Concluding the 30 months of joint work on road infrastructure safety for cyclists we cordially invite you to our final conference titled ‘Safer Bicycle Routes in Danube Area’. The final conference is organised in cooperation with the European Strategy for Danube Region (EUSDR) – PA1b: To improve mobility and multimodality – Road Rail, and Air Links.

The SABRINA FINAL CONFERENCE will take place on

 23 November 2023 in Bucharest, Romania,

starting at 10.00 (CET +1) at the Grand Hotel Bucharest,

Fortuna Room, 21st floor.

Please register with the official link.

The conference will bring together cycling and road safety stakeholders to highlight SABRINA’s results and demonstrate the benefits of systematic approach to safer cycling infrastructure. It will contribute to the debate around the need to make cycling safe before making it more popular and involve discussions on cycling safety investments and innovative cycling safety assessments like CycleRAP. In addition, the conference will underline the need to work towards the implementation of both the United Nations and European Commission goals on road safety with special focus on vulnerable road users.

Together with our high-level guests we will discuss, based on SABRINA findings, how to improve conditions for road bicycle infrastructure safety in the Danube region by raising the capacities of all relevant national, regional, and local stakeholders to build and improve bicycle infrastructure in a safe and sustainable way. 

An interactive presentation booth will be set up in the conference lobby to allow participants to test in real time the benefits of the instruments developed in the SABRINA project.

If you have any questions, we are happy to answer them.

Looking forward to welcoming you on our final conference! 

AGENDA - Safer Bicycle Routes in Danube Area Conference

9.30 - 10.00 Registration and welcome coffee

10.00 – 10.30 OPENING NOTES

Olivera Rozi, EIRA – European Institute for Road Safety
Rob McInerney, CEO iRAP – International Road Assessment PRogramme, Australia
Sorin Grindeanu – Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Romania (tbc)
Franc Zepic, EUSDR PAC Air-Rail-Transport, Ministry of Infrastructure,  Slovenia
Jill Warren, CEO ECF- European Cyclists' Federation, Belgium (tbc)

10.30 – 11.30 SABRINA MOST IMPORTANT OUTCOMES

This panel showcases how SABRINA helps improving the safety of cycling infrastructure in the Danube Region: safety assessments of EuroVelo routes, a decision support system for all stakeholders, pilot studies & trainings in all nine participating countries, and best practice collection & fact sheets.

Moderator: Klaus Machata, Austrian Road Safety Board

Marko Sevrovic, The European Institute for Road Assessment – EuroRAP, Slovenia
George Ursachi, Agile Transport Analysis, Romania
Leonid Ljubotina, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Croatia
Andelo Marunica, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Croatia
Zsombor Aradszki, Westpannon Regional and Economic Development Public Nonprofit Ltd., Hungary
Bostjan Primc, Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia
Maria Fleischer, Austrian Road Safety Board, Austria
Olivera Rozi, EIRA – The European Institute for Road Assessment – EuroRAP, Slovenia

11.30 – 11.45 Coffee Break & Press moments & SABRINA demonstration booth

11.45 – 13.00 CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE SAFETY - FROM POLICY, STRATEGY TO PRACTICE

A discussion about addressing cycling infrastructure safety in a holistic way will be held. It will showcase how national and EU stakeholders can address cycling infrastructure safety from EU and national strategies though practical safety assessments and improvement methodologies

Moderator: Lucia Ilieva, CSDSC Bulgaria

Jitka Vrtalová, Partnership for Urban Mobility, Czechia (Danube Cycle Plans project)
Ionut Maftei, Bike in Time, Romania (Danube Cycle Plans project)
Philip Amaral, ECF – European Cyclists' Federation, Belgium
Shanna Luchessi, International Road Assessment Programme

13.00 – 13.45 Lunch & SABRINA experience booth

13.45 – 15.00 SAFER CYCLING ROUTES TOOLKIT (SCRT) AND PILOTS

The panel will showcase SABRINA main output for practical stakeholders’ decision-making support in respect to safer cycling infrastructure planning, building and maintenance. The SABRINA pilots will be demonstrated.

Moderator: Aneja Roze, Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia

Leonid Ljubotina, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Croatia
Andelo Marunica, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Croatia
Klaus Machata, Austrian Road Safety Board, Austria
Virginia Mandalac, Automobile Club Moldova, Republic of Moldova

15.00 – 15.20 Coffee break

15.20 – 16.00 WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE

A discussion moderated by Marko Sevrovic with surprise guests