Testing has started
Testing of the SAFEWAY2SCHOOL system is on at five pilot sites in Europe: in Austria, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden. These tests include: New signage on school buses and at bus stops. Two driver support systems that aim to give school bus drivers information about school children, timetables, planned routes, speed limits etc. Smartphones equipped with a application specifically created for this project will improve communication among users; children, parents, bus drivers and schools. Tags that can be pinned on the children's school bags will communicate wireless with the "intelligent bus stop" and indicate the presence of a child to passing traffic.
For the safety of our children
Welcome to this home page for the European research project SAFEWAY2SCHOOL.
It started in September 2009 and runs through August 2012. The overall goal of
this project is to make the roads of Europe safer for children. From home to school
and back again.
Since the start in September 2009:
- a crash analysis has been done
- a simulator studio built and "live" pilot sites for testing organized and now awaits live testing in four countries: Austria, Italy, Poland and Sweden
- input has been collected from various user groups and stakeholders, from workshops, focus groups, and through a questionnaire that was sent out to over 20 European countries
- new signage have been tested and will be tried in real traffic situations
- telematic systems have been developed
- all knowledge collected is the base for this project’s Use Cases
Please take a tour on this home page and find out more about the SAFEWAY2SCHOOL project.
For background information, please click here.