Dr. Michael Meschik

Michael Meschik studied Civil Engineering and Water Management at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (Bodenkultur) in Vienna. Since 1986 he has worked at the Institute for Transport Studies (Department of Landscape, Spatial and Infrastructure Sciences) as a senior lecturer and researcher.
His fields of research and teaching are mobility research, mobility projects in rural regions, non-motorised traffic, sustainability and environmental impact assessment, public transport, traffic safety, design of roads and their environments, as well as highway engineering. In non-motorised traffic the focus of his work is on bicycle traffic, also in connection with pedestrian traffic and inline-skating. For a list of his publications and research work, go to this homepage:
http://www.rali.boku.ac.at/2650.html and click the button “Forschung”

Mr. Ralf Risser

Education and Exams

2005 Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden
1988 Docent (lecturer) University of Vienna, Austria
1977 Ph.D. from University of Vienna, Austria

Professional Appointments and Positions

1994 - Lecturer at Technical University Vienna, Lectures in Traffic Sociology
1988 - FACTUM OHG founded (SME, Consulting and Research Work in Traffic), Director & Owner; National and International Research work with FACTUM
1988 - Docent at University of Vienna, Lectures in Traffic Sociology
1977-1987 Traffic psychologist, Austrian Road Safety Board
2005 - Associate Professor, Department of Technology and Society, Lund University

Examples Of Other Positions, Assignments And Awards

1988 - Secretary of ICTCT, the International Co-operation on Theories and Concepts in Traffic Safety
1988-2005 Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Austrian Association of Psychologists, Section Traffic Psychology
1989 - Founder (1989) and Member of INFAR, an Association dealing with testing, training and rehabilitation of car drivers in Austria
1993-2003 Convenor of the Task Force Traffic Psychology of EFPPA, the European Federation of Professional Psychologists' Associations
2003 - NORBIT Nordic Organisation of Behaviour in Traffic: Member of Chairing Committee

Prof. dr. Thérèse Steenberghen

Prof. dr. Thérèse Steenberghen is managing director of the Spatial Applications Division, K.U.Leuven. Her research focus is on spatial analyses related to mobility, spatial planning, and tourism. She teaches at the K.U.Leuven, with courses in GIS, recreational mobility, and integrated projects.

She graduated with a PhD. In Urban and Regional Science from Texas A&M University (1992), a postgraduate in management (Vlerick School, Leuven) in 2001, a M.S. in Biogeography (Texas A&M University) in 1988, and a M.S. in Geography (K.U.Leuven) in 1982.

Ongoing research projects are: "Time-space patterns of traffic accidents: comparing Brussels with Qing Dao City (China)" (Federal Science Policy), "Indicators of accessibility to places and to transport" (Belgian Federal Science Policy), "Impact on the spatial developments in Flanders of transnational developments and developments in border regions" (Flemish Spatial Planning Administration), "Impact study of HST4i and HSTconnect project (INTERREG IIIB, subcontract from SEEDA and TTR)".

Karel Schmeidler

Dr Schmeidler has 30 years’ experience in transport and planning fields. He has worked on several national and international research projects involving architecture, design, urban planning, integrated land use and transport planning research, including the EC projects SIZE, ASI, ADVISORS, COST 616 CITIAIR, COST 349, COST 352 and COST 355 projects, Central European University Fellowships (Soros Foundation Projects) and HUMANIST Centre of Excellence and many important national CZ projects funded by the Czech Grant Agency and some Czech ministries and universities. He has dozens publications encompassing architecture, urban design, urban sociology, planning and transport fields, and has authored or contributed to several books, including Sociologie v architektonicke a urbanisticke tvorbe (Brno 1997 and reprinted 2001).
Karel Schmeidler is Senior Researcher and Head of the S15 Dpt. at CDV - Transport Research Centre and Associated Professor for Urban Design and Planning at the Faculty of Architecture, Technical University Brno, Czech Republic

Mr. Hans Orru

Hans Orru is scientist and PhD student in Department of Public Health in University of Tartu and PhD student in Umea University Sweden as well.

His research interests range from environmental and urban health to environmental epidemiology and human biomonitoring. His current studies are focussed on air pollution health effects in towns - mainly emission calculation, dispersion modelling, calculation of years of life lost etc.

He has big concerns about pedestrians in city centres; they are like passive smokers; they do not pollute, but they are exposed to high concentration of pollutants.

Hans Orru is active environmental health awareness builder in Estonia. He is member of COST C20 Urban Knowledge Arena as well.

