Workshop & Conferences

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

With its urgency and timely message, the Rajasthan Declaration squarely reminds our safety woes of losing over 1, 05,000 lives in 2006 on Indian roads due to rising accidents. Add to that an estimated 2.2 million serious road traffic injuries (RTIs) causing both social and economic turmoil and burdens that eat away close to 3 % of our National Gross Domestic Products (GDP). India accounts for over 10% of road deaths in the world today and facing unparallel crisis. With urbanization and motorization on the rise, our problems are only likely to get worst on Indian roads.

Studies have shown that over 80 % the road accidents in India are caused due to driver negligence or error. Research has also pointed out that most of the road accidents are preventable by instituting measures that improve drivers, vehicles and road environments.

Workshop Partners

Jaipur Development Authority (JDA), MUSKAAN of Jaipur and the FIA Foundation (the United Kingdom) and IRTE join hands to advance the above key objectives at the National Workshop in Jaipur. 130 participants from 16 States and Union Territories of India deliberated in six technical sessions at the two-day workshop. Participants included members of Transport Departments, Traffic Police, Urban Development Departments, Automobile Associations, Automobile & Oil Industry, Research Departments and Institutes, NGO’s and the Military Police.

Key Objectives

The Jaipur effort builds on the theme already raised by the “Goa Declaration and Recommendations” of 2002 workshop on Driver Training (held on November 15-16 at Panaji, Goa) emphasized that:

• Road fatalities on Indian roads is unacceptable,
• A well-enforced testing and licensing system is essential to ensure necessary
  skills and experience, and
• Governments must set standards and enforce the licensing systems efficiently
  and effectively.

 

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The Institute of Road Traffic Education & the Commission for Global Road Safety in coordination with The Department of Road Transport & Highways organized a one day Workshop ‘Road Safety Investments in India’ ,on Monday 18 February 2008, at the Auditorium of, ASSOCHAM House, New Delhi.

The primary aim of the Workshop was to have an effective exchange of knowledge for developing a strategy and guideline towards approaching road safety investments in India.

There were 70 Participants to the Workshop which included senior representatives from the Transport & Police Departments from States including ; Haryana, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, J&K, Punjab, Assam, Manipur, Karnataka, Maharashtra etc. Other participants who attended were from the Department of Road Transport & Highways, Ministries of Health, Urban Development , NHAI, Planning Commission, World Bank, IIT & CRRI , IAPA, participants from the corporate sector included; Eicher Motors, Reliance, Hero Honda, Hyundai & BP Castrol etc. Mr. David Ward, Secretary of the Commission for Global Road Safety, FIA Foundation and Executive member of the United Nations Global Road Safety Collaboration and the World Bank Facility was the Guest of Honour.

Mr. Tejendra Khanna, IAS, the Honorable Lieutenant Governor of New Delhi, presided over the concluding session of the Workshop.

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
Registration
Session 1 Introductory Session

• Introduction to the Workshop & Welcome Note: Mr. Rohit Baluja, President, IRTE
• Address : Mr. B N Puri, Principal Adviser (Transport, Tourism & Culture), Planning Commission.
• Address by Mr. David Ward, Guest of Honor, Secretary of The Commission For Global Road Safety, FIA Foundation And Executive Member of The United Nations Global Road Safety Collaboration And The World Bank Facility.
• Address : Mr. S. K. Dash,IAS, Joint Secretary ,Department of Road, Transport & Highways, Government of India.
• Mr. Ajai Vikram Singh, Former Secretary Ministry of Shipping, Road, Transport & Highways

Session 2 Best Practices in Road Safety Investments

• Presentation :Dr. Raman K Patel, Professor, Polytechnic University ,New York, USA
• Presentation: Mr. K K Kapila, Vice Chairman, International Road Forum & CMD ICT Pvt. Ltd.
• Address: Mr. A Swaminathan ,Senior Transport Planner ,The World Bank
• Presentation: Mr. Shashank Singh, Head Distribution Safety, Reliance Industries Ltd.
• Presentation: Mr. O. A. Vijaykumar, HSSE-Head, BP & Castrol India Ltd.
• Presentation: Mr. A.K. Jain, Commissioner (Planning), Delhi Development Authority.

