeks my server doesn't let me send e-mail...But it lets me receive them... I don't know why...
Anyway, I have a very big problem: I found accident data on my intersection and I prepared the questionnaire for the citizens, and I had met almost 50 citizens (bank director, workers, shop owners and inhabitants), but 2 days ago my local administration began works on this intersection before I can reach it, so I have no merit in its solution.
All my work gone... I'm so sad...
Now I have to find a new black spot and begin to work on it, but I need time to search...
Can I have it without you think that I am a scoundrel...?
Thank you, bye!!!!!