Prof. Kimmo Lapintie

Professor Kimmo Lapintie teaches at the Laboratory of Urban Planning and Design, Department of architecture, Helsinki University of Technology. His academic background is in architecture, philosophy, economics, and theory and history of art. He graduated from the University of Turku (MA in philosophy 1980, Phil.Lic. 1985) and from Tampere University of Technology (MA in architecture 1989, PhD in architecture, urban and regional planning 1993).

He has worked as a public and private consultant 1989-1993, research project leader 1993-1996, research director 1997-1999, and professor of urban and regional planning from 1999. In his research activities he has concentrated on theoretical aspects of planning and design, as well as the development of the planning and design practice to meet the contemporary challenges, such as sustainability, participation, and contemporary economic and cultural changes in society.

Prof. Lars Leden

Lars obtained his M.Sc. in Civil Engineering in 1971 and a PhD in Traffic Engineering in 1988 at University of Lund, Sweden. He is working as a Senior Research Assistant at VTT, Finland. Since 1997 he is a guest professor at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden.

He has a lot of international experience including: working at the Transport and Road Research Laboratory, Great Britain, at the Danish Council of Road Safety Research, as a visiting professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada, and participating in the EU projects GADGET, PROMISING and PROMPT.

He has written numerous publications and articles, also in refereed journals on topics concerning safety of pedestrians and pedal cyclists. Often a special attention is given to children and elderly road users. At present Lars has a post-doc grant in the EU network of Excellence HUMANIST developing intelligent traffic systems (ITS) for improving safety for vulnerable road users.

Ms. Catia Rennesson - Certu

Catia Rennesson is a senior engineer at Certu (the Centre for studies on urban planning, transportation and public facilities) which is a national technical departement of the french ministry of Transports. Certu is located at Lyon. Its main objective is to build up knowledge on urban issues, to develop methods and tools and then to disseminate all that to a large extend, especially towards local decision-markers and practitioners.

Catia Rennesson manages projects in the fields of urban road safety, traffic calming and pedestrians. Producing reports, technical guidelines, collation of best practices, brochures. Coordinating national technical networks in these fields.

Concerning international activities, she has been member of the management committee in COST C6 Action "Towns and infrastructure planning for safety and urban quality for pedestrians"(1996-2001) and partner in two European projects: PROMISING "Promotion of measures for vulnerable road users" (1998-1999), PROMPT "New means to promote pedestrians traffic in cities" (2000-2004)

Mr. Olaf Czogalla

Mr Olaf Czogalla graduated as an Engineer of Cybernetics and Control at the University of Leipzig, Germany in 1987. He worked at the University of Magdeburg on Robotics and Control Theory and moved later to the Institute of Automation and Communication, Magdeburg where he is now a Senior Consultant and Project Manager.

In this responsibility he was in charge of several national and international research projects in the area of traffic simulation, traffic control and information management.

His current research interests include the application of Geographic Information Systems in the area of traffic and traveller information as well as the valuation of Intelligent Transport Systems and services.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gerlach

Since 1999 Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gerlach is heading the Institute for Road Traffic Planning and Engineering in the Centre of Traffic and Transport at the University of Wuppertal. Since then the department distinguished in road safety research (e.g. safety audit, motorcycle safety, rest area survey, safety and security of elderly people) on order of the federal ministry of traffic and also in research concerning sustainable traffic development.

Professor Gerlach is taking part in international research activities as the European Union's COST Actions (European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research) and is also member of the World Road Association (PIARC). With his engagement in international research activities he is internationally recognised and senior scientist in the field of Engineering. In the German Road And Traffic Research Society he is responsible for some guidelines especially in the fields of integrated network planning, road design, safety audit and parking policies.

Prof. Panagiotis (Panos) Papaioannou

Born June 1953 in Thessaloniki, Greece, he is Professional Transportation Engineer, Land Surveyor and Economist. He is Professor at the Transport Section, School of Technology, University of Thessaloniki and at the same time he is Principal Consultant for major Greek Transportation Consulting firms. The main fields of his expertise are Road Safety, Public Transport, Traffic Management, Transport Economics, Transportation Modelling and Application of new technologies in Transport, including GIS.

Prof. Papaioannou is a member of ICTCT. He has participated as local Technical Manager in many European Research projects since 1989. The most important of them have been the following:

DRIVE I Programme: CASSIOPE
ATT Programme: EUROBUS, INPUT Task Force
FP4 Tr. Telematics: INFOPOLIS, INFOPOLIS 2
FP4 Transport (DGVII): MUSIC, AIUTO, ICARO, CAMPARIE, AFFORD, ESCAPE
FP5: PORTAL, TAPESTRY, GUIDEMAPS, ARTISTS, UPTUN
FP6: FUNDING, GRACE, MAX

Prof. Papaioannou is the author of more than 100 scientific papers published in magazines or proceedings of International and Greek Conferences.