Concluding Session 3 Road Safety Investments in India

• Presentation, By Rohit Baluja, President , IRTE
• Summarising Session 1 & 2 : Dr. Raman K Patel, Professor, Polytechnic University New York, USA
• Presentation : By David Ward, Guest of Honor, Secretary of The Commission For Global Road Safety
• Address by Chairman & Chief Guest : Hon. Lt. Governor of Delhi, Mr. Tejendra Khanna
• Open House: Suggestions by Participants
• Summing up & Recommendations.

Workshop Highlights

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

This International Workshop on Road Safety Education brings a wide range of organizations from various disciplines that include transport, police, roads and health sectors, automobile and research and non- government organizations. Our focus is placed on deliberation of Key road traffic safety issues and strategies to deal with safety management in developing countries. The Workshop will allow participants to learn from each other and share experiences and expertise.

Recent trends indicate that road safety is deteriorating in developing countries. To cope with this problem, we have to develop and implant policy and programs that are based on scientific methods and successful practices from around the world. This workshop offers us an opportunity to focus at top level decision-makers and practicing personnel from different disciplines at the local levels. Road safety education discussion at political and administrative levels in all government organizations will help us in development of effective road safety policy, leadership and organizational set up.

 Road safety education in the developing countries needs to be incorporated in the curriculum and the development of training systems of road and traffic management authorities. These stakeholders include municipal and highway engineers, traffic police, road transport and motor licensing officials and all those involved in accident investigation and traffic control. Promoting capacity building programs to support these areas is crucial to successful outcomes on road safety in developing countries.

The world Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention emphasizes that of the 1.2 million people who are killed and 20 to 50 million injured or disabled globally from road crashes, 90% of the burden is borne by low income and middle income countries. Keeping this in mind, we should take advantage of this workshop and address challenges of post-crash management using scientific methods and tools.

We are grateful to the Ministry of Shipping Road Transport & Highways, Government of India for supporting our Endeavour in organizing the workshop; to the co-sponsors- FIA Foundation, Global Transport Knowledge Partnership, Hyundai Motors Limited and Hero Honda.

We are thankful to the partners to the Workshop: Delhi Traffic Police, The Task Force for Child Survival & Development USA and Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents UK, Road Safe UK, University of Birmingham, Laser Europe, Daigeo Foundation, International Road Federation, Warwickshire Police UK, Asia Injury Prevention Foundation and workshop organizers.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Traffic Engineering As Scientific Approach Towards Safety Traffic Management in Developing Countries, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi : Jan.6-7, 2006

Road Safety in the developing countries is assuming a serious dimension with fatal and serious accidents on the rise. Other areas of concern are the constant rise in number of traffic violations, and unabated congestion resulting in road rage, crime, and pollution.

Developing countries are investing huge amount of resources in increasing their highway capacity without adequate research and investments in the area of traffic management. In parallel to the expansion and building of new roadway network, local automobile

Industry in joint ventures with global automobile manufacturers is forging ahead with introducing a variety of models in automobile market. In India, for example, the annual growth rate of motor vehicles is as high as 10%.

Role and responsibility of traffic management agencies have not been adequately defined leaving ambiguity in all respective areas of traffic engineering, road safety education, driver training, vehicle regulation, traffic control and enforcement. It may be surprising to note that the subject of Traffic Engineering, which is the fulcrum of traffic management, has been either totally missed out or neglected. Traffic Engineering has not been adopted by the government departments either at the federal, state or local authority levels. Without the application of scientific traffic engineering on a sustained and continuous basis, traffic control and enforcement remain handicapped.

Traffic Engineering Centers were established by the developed countries like USA and U.K. since 1930's, however, countries like India are still outsourcing the traffic engineering applications to consultancy services leading to non-development of a responsible road agency and safe road user culture.

To initiate the process of appreciating the concept and introduction of Traffic Engineering Centres by the city/highways authority in the developing countries, especially India, the IRTE is organizing a two day International Workshop supported by Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways in New Delhi on January 6 and 7, 2006.

