Safe City Streets Presentation

November 20, 2018

Members of the Agilysis team were in attendance at the joint ITF / Polis meetings in London and Manchester this week. Richard Owen and George Ursachi provided a presentation on their work analysing the effectiveness of average speed cameras and took part in many discussion around the specific issues relating to safety in urban environments.

Day two saw the event moving to Manchester where George was joined by Dan Campsall to participate in the subsequent sessions. Topics discussed included safe infrastructure for cyclists, increasing walkability, ISA for urban vehicles, and the effectiveness of lights for bikes.

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