Prof. Socrates Basbas

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Transportation from the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Technology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
• M.Sc. in Transportation Planning and Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Institute for Transport Studies, Leeds University, United Kingdom.
• Diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering, Department of Rural and Surveying Engineering School of Technology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Professional activities

• Assistant Professor in the Department of Rural and Surveying Engineering, School of Technology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
• Participation in more than 100 projects in the area of transport.

Main areas of interest

• Road Safety
• Traffic management
• Transportation systems analysis
• Parking policy
• Urban public transport systems
• Transport & Environment

Publications

Author or co-author of more than 130 papers in journals or proceedings of International and Greek conferences, of which 35 of them deal with safety issues.

David Zaidel

David Zaidel obtained a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology & Human Factors from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has 30 years experience teaching Ergonomics to engineers, conducting safety research, and participating in design and training projects in Israel and more recently also in developing countries.

His professional experience includes work with the Transportation Research Institute at the Technion; the Centre for Work Safety & Human Engineering at the Technion; The School of Public and Environmental Affairs, University of Indiana; Transport Canada; TNO, Human Factors institute, in The Netherlands; VTT, the Technical research Centre of Finland and as an independent consultant with 4sight, Ergonomics & Safety.

His first studies in road safety were controlled field experiments with pedestrians: Drivers' likelihood to stop for pedestrians (instructed to begin crossing under different manipulations of conditions); the effect of different length fences on "channeling" pedestrians to designated crosswalks. Later on the scope of research broadened to include area-wide considerations, impact of urban design and transport policy.

Prof. Alfred Shalom Hakkert

Shalom Hakkert is an Associate Professor at the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. He retired in October 2006, but is still active in Research. He is currently the Scientific Director of the Ran Naor Foundation for the Advancement of Road Safety Research.

He has been involved in road safety research since 1970. He has published over 100 journal papers and research reports on a wide variety of safety topics, including the evaluation of road safety measures, statistical analysis of road accidents, the study of the interaction of highway design and road safety.

In recent years Professor Hakkert has been intensively involved in the evaluation of police enforcement methods in research projects conducted both in Israel and in European Union funded projects such as Gadget and Escape. He was recently involved in three EU funded road safety projects, where he served as the principal investigator at the Technion.

Mr. Rob Methorst

Rob Methorst was born in 1950 and graduated at Groningen university as a human geographer - land use planner. Currently he is a senior consultant and traffic safety research supervisor at the AVV Transport Research Centre of the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the Netherlands.

From the start of his carrier he worked in the field of transport and traffic safety, first 3 years for a local authority, then 10 years as the secretary of the then experimental Regional Road Safety Board, dealing with the co-ordination and stimulation of new traffic safety policy strategies and knowledge management. Following that he worked 10 years as head of traffic policy at the Dutch Pedestrians Association. Here he focussed on creating an adequate knowledge base, policy innovation and lobbying. In his current job at the ministry the universal experience and networking are used to help improving the quality of policy making on the national level.

Richard van der Horst

Richard is both business developer and senior research scientist in the Traffic and Transport area at TNO Human Factors in the Netherlands. He conducted basic research on the direct use of time-related measures such as Time-To-Collision and Time-To-Intersection in road-users’ decision-making in traffic. He developed a video-based analysis method enabling an objective quantification of dynamic road user behaviour. He is working in the field of human factors in road traffic for more than 30 years with a main focus on evaluation and assessment of road design, traffic management and road user support systems in terms of road safety and road user behaviour. Driver modelling and development of tools and techniques for evaluating ITS applications have his special interest. He is a member of several national and international committees on road design and human factors related topics.

Anne Katrine Geelmuyden

Professor of landscape architecture at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.

After completing her master degree in LA, she worked as a landscape designer in private consultant firms for a period of two years, then as a research assistant in a project on urban forestry management for one year before starting her PhD, which was completed in 1989 with a thesis entitled “Landscape experience and landscape: Ideology or critique of ideology?” Since 1989, her work at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences has been on landscape meaning, landscape aesthetics, methods of interpretation and theories of knowledge generation in landscape design.

She has taught Design with plants for 15 years; Now teaches landscape analysis methods and landscape architecture theory at master’s level.