Technical Session 1 
Defining Traffic Engineering In Today's Context And Successful Practices Worldwide

Chairman
Dr. Mark Rosenberg , Dir. Of Secretariat Global Road Safety Steering Committee & Exec. 
Dir. Task Force For Child Survival & Development, USA

Co-chairman
Mr. A P Bahadur , Chief Engineer, Ministry of Shipping, Road, Transport & Highways,
Govt. of India

Speakers

1. Dr. Raman Patel - Director Urban ITS Centre, Polytechnic College, New York City 
Traffic engineering Practice, Traffic Management Measures, Lessons from New
York for New Delhi,

2. Prof. Radin Umar- Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic & International Affairs)
University in Malaysia Road Safety Interventions in Malaysia

3. Mr. John Dawson- Chairman, EURORAP, Secretary FIA Foundation
The Contribution of Road Assessment Programme to Road Safety Engineering and Management.

4. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Coordinator GRSP & Mr. Mohammed Abdullah Saleem , IPS, Deputy Commissioner of Police,
Traffic East, Bangalore- Local Area Traffic Management, Indranagar Banglore.

Technical Session 2

Traffic Engineering Supported By Collision Investigation And Analysis, Reduction Of Collision Related Damage And Injury

Chairman

Ms. Kate McMahon , Former Head Road Safety Strategy Division, 
Dept of Transport, Govt. of UK -Road Safety in Great Britain.

Co-chairman

Mr. Hem Chand, IPS, Addl. Director General and Inspector General of Police, Traffic, West Bengal

Speakers

1.Dr. Prof. Hermann Steffan - Head Engineering, University of Graz, 
Austria Integrated Safety From Ideas to strategies.

2. Mr. Erik Donkers- Chairperson VIA, Netherlands.
A Successful Approach To Road Safety- A Dutch Model.

3. Mr. Krzysztof Jamrozik - Project Manager, National Road Safety Council, Poland
Regional Black Spot Treatment Programme

Technical Session 3

Traffic Policing And Control Through Effective Traffic Engineering

Chairman

Mr. John Dawson , Chairman, EURORAP & Secretary FIA Foundation

Co-chairman

Mr. Praveen Sood, Commissioner of Police, Mysore

Speakers

1.Mr. Richard Pepe- Chairman, Team Traffic, and former in charge 
Traffic Police, New York Traffic Police Dept The Traffic Stat Process

2. Mr.Rohit Baluja- President, IRTE
Importance of standardization & the uniformity in the application of Traffic control devices.

3.Mr. Andrew Grenter- Training Manager Transport Research Laboratory, 
United Kingdom Self Enforcing Roads

Technical Session 4

Traffic Engineering For Vulnerable Road Users/Mixed Traffic Conditions

Chairman

Thomas Brahms , Executive Director and CEO, Institute of 
Transportation Engineers, Washington, U.S.A

Co-Chairman

Mr. Bassam Anani , First Economic affairs Officer United Nations 
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Speakers

Mr. Greig Craft - President, Asia Injury Prevention Foundation, Hanoi, Vietnam .
Road Safety Overview Vietnam

Mr. Hubert Nove Josserand- Senior Urban Transport Specialist, World Bank
NMT In Cities and Lesson From Experience in African Cities

Mr. Shashank Singh- Mgr Road Safety, Castrol India Ltd ., Amandeep Bedi, IRTE 
Journey Risk Management

Dr. T. S. Reddy - Scientist & Head Traffic Engineering & Safety, CRRI
High Speed Corridors-Some Lessons

Technical Session 5

Chairman

Mr. Hubert Nove Josserand- Senior Urban Transport
pecialist, World Bank

Co-Chairman

Mr. Richard Pepe- Chairman, Team Traffic, and former in charge 
Traffic Police, New York Traffic Police Dept

Setting Up Of Traffic Engineering Centers & Governmental Coordination

Speakers

1. Ms. Kate McMahon , Former Head Road Safety Strategy Division, 
Dept of Transport, Govt. of UK -Road Safety in Great Britain
The Role of The Department For Transport

2. Mr. Thomas W. Brahms, Executive Director and CEO, Institute of 
Transportation Engineers, Washington Presentation On The ITE

3. Mr. Adrian Walsh- Director, Road Safe & gTKP
About Global Transport Knowledge Partnership

4.Mr. Andrew Downing, Asean Regional Director
GRSP and building Capacity

5.Mr. Bassam Anani- First Economic Affairs Officer , United 
Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia( ESCWA)
ESCWA Role in Road traffic safety

