Ninth Annual Conference on Safe Road Infrastructure

For the ninth consecutive year, the Bulgarian Branch Association Road Safety organized a conference on "Safe Road Infrastructure", which was held on 19-20 September 2023 in Plovdiv.

After eight successful years, the conference has established itself as the largest road safety event in Bulgaria. The forum brings together representatives of the state administration, non-governmental organizations, experts and specialists in road safety, owners and managers of companies engaged in road construction, road maintenance and road safety. The conference seeks approaches to improve coordination and cooperation between road administrations, control authorities and the private sector whose activities are related to the design, construction, maintenance and operation of road infrastructure.

Programmе

Greetings from the President of the Republic of Bulgaria

Congratulatory address from the Chamber of Builders in Bulgaria

Congratulatory address from the Ministry of Interior

Some of the lectures are in Bulgarian, if the topic of the presentation is of interest to you, please contact us so that we can put you in touch with the speaker and get the materials in English.

Thank you for your understanding.

 

Session I:

A German approach to organization and action to ensure normal road passability in winter conditions.  - Prof. Dr. Eng. Borislav Hristov, Professor and Head of the Department of Roads at the University of Applied Sciences Berlin (HTW Berlin), Federal Republic of Germany - BG

Public costs/benefits and road safety - problems and challenges - Prof. Dr. Hristina Nikolova, Head of the Department of Transport and Energy Economics“ at the UNWE - BG

"Road Safety Impact Assessment” as a tool for planning of safe road infrastructure– prof. Dr. Eng. Vanina Katsarova „Department of Roads and Transport Facilities“, UASG - BG

Session II:

Objectives and implemented measures of the Road Infrastructure Agency to improve road safety – Chief Expert at the Road Safety and Planning of the RTM Activities Directorate of the Road Infrastructure Agency - EN

Road safety audits - from a bureaucratic procedure to a tool for ensuring safe road infrastructure  - Eng. Ivan Tabakov State Road Safety Agency - EN

Characteristics and distribution of head-on collisions and accidents in the roadside area on the roads in the Republic of Bulgaria. Bulgaria  – Commissioner Maria Boteva, Deputy Head of the Traffic Police Department at the National Police Directorate General  - BG

Road safety at level crossings  – prof. Stoyo Todorov Deputy Rector for European Integration and International Cooperation, UASG - EN

Session III:

Quality Maintenance of Roads in Bulgaria to Improve Road Safety – Eng. Kalin Kalchev, Member of the Board of Bulgarian Branch Association "Road Safety" - BG

Safe road infrastructure in urban environment – Eng. Dimitar Petrov - Director of the Traffic Management and Analysis Directorate at the Transport and Urban Mobility Department of Sofia Municipality - BG

Buffers, beginning and end elements (terminals), TMA - Miles Boyd - EN

New European standards for road signs and road markings - Tony McCaugherty, European Regulatory Affairs Manager  - EN

The application of ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) to qualitatively improve road safety – Damian Voinovski BITSA Member - BG

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