Objective In the past, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) success has been achieved primarily though equipment of the vehicle and infrastructure. The focus of these ITS has been on clean, safe and efficient mobility for vehicles.The Vulnerable Road User (VRU) has reaped fewer benefits of the ITS developments. While some projects have considered VRUs from a safety viewpoint, they often aimed to avoid or mitigate accidents with VRUs by equipping the vehicle and infrastructure. In the vehicle – infrastructure – human approach of ITS research, VRUs and their needs are not an active part of the “human” element in the ITS approach.What is needed? The VRU must become an active, integrated element in the ITS, addressing safety, mobility and travel comfort needs of VRUs. The VRUITS project will develop an architecture for integrating the VRUs into the cooperative ITS.VRUITS will recommend ITS that meet the needs of VRUs. Ex-ante and ex-post assessments will form input to these recommendations. Assessment methodologies will be modified to account for specific user behaviour of VRUs. Specifications for ITS applications will be developed, culled from focus group assessments per VRU group. VRUITS will recommend best practices to address HMI development for VRUs. Field trials in the Netherlands and Spain for a select number of applications will take place.VRUITS will recommend which actions for the EC and for other stakeholders are necessary to deploy the systems which have positive effects, and mitigate possible negative effects.VRUITS will fulfill the following objectives:1. Assess societal impacts of selected ITS, and provide recommendations for policy and industry regarding ITS in order to improve the safety and mobility of VRUs;2. Provide evidence-based recommended practices on how VRU can be integrated in Intelligent Transport Systems and on how HMI designs can be adapted to meet the needs of VRUs, and test these recommendations in field trials. Fields of science social sciencessocial geographytransportsustainable transportintelligent transport systems Keywords . Programme(s) FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) Topic(s) SST.2008.4.1.4. - Road Safety of Vulnerable Road Users in Emerging Economies Call for proposal FP7-TRANSPORT-2012-MOVE-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT EU contribution No data Address TEKNIIKANTIE 4 A 02044 VTT ESPOO Finland See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Sirkku Hoikkala (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ECORYS NEDERLAND BV Netherlands EU contribution No data Address WATERMANWEG 44 3067 GG Rotterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Groot-Rijnmond Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Dick Mans (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FACTUM Chaloupka & Risser OHG Austria EU contribution No data Address Danhausergasse 6/4 1040 WIEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Ralf Risser (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LULEA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET Sweden EU contribution No data Address UNIVERSITETSOMRADET PORSON 971 87 Lulea See on map Region Norra Sverige Övre Norrland Norrbottens län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Charlotta Johansson (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FUNDACION CIDAUT Spain EU contribution No data Address PLAZA VICENTE ALEIXANDRE CAMPOS 2 PQ TECNOLOGICO DE BOECILLO 209 47151 Valladolid See on map Region Centro (ES) Castilla y León Valladolid Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Francisco Javier Nuñez Fernandez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SOCIEDAD IBERICA DE CONSTRUCCIONES ELECTRICAS SA Spain EU contribution No data Address CALLE LA GRANJA 72 28108 ALCOBENDAS (MADRID) See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Cristina Beltran Ruiz (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data POLIS Belgium EU contribution No data Address RUE DU TRONE 98 1050 Bruxelles / Brussel See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. 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