Technical Session 6           

Traffic Engineering Course in Universities & Employment Opportunities

Chairman

Co-Chairman

Speakers

1.Prof P K Sikdar- Director ICT
Traffic Engineering: University Curricula and Practices

3.Mr. Raman Patel , Director Urban ITS Centre, Polytechnic College, New York City

Valedictory Session        15.00 - 16.00
Concluding remarks & Intervention

Chairman

Prof P K Sikdar- Director ICT

Co-Chairman

Mr. Adrian Walsh- Director The Global Transport knowledge Partnership & Road Safe

Vote of Thanks

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WORKSHOP

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

In India, 2-wheelers constitute almost 70 per cent of the motorized vehicles on roads. It is estimated that about 25,000 two-wheeler riders die in road accidents every year and a majority of these victims could have been saved by effective use of protective headgears. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India has been directing the State Governments to effectively enforce the Section 129 of the Motor Vehicles Act but the implementation has not been satisfactory. There is, therefore, a need to promote awareness of this problem among the State Governments and help them, in-turn, to catalyze the same amongst the road users.

Similar is the case of the usage of seat belts in four wheeled vehicles on the Indian roads. In the developed world, where seat belts fixation laws, promotion and usage have been a priority, it is conservatively estimated that over the last 25 years about 3,10,000 fatalities a and 9million critical injuries have been prevented through wearing of seat belts. In the wake of a vacuum in scientific collision investigation and research in India, the number and percentage of deaths and serious injuries to vehicle occupants not wearing seat belts is not available. However, this number must be large enough to be alarming. In India, Rule 125 of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules prescribes mandatory fitment and use of the seat belts. Strict enforcement of the same, however, is yet to be achieved.

The FIA Foundation United Kingdom, in association with the Transport Research Laboratory, UK and the Global Road Safety Partnership, has developed a 'Seat Belt Campaign Tool Kit'. This tool kit brings forth the arguments and facts on fitting and wearing of seat belts. It advises on raising compliance by a range of techniques including enforcement, publicity, education and incentive schemes. Under the request of IRTE & World Road Safety Network (WRSN), FIA Foundation has launched this tool-kit during this event. The one-day workshop, held on 8th January, 2005, was organised by the Institute of Road Traffic Education in partnership with the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport, and Highways, Government of India, and the FIA Foundation and in collaboration with the Delhi Police, Haryana Highway Patrol, ROSPA and WRSN. The Workshop was attended by over 75 participants and was supported and presented by Castrol India Ltd.

Divided in four main sessions, the Workshop was inaugurated by Mr. David Ward, Director General, FIA Foundation. The Automotive Research Association of India, Pune, and Bureau of India Standards (BIS) made presentations of standards and use of Seat belts and Helmets. Goa Medical College demonstrated how forensic studies have revealed that not wearing helmets was the principal cause of fatalities and serious injuries amongst two-wheeler riders.

Police presentations brought to light the practical difficulties the department faces in enforcing helmets and seat belt laws.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Developing and emerging countries are witnessing a revolution in the growth and development of their highways. These new highways have opened gates to the latest generation high technology automobiles. While in the developed countries of North America, Western Europe and Japan, road deaths have fallen by approximately 10% between 1990 and 2000, developing countries have witnessed a 30 to 100 per cent increase and the problem of road safety continues to worsen.

As per the statistics of the Govt. of India, at least 80,000 people are killed in road accidents every year and about 4,00,000 persons are seriously injured, causing a social loss of approximately Rs.55,000 crores annually. This annual loss is equivalent to the investment in the Golden Quadrilateral National Highways by the Govt. of India. The whole effort of the Govt. of India in developing state-of-art highways is being nullified by the growing rate of accidents and indiscipline on these highways. Highways account for almost 50% of the total road accidents.

long with the highway development programme, an effective patrol system needs to be implemented which should play a multidimensional role in bringing awareness, education, and enforcement leading to reduction in death, injury, crime and encroachment. This would help in building confidence of safety amongst road users, and will catalyze a process for growth of business, industry, tourism, and social integration. While some countries have implemented demonstratively successful programmes, other developing countries have a long way to go to develop similar systems.

In commemoration of the Road Safety Week The Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) with the support of the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, Govt. of India, is organising an International Workshop on “Ideal Highway Patrol System for Developing Countries”.

