The Vision Zero Handbook: Theory, Technology and Management for a Zero Casualty Policy

ISBN-13: 9783030765040 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 1700 str.

Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; Matts-Åke Belin; Sven Ove Hansson

Spis treści

Part I: Ideas and Principles.- Part 2: Vision Zero – an International Movement for Traffic Safety.- Part 3: Management and Leadership for Vision Zero.- Part 4: Tools and Technologies for Vision Zero.- Part 5: Vision Zero in Other Areas.

O autorze

Karin Edvardsson Björnberg is associate professor of environmental philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and History at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm. She has led several research projects on goal-setting in climate adaptation, delay mechanisms in environmental policy, and ethics of biodiversity offsetting. She takes an interest in risk and safety issues and has published articles on EU regulation of genetically modified crops and goal-setting in road traffic safety policy. She currently serves as scientific expert at the Swedish Ethical Review Authority and is vice director of third cycle education at the School of Architecture and the Built Environment (KTH).

Sven Ove Hansson is professor emeritus in philosophy at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm. He is a leading researcher in the philosophy of risk and safety. He is a leading researcher in the philosophy of risk and safety. He is also active in other areas of philosophy, in particular the philosophy of science and technology, decision theory, logic, and moral and political philosophy. He is editor-in-chief of Theoria and of the two book series Outstanding Contributions to Logic and Philosophy, Technology, and Society. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and past president of the Society for Philosophy and Technology. Hansson has published 17 books and about 400 papers in refereed international journals and books. His books include The Ethics of Risk (2013), The Ethics of Technology: Methods and Approaches (edited, 2017), and Responsibility for Health (2022).

Matts-Åke Belin is adjunct professor at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, and he has worked as senior policy advisor at the Swedish Transport Administration where he was responsible for the development of Vision Zero Academy. Since January 2022, Dr. Belin has joined the World Health Organization where he will be leading efforts by WHO to support member states and other global actors in the implementation of the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030.

Claes Tingvall is adjunct professor at the Division of Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, and at the Accident Research Centre, Monash University. He is also a Senior Consultant at the engineering and design company AFRY. Previously, as Director of Traffic Safety at the Swedish Transport Administration, he had a decisive role in the creation of Vision Zero. He continues to have a leading role in international discussions on Vision Zero and traffic safety in general