Current research project: PERISCAPE: Perspectives for perceiving periferal landscapes in Europe : project network with 6 members from different disciplines (ranging from agronomy, forestry, geography and landscape architecture) aiming at a)understanding processes and driving forces that change particularly valuable and remote landscapes, b) an exchange of approaches and methods to study these landscapes. The common ground for the group is a focus on how factual knowledge about landscapes does and can be put to use and acquire meaning in each specific landscape situation.
She tutors two PhD students: One in a project on the history of school yard design in Norway; the other (not yet started) will be on the implementation of the European Landscape Convention on transportation design in Norway.

Aslak Fyhri

Aslak Fyhri is a Master of Science in Environmental Psychology from the University of Surrey, UK. Since 2002 he has been a senior research officer at the department of Safety and the Environment at the Insitute of Transport Economics. His main areas of research include traffic safety for children and people's perception of the everyday local environment.

He has recently been project leader for several projects related to children and traffic: studies looking at measures to improve children's road safety; studies looking at measures to increase walking and cycling to school; and general mobility studies. He also several years of experience with international level research on noise annoyance and visual experience in the everyday urban landscape.

Prof. Anne Katrine Geelmuyden

Anne Katrine Geelmuyden (born 12.08.57), Professor of landscape architecture at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. PhD-thesis entitled "Landscape experience and landscape: Ideology or critique of ideology?"

Since 1989, Works on landscape meaning, landscape aesthetics, methods of interpretation and theories of knowledge generation in landscape design. Projects on experience and development of rural landscapes. She tutors two PhD students: One in a project on the history of school yard design in Norway; the other (not yet started) will be on the implementation of the European Landscape Convention on transportation design in Norway.

Dr. Jacek Malasek

Dr Jacek Malasek researched in the sustainable transport field for 20 years at Institute for Physical Planning and Municipal Economy (1986-2002) and at Road and Bridge Research Institute. He has a degree in Road Transport and in Urban Planning and specializes in coordination of transport and spatial planning policies.

He is an author of 3 books, most notably " Obsługa komunikacyjna centrów miast" (Transportation in Town Centres), several articles and conference papers. He was the new member states coordinator in TRANS-PLUS Vth FP project and is MC member in COST 355 - "Changing Behavior towards a more Sustainable Transport System".

Mario Alves

Mario Alves has degree in civil engineering from Lisbon Technical University (IST, 1988) and a Master of Science in Transport from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (ICSTM, 1992). Worked as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Transport Studies of the University of London and the Centre for Urban and Regional Systems of the University of Lisbon on regional and local planning of transport infrastructures, environmental impact studies, travel behaviour, transport and parking policies, activity based modelling. As a transport and mobility management consultant he was the coordinator of the Mobility Plan of Almada and participated in several European projects related to transport and mobility - MEST, TEST and Step-by-Step. He wrote articles and presented numerous papers and seminars in Portugal and several European countries on topics related to transport and sustainable mobility.

Milena Vukmirović

Milena Vukmirović, architect, teaching and research assistant and PhD student at the Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urbanism, University of Belgrade, Serbia.

Memberships: she is a member of organization Center for Development of Inclusive Society which is a member of EIDD (European Institute for Design and Disability), Serbian Association of Architects and Serbian Association of Urbanists.

Academic concern: she does scientific/research and professional artistic work in the domain of town planning and urban design within the theory, methodology, design process, as well as inclusive design through meaning and usability of urban space.

Professional practice: includes competition entries, methodology studies and urban design frameworks, as well as master plans, conceptual and detailed designs.

Prof. Dragana Bazik

MSc Dragana Bazik, architect, univ. professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urbanism Urban Design and at the Faculty of Forestry, Department of Landscape Architecture Landscape Design, both at the University of Belgrade, Serbia.

Academic concerns: Scientific research and professional artistic work in the domain of town planning and urban design within the theory, methodology, application of contemporary informatics technology, design process, as well as inclusive design through meaning and usability of urban space.

Publications: include books "Scenario of Urban Life" and "Urban Scene Offer", and public space research works published in scientific research monographs, proceedings and professional reviews.

Professional practice: includes competition entries, methodology studies and urban design frameworks, as well as master plans, conceptual and detailed designs. The most significant professional works are in domain of the reconstruction of central streets and squares in Belgrade, Serbia. The reconstruction of Kralja Milana Street, as an example of inclusive design, has got a Special Mention of ECMT-EDF 2003 Access and Inclusion Award.

