Transport Research Centre Brno OUR MAIN OBJECTIVES

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Transport Research Centre BrnoOUR MAIN OBJECTIVES

• S 15 Section of Social and Human Aspects of
  Transport

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Invitation
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Invitation
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Transport Research Centre Brno
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Transport Research Centre Brno
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Transport Research Centre (CDV)

• The only transport research arm of the Czech
  Ministry of Transport and Communications
• Established in 1992

www.cdv.cz
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Areas of Expertise

• Transport Policy
• Transport Economics
• Transport Information Database, GIS
• Transport Prognosis and Modelling
• Transport Infrastructure Construction
• Rail Transport
• Urban and Public Transport
• Air Transport
• Road Transport

• Cycling Transport in Olomouc
• Transport and Environment
• Transport Safety
• Land Use Transport Planning
• Transport Psychology and Sociology S15
• Telematics
• Intermodal Transport
• Legislation and Integration to EU

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Research Sections

• S 11 Transport Infrastructure Tišnov
• S 12 Air Transport Brno
• S 13 Environment Brno
• S 14 Traffic Safety Brno
• S 15 Social and Human Aspects of Transport Brno
• S 16 Traffic Engineering Brno
• S 17 Road, Integrated and Combined Transport Brno

• S 19 Legislation and Integration to EU Brno
• S 21 Transport Strategy Prague
• S 22 Transport Informatics Prague
• S 31 Transport Telematics Brno
• S 32 Cycling Transport Olomouc
• S 18 Transport Planning Brno
• S 33 Transport Economics and Marketing Brno

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S 15 Section of social and human aspects of
transport

• The head of the S 15 Section
• Doc. Ing. Arch. PhDr. Karel Schmeidler, CSc.
• Staff
• 4 psychologists
• 5 sociologists
• 1 engineer
• 2 pedagogues

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Selected areas of interest

• Ability to Drive
• IMMORTAL Ability to Drive in the Relation to
  the Drivers Impairment (Drugs, Alcohol, Disease)
• CONSENSUS - Ability to Drive of PSN (people with
  special needs) CONSENSUS (European Database of
  the Health Evalution and Assessment Ability to
  Drive)
• DRUID Alcohol and drug influence

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Selected areas of interest

• Driverseducation
• TRAINER Trainer Systém for Driver Training and
  Assessment Using Interactive Evaluation Tools and
  Reliable Methologies (New Methodology for
  DriversTraining)

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Selected areas of interest

• HMI
• HUMANIST (Human Centred Design for IST)
• COST 352 (Influence of Modern Information Systems
  on Road Traffic Safety)
• IZAMK (Information Workload and Mental Capacity
  of a Driver)
• IN SAFETY self explaining and forgiving road by
  electronic means

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Selected areas of interest

• Mobility of social groups
• SIZE (Mobility of older people and Quality of
  Life)
• ASI (Urban Planning and Land Use-Quality of Life
  and Implementation of the Programme "Cities of
  Tomorrow)
• COST 349 (Accessibility of low-floor buses for
  people with limited mobility)

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Selected areas of interest

• Education and campaigns
• Safe travel to school Attempt to reduce high
  fatality and injury rate by school children
• Eurobob campaign Designed driver
• CLOSE-TO peer to peer traffic safety education
• ESCAPE (Enhanced Safety Coming from Appropriate
  Police Enforcement), the project focused on
  legislative options and transport police work
  focused on increasing road traffic safety

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Selected areas of interest

• Travel behaviour
• SARTRE III (Social Attitudes to Road Traffic Risk
  in Europe the comparative research of drivers
  attitudes, positions and behaviour), longitudal
  research
• Gadget (Guarding Automobile Driver Through
  Guidance, Education and Technology) project
  researching options of influencing road traffic
  participantsbehaviour

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Other research

• Impact of selected psychological characteristics
  on driving performance
• COST 355 - Analysis of socio-psychological causes
  of choosing different modes of transport and
  change of attitude
• Mobility management in Czech Republic
• KITE Intermodal mobility in Europe

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Invitation Share your knowledge with us

• European Seminar on ITS and HMI
• Ministry of Transport CR, Prague
• May 9-10th, 2005

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Thank you for your attention

• schmeidler_at_cdv.cz