'SUSTAINABLY SAFE' ROAD TRAFFIC: FROM CONCEPT TO IMPLEMENTATION. FINAL REPORT OF THE PROJECT

In this report the 'sustainable road safety' concept is elaborated in such a way as to derive operational implementation strategies. The report consists of three parts. In part I, conceptual contents are explored, specifically in relation to relevant developments since the introduction of the concept in the Dutch Road Safety Plan of 1991. In part II, the idea of implementation trajectories is specified. Based on part I, a number of relatively simple starting points were described. Measures were selected and composites of countermeasures construed that could serve as a first phase programme or starting version towards 'sustainable safety'. The approach consisted of the combination of feasibility in the short term and a stepwise contribution to longer term goals. Low cost and cost-effectiveness served as criteria for inclusion. The measures concentrate on redistribution of traffic and redesign of the road network, by for instance: extension of 30 km/h zones within built-up areas. In part III, the 'infrastructural design' versions described in part I were linked to other safety policy areas. Examples are procedures and information/communication, behavioural control, and police enforcement. The report concludes with a discussion of follow-up steps to be taken after adoption and implementation of a first phase programme towards 'sustainable safety'.