Diego José MorenoRibas

Formation.
Licensed on Psychology at The Spanish National University of Distance Education (U.N.E.D.) in 1989.
Doctor degree in Psychology by the University of Valencia 2000.
-Among others he has several specializations and diplomas in:
Forensic Psychology, 1998; Psycho-pedagogy, Preventive Medicine and Familiar Management, 2000; Neuropsychology, 2002; Epidemiology and Public Health, 2002

Activities.
- From 1990 to 1992 worked as consultant psychologist in the Flight Safety Office in the Spanish Army Aerial-movable Force (FAMET).
- Since 1990 is holding a close collaboration with the Psychonomic Research Unit in the Department of Methodology of Behaviour Sciences at the University of Valencia, Faculty of Psychology. Main subjects of interest: Traffic and Transport psychology and Urban Mobility
- Currently works as independent researcher
Projects:
As a Senior Researcher in :Life Quality of Senior Citizens in Relation to Mobility Conditions (SIZE). 5th Framework Program (EU) ‘Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources’, key action 6 (‘The Ageing Populations and Disabilities’). Contract number: QLRT-2002-02399.(2003-2005)
As a Collaborator with the Psychonomy Research Unit in the project: Design and Implementation of a System for researching and follwing up of Road Safety and Urban Mobility Behaviour for Bogota. Urban Mobility Observatory. (2005). Founded by the World Bank

Dr. Enrique Cabello

Dr. Enrique Cabello has been working in the application of computer vision algorithms to detect pedestrian and vehicle conflicts. He started at the University of Salamanca (Spain) where he put CCD cameras in the street to obtain direct observation data of people crossing streets. Now, in the University Rey Juan Carlos he coordinates a research group. One the research focus is the application of computer vision techniques to traffic safety, mainly for pedestrians.

Fermina Sanchez

Dr. Åse Svensson

• Senior lecturer in Traffic Engineering at the Department of Technology and Society, Lund University, Sweden.
• Civil Engineer
• PhD in Traffic Engineering with the thesis: A method for analysing the traffic process in a safety perspective.

Currently involved as associated supervisor in the following projects:
Cognitive vision and traffic analyses - a PhD project that aims to develop an automated video analysis automatic system that makes data collection and analyses of road user behaviour more efficient.
The multifunctional arterial street - a PhD project that aims to develop guidelines for design of street spaces, taking street function and users' needs and perceptions into consideration.
Urban roundabouts - a PhD project with the aim of suggesting solutions that promote safety, security and mobility for cyclists and visually impaired pedestrians in urban roundabouts.

Ms. Dominique von der Mühll

Dominique von der Mühll, architect and urbanist, has been working on questions of urbanism and mobility for many years. Among the particular questions she's worked on were the conditions for sustainable urban development, public spaces and public space-networks which are more favourable to pedestrians and cyclists, traffic calming measures and the safety of vulnerable users of public space.

Her teaching engagements at EPFL bring her in regular contact with future architects, engineers, landscape architects and other professionals. This gives her in-depth knowledge of the state of education in these domains.

Several studies for municipalities and ten years of involvement within the consulting group " Rue de l’Avenir" have allowed her to develop a deep understanding of questions and problems regarding walking and public spaces and to create contacts with associations, professional circles, municipalities and administrative services in cantons and federal organisations.

Dr. Miles Tight

Dr Tight holds a senior lectureship in transport planning at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds.

His particular research interests include the global and local environmental impacts of transportation, future development of transport policy, and safety and accessibility issues for pedestrians and cyclists.

Recent research projects include work funded through the EPSRC Future Integrated Transport Programme on 'Measuring Pedestrian Accessibility' and developing 'Integrated Approaches to Reducing Car Use' and work funded through the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change on the acceptability of the lifestyle changes which may be required to achieve low carbon futures.

Current research is looking at emissions trading schemes for noise and global air pollution and barriers to implementation of measures to improve transport sustainability.

He has recently been appointed to the Commission for Integrated Transport academic expert framework and to the EPSRC Peer Review College and is Deputy Director of the Cities research theme for the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.

Mr. Jim Walker

Jim is the Chair of Walk21 and has been involved in developing, managing and promoting access projects for 15 years. He is an experienced policy advisor, strategy writer and project manager for access issues across the health, leisure, tourism, transport and planning sectors.

He has a degree in Environmental Management and specialises in writing and implementing communication strategies with expertise in online, onsite and printed marketing solutions. Jim is Chair of Walk21 and Director of London Walking Forum. He has been a Nature Conservation Manager, Trail Manager and a Ranger in UK, New Zealand and United States.