action plan for road safety – luxembourg - transforming transportation 2016
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Action Plan for Road Safety –
Luxembourg
H.E. François Bausch, Minister of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure
of Luxembourg
Presented at Transforming Transportation 2016
Plan d’action « sécurité routière »
UN target: Halve global road traffic deaths andinjuries by 2020
EU White Paper : Halve road traffic deaths by 2020
Luxembourg: Vision Zero
Zero deaths
Zero injuries
= only possible goal
We all deserve and expect safe roads! 3
Plan d’action « sécurité routière »
Action plan for road safety (2014-2018)
Under the lead of the Ministry for Sustainable Development andInfrastructure
Together with all the actors: Government, Police, associationsactive in the field of road safety work
Implementation follow-up on a bi-annual basis
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Plan d’action « sécurité routière »
Action plan for road safety (2014-2018)
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11 challenges
29 measures
3 pillars:
prevention
education
repression
Plan d’action « sécurité routière »
Prior to crash measures
-> focus on educational and preventional pillars
appropriate equipment of each vehicle
specific training for each driver
reduced maximum speed (non urban roads & 30kmh zones)
safe infrastructure
promotion of alternative mobility
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Plan d’action « sécurité routière »
Post incident measures
-> focus on the repressional pillar
speeding
implementing automatic speed control
driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol
increasing sanctions
-> fines & demerit point system
alcohol interlock
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Plan d’action « sécurité routière »
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Road safety through alternative means of transport
Cars kill more people per person-kilometer than any other means of transport.
Busses, bicycles or pedestrians create 10-15 times less congestion per person than cars.
69 people in 60 cars 69 cyclists on 69 bikes 69 people in 1 bus 69 pedestrians
Promote projects that include safe conditions for alternative means of transport!