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Round Table

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Round Table Programme, April 10, 2024

14:00 – 17:30

Exhibitor set up

14:30 – 17:00

International collaboration in safety workshop

City of London Offices, Wallbrook Wharf, EC4R 3TD


  • Hosted by City of London, NYC DCAS, Visie Communications/ Fleet Vision International and Together for Safer Roads
  • Format: panel discussion with theatre-style audience participation


14:30 – 15:00

Coffee and Networking

15:00 – 15:05

Protocol and introduction


Ann-Marie Knegt, Editor, Fleet Vision International


15:05 – 15:15

Setting national examples and best practices in using fleet vehicles and professional drivers to improve road safety and meet Vision Zero goals


  • Hear about the NYC Vision Zero Safe Fleet Transition Plans, a partnership with US DOT Volpe Center, and how the City is outlining changes to vehicle design and employing best practices in vehicle safety systems for city fleet vehicles, school buses, and private trade waste trucks.


  • Explore nation leading efforts in the US to improve road safety through telematics, truck sideguards, surround cameras, and intelligent speed assistance.


  • Learn how the city is leveraging big data to solve issues of road safety through monthly vehicle scorecards to eliminate high risk driving behaviours..


Keith Kerman, Chief Fleet Officer/Deputy Commissioner, NYC DCAS


15:15 – 15:25

Safety inside & out of the cab: Direct Vision vehicles & seat belt usage


  • Learn about efforts underway to mobilise and support leading North American public and private sector fleets in their transition to superior, direct vision cabs.


  • Hear how and why Together for Safer Roads created North America's first 5 Star Direct Vision Rating System (and TFL's influence in helping to create it!)


  • Learn how Together for Safer Roads and NYC plan to continue to increase seat belt usage rates amongst commercial drivers via TSR's new Seat Belt Safety Operating Guide.


Peter Goldwasser, Executive Director, Together for Safer Roads

15:25 – 15:35

Vision Zero and Safe Streets in the City


  • Learn about the strategy to reduce danger on the streets of the City of London, including how the Vision Zero ambition is the key to Healthy Streets in the Square Mile.


  • Understand how the City Corporation’s approach to data analysis has steered the development of a Safe System themed Vision Zero action plan. 


  • Hear about the collaborative approach between key partners that sits at the heart of the City’s Transport Strategy and ambition to create safe, welcoming and attractive streets.


Simon Bradbury, Strategic Transportation, City of London Corporation

15:35 – 15:45

TBC



15:45 – 16:45

Q&A panel discussion/ audience questions


Peter Goldwasser, Executive Director, Together for Safer Roads

16:45 – 16:55

Summary and actions


Peter Goldwasser, Executive Director, Together for Safer Roads/

Keith Kerman, Chief Fleet Officer/Deputy Commissioner, NYC DCAS

16:55 – 17:00

Close of event


Ann-Marie Knegt, Editor, Fleet Vision International


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