Proceedings: Workshop TRC - VOLPE 19-21 April 1999 Rotterdam

1999PDFTech ReportWorkshopsTraffic safetyHuman factorsAutomobilesRiskAccidentsGeographic information systemsData collectionNetherlandsJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)Kraay, Joop H.Netherlands. Ministerie van Verkeer en WaterstaatNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway SafetyNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITYNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human FactorsVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThe cooperation between TRC and Volpe is based on a governmental Memorandum of Understanding MOU between The Netherlands and the USA. A special agreement is layed down in a Letter of Intent between TRC and Volpe. This Letter of Intent desires to establish a mutually advantageous relationship in transportation research. This workshop is part of those joint activities. Meetings were held on 19, 20 and 21 April at the TRC building in Rotterdam. The parties involved were besides TRC and Volpe, the SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research, Center for Environmental and traffic Psychology COV University of Groningen, Traffic Test and the Directorate-General for Passenger Transport of the Ministry of Transport. Each party gave at least one presentation of current or recent research. On the basis of three days presentations and discussions the following suggestions were made. Within the framework of the US crash avoidance scenario and the accompanied human factors approach, subjects of mutual interest and possibilities for joint projects are proposed in the following fields