TOP – developments specifically to improve traffic safety Flórián Szalóki MA TOP

October 2009 : born of the idea, proposal to the road and railway maintenance companies first meetings of developments specifically to improve traffic safety with EU financing: Coordination Centre for Tranportation Development Hungarian Roads Management Company State Motorway Management Company Ltd Hungarian State Railway Group Company Ltd Raaberbahn AG

18th February 2010 : TOP Monitoring Comitee meeting the first mention to the European Comission, JASPERS Positiv response from the report of the MC from Axel HÖRHAGER

March - October 2010 : analysing of the insertion, matching in the TOP “By 2050, move close to zero fatalities in road transport” and “halving road casualties by 2020” are among the objectives of the EU White Paper COM (2011) 144 entitled “Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system” and dated on 28 March The projects are characterized by efficiency, as they often takes very little expense to achieve significant results in the prevention of accidents by way of special interventions based on accident data analysis

March - October 2010 : analysing of the insertion, matching in the TOP We have elaborated several programme proposals for reaching the overall strategic objectives of the TOP (accessibility, improving road safety, making public transport more attractive and environmentally friendly transport). In our opinion traffic safety measures should have priority in traffic developments. We believe that we have to interfere where accidents can be prevented and human lives can be saved. Beyond the strategic objectives the safety and the importance of accident prevention is mentioned a total of 36 times in the Operational Programme

November 2010 : Annual Review Meeting (ARM) Presentation, for DG Regio and JASPERS the project proposals: planned interventions at accident accumulation spots (so-called black spots), safety equipment, planned safety improvement interventions at pedestrian crossings, protection of objects (bridges), prevention of wildlife crossing and roadkill, installation of energy-absobing cushions, safety developments at level crossings on road and rail, diagnostic and monitoring equipment, etc low expenses, efficiency, developments specifically to improve traffic safety

28. March – 6. April 2011 : negotiation with NDM, Deputy Secretary of State of Transport Zoltán Schváb granted their professional approval, support

27. July 2011 : professional presentation for the domestic transport specialists

29. July 2011 : support letter from the Minister (NDM) NFM/13135/3/2011. reg.n

13. September 2011 : was send letter and summary to the European Comission DG Region 4. October 2011 : ARM presentation of the planned projects

7. November 2011 : Ministry of Enterior – Hungarian State Police – Central Office for Administrative and Electronic Public Services a complex development of police activity in the field of road traffic safety

TOP project jury, support decisions: 22. November 2011 – Raaberbahn AG 13. February 2012 – State Motorway Management Company Ltd, Hungarian Roads Management Company Ltd 21. February 2012 – Hungarian State Railway Group Company Ltd 5. September Ministry of Enterior – Hungarian State Police – Central Office for Administrative and Electronic Public Services government decisions: 1078/2012. (III. 28.) and 1424/2012. (X. 4.) gov. n

signatured support contracts: 28. February 2012 – Raaberbahn AG 27. March 2012 – State Motorway Management Company Ltd 15. May 2012 – Hungarian Roads Management Company Ltd 8. June 2012 – Hungarian State Railway Group Company Ltd 5. October Ministry of Enterior – Hungarian State Police – Central Office for Administrative and Electronic Public Services firstly were made the feasibility studies, we presented those to the JASPERS, the opinion was positiv The total execution is planned to the end of

TOP - D EVELOPMENTS SPECIFICALLY TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY P RIORITY 1 Beneficiary: State Motorway Management Company Ltd. (ÁAK) For the developments requiring building permit: National Infrastructure Development Co. Ltd. interventions at 9 sites (black spots) (building permit required) (preparation: thousand EUR) developments not requiring building permits Total (thousand EUR) P RIORITY 2 Beneficiary: Hungarian State Railway Group Company Ltd. (MÁV) reconstruction of dangerous longitudinal sections (preparation: 196 thousand EUR)5 357 improving the safety level crossings, train detection modrernization project, diagnostic and monitoring equipment, video supported system Total (thousand EUR) Beneficiary: Raaberbahn AG (GySEV) improve the safety of level crossings at 8 locations in 2011, diagnostic and monitoring systems Total (thousand EUR) P RIORITY 3 Beneficiary: Hungarian Roads Management Company (Magyar Közút NZrt) For the developments requiring building permit: National Infrastructure Development Co. Ltd. interventions at 23 sites (black spots) (building permit is required) (preparation: 1633 thousand EUR) interventions, modifications and improvements proposed for the prevention of accidents specifically at black spots, interventions at 11 dangerous pedestrian crossings, replacement of guardrail system, making safer bus stops on rural roads for pedestrian traffic, safety improvement interventions at traffic light controlled intersections Total (thousand EUR) P RIORITY 1, 3 AND 5 Beneficiary: consortium of the Ministry of Interior (BM), Hungarian State Police (ORFK) and Central Office for Administrative and Electronic Public Services (KEK KH) control system to improve the willingness to follow traffic rules, regulations with better and more targeted inspection and control of road traffic Total (thousand EUR) Grand total (thousand EUR)

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