IRTE is also supported by 
World Road Safety Network, 
FIA Foundation - UK, 
Road Safe - UK, 
ITC – the Netherlands, 
Delhi Police and 
Haryana Highway Patrol & Road Safety in this initiative

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

"IRTE calls for Scientific Accident Investigation for Road Safety Engineering Solutions"

Date : 27th February, 2004, New Delhi.

Venue : Conference Hall of CRRI

The IRTE, in coordination with Central Road Research Institute and World Road Safety Network, organised an international workshop on Scientific Accident Investigation for Road Safety Engineering Solutions on 27th February, 2004, at the Conference Hall of CRRI, New Delhi.

The conference was attended by key stakeholders of India as well as the ITC and VIA, from the Netherlands. The participants unanimously agreed upon the fact that lack of scientific investigation of accidents leads to unreliable data and erroneous policy decisions. Therefore, all participants exhorted for scientific investigation as well as reconstruction especially of fatal and serious accidents. Mr. Haroon Yusuf, Hon'ble Transport Minister of Delhi was the chief guest at the concluding session of the Conference.

 

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The Institute of Road Traffic Education with the support of FADA (Federation of Association of Dealers of Automobiles) organised a one day Workshop in New Delhi on 14 January 2004 on the Hazards of Night Driving. A sizeable number of accidents happen during nighttime, as, the driver's vision is limited and the risk factors increase manifold. Other factors like deficiencies in the road infrastructure, incompetent or fatigued driver compound the problem. The Workshop focused on analyzing the reasons why night driving is hazardous and the precautions and actions which the authorities can take to make driving safer during night and during other difficult conditions when visibility is affected. The presentations on this event were made by IRTE, and other participants from CRRI, ARAI, Delhi Traffic Police etc.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Road Traffic Accidents have become the single largest threat to our humanity. Approximately 85,000 people are killed in road accidents and 1.2 million meet with serious injuries every year in India alone, causing an annual social economic loss of Rs.55,000 crores.

Enforcement is the key element in road safety management.  Non-definition of enforcement, poor expertise and skills of enforcers and a lack of modern support in terms of tools and systems of enforcement have led to a non- development of a safe road user culture in India.  This has resulted in an attitude of callousness amongst road users.  Aggressive driving, tailgating, dangerous driving, driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, over-speeding are some of the very common violations which are on the increase.

The Conference has been organized by the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) and the Institute for Traffic Care (Holland) in cooperation with Tispol - Spain, (European Traffic Police Network) - Spain, ICAP (International Association of Chiefs of Police), Road Safe, UK, Centrex, Bramshill Police Academy - UK and RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) UK.   

The Conference
The two-day Conference was the first global initiative in benchmarking road-traffic enforcement through international sharing of good practices and successful implemented enforcement strategies.

The Conference laid special emphasis on:

- Re-defining the enforcement with current relevance;
- Suggesting the role and coordination of responsible agencies in enforcement;
- Definition and allocation of traffic related fines;
- Accident Investigation and Analysis as a core issue to understanding the complex issues relating to enforcement;
- Legislation for important enforcement issues like: dangerous driving, driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, over-speeding, school transportation, parking, protection for two wheeler riders etc;
- Tools ands systems for effective enforcement;
- Infrastructure for Enforcement;
- Expertise and Skills for enforcers;
- Driver Training;
- Vehicle Certification and enforcement;
- Public dealing;
- Crisis Management and handling of collisions;
- Global coordination and dissemination of best practices. 

Venue
The Conference washeld at  The "Gulmohar" India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The vehicle driver is the key component of the road traffic system. Road Accident research all over the world has pointed towards drivers fault in majority of road crashes. There is, however, variants in the levels of quality of driving, as witnessed in different regions of world. For improving levels of road safety, efforts towards adopting professionalism in driver training system, have shown to yield fruitful results in developed countries.

A two day conference on professionalism in Driver Training system was organized by the IRTE - first of its kind in India. IRTE organized the conference with the support of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India, Department for Transport, United Kingdom, Austrian Road Safety Board, Government of Goa and Royal Society for Prevention on Accident (RoSPA) , United Kingdom. 

