Project description
A holistic approach to safer road transport systems
The EU’s 2021-2030 road safety policy marks a crucial step towards achieving zero fatalities in road transport by 2050. To meet this ambitious goal, the EU-funded EvoRoads project emerges as a pioneering initiative. Specifically, it uses innovative models, tools, and services to revolutionise safety assessment frameworks. Its holistic approach enables dynamic monitoring of cyber-physical infrastructures and risk warnings. By defining safety criteria and quantification methodologies, EvoRoads covers the entire spectrum of the Safe System approach, which aims to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries on roadways. The project features advanced AI-driven analytics, a connectivity platform, and low-cost smart signs. With validation across seven locations in Europe, EvoRoads promises transformative impacts.
Objective
The successful implementation of EU’s 2021-2030 road safety policy is a milestone towards the target of zero fatalities in road transport by 2050 and requires a clear understanding of criteria that influence safety performance, development of solutions that promote safety for all road users, the modernisation of existing infrastructure monitoring approaches and the adoption of methodologies that take into account complex user behaviours. EvoRoads aims to accelerate the attainment of the Vision Zero EU goal through a holistic framework of innovative models, tools and services that enable data-driven evolution of safety assessment frameworks, facilitate dynamic monitoring of cyber-physical infrastructures and promote the proactive warning for safety risks in complex environments. At the operational level, EvoRoads defines safety criteria and KPIs quantification methodologies covering the entire spectrum of the “Safe System” approach and develops a connectivity platform where transport infrastructure assets are digitalised and safety assessment services are functioning in a harmonious way. Advanced AI-driven analytics for fusing infrastructure monitoring data at different geospatial resolutions, on-the-edge sensory and communication technologies for local infrastructure monitoring, a dynamic evaluation of infrastructure readiness solution in supporting the operation of CCAM, a road maintenance diagnosis and prognosis tool, and low-cost smart signs with integrated electronics and embedded components for elicting desirable user behaviours are developed. The approach is validated at 7 locations in Spain, Italy, Latvia and Romania, addressing different types of infrastructure settings and road users in urban and rural environments. Interaction with existing programmes on roadmapping and recommendations at national, EU and global level will be promoted, allowing a multiplication effect of project’s results.
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1050 BRUXELLES
Belgium
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Participants (17)
111 41 ATTIKIS
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles (Barcelona)
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145 61 Athina
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
2800 Kongens Lyngby
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58195 Linkoping
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43710 Santa Oliva
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LV-1010 Riga
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
75015 PARIS 15
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36400 Porrino Pontevedra
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28108 Alcobendas Madrid
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20126 Milano
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
10138 Torino
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010158 Bucuresti
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
10134 Torino
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510134 Alba Iulia
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1678 Nicosia
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1050 Riga
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Partners (2)
Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
28071 Madrid
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
1214 Vernier
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