The Conference aimed at facilitating training and development of drivers, while maintaining basic norms observed by international traffic authorities. To increase the level of road safety, various techniques like interactive learning, sharing of innovative ideas and best practices were demonstrated. This would help minimize fatal errors and wastage of funds, in re-invention of existent systems. 

It was decided at the Conference deliberation would culminate in a GOA DECLARATION that would try to set out a common vision and the goal that were needed to create safer road environment. It was also agreed that following positioning statement would set the tone of conference " A drving license is a privilege that has to be earned". 

Held on November 15th and 16th , 2002 at hotel Cidade de ,Goa , Panaji, Goa. The conference was attended by 170 participants, across the world. Participants included policy makers fro the central and state governments, officials from the traffic police and transport department, driver training and research institutions, scientists, automobile manufacturers and associations, OIL, insurance industries and he media.

- The conference was divided into six sections, namely, 
- Drivers Training needs and its Scope 
- Systems and Methods of Training and Assessment  
- Training and Assessment of Trainers 
- Instructors and Licensing Authorities 
- Training : Role of Government, Private Sector , Automobile Manufacturers, NGO 
- The Indian Scenario : Role of Insurance Companies, Alcohol and Drug Addiction (Open Forum)
- International scenario-inter-global support -Innovation and Best Practices.

Each Session has eminent speakers and was chaired by leaders in their respective field. The recommendations of these sessions were summarized by respective chairman and went on to drafting of the Goa Declaration, to which, there were 170 signatories.

Mr. Digamber Kamat, Minister of Power and Development, Government of Goa, inaugurated by conference in the august presence of Mr. Pandurang Madkaikar (Transport Minister, Government of Goa) , Mr. Ajay Maken (Minister of Transport and Power, Government of Delhi) and representatives of the transport ministries of UK and Austria and RoSPA.

Mr. Shripad Naik, Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India graced the Valedictory session as the Chief Guest.

 

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Although walking relates to each member of the population and is the most fundamental form of movement, still it gets the minimum attention and care in transport planning, road design and traffic management in India.

The other motorized and even non-motorised road users do not consider it necessary to view the pedestrian as an equal road user. Even the Motor Vehicles Act does not cover the rights, responsibilities and duties of the pedestrian thereby making the pedestrian the most vulnerable among the road users.

Realizing the same, Institute of Road Traffic Education decided to organize an exclusive one day National Conference on Pedestrian to discuss the hazards confronted by the pedestrians and arrive at measures to alleviate the difficulties encountered by them. It was perhaps for the first time in India that a forum of such magnitude was initiated to address the needs of the pedestrian.

The conference was held on September 28, 2001 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The conference was amongst the first of a series of efforts initiated by IRTE to highlight the apathy on this issue. This Conference was conducted in coordination with Road Safety Programme Implementation Committee and supported by Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Govt. of India.

IRTE received 44 technical papers related to pedestrian safety from across the country from different institutes, engineering colleges, police, scientists, journalists etc. 35 of these papers were selected to be included in the commemorative Conference Journal.

A short 7 minutes film on the vulnerability of pedestrian, specially made for this occasion, was also released during the course of the Conference. The Conference was divided into four sessions, namely,

- Engineering Design and Provision of Pedestrian Facilities
- Pedestrian Behaviour, Education and Enforcement
- Special Groups as Pedestrian
- Policies & Planning for Pedestrians

Experts in their respective fields presented technical papers related to pedestrian safety. The range of subjects covered included safety of school children, aged, disabled, infrastructure & design development policies and the need to initiate public awareness.

Each session was chaired & co-chaired by eminent persons from relevant fields such as Mr. Maxwell Pereira, Joint Commissioner of Police, Delhi; Padmashree Dr. Shyama Chona, Principal, Delhi Public School; Dr. P.S. Pasricha,IPS, State Intelligence Department, Maharashtra & Chairman Road Safety Programme Implementation Committee; Mr. G. Sharan, Secretary Indian Roads Congress; Prof. A.K. Sharma, Head, Department of Transport Planning, SPA etc.

The Conference was well attended by delegates who included engineers, police personnel, transport consultants, teachers, social workers, students, journalists etc.

Recommendations emerging out of the deliberations during each technical session were presented during the valedictory session which was presided over by Mr. K.R. Bhati, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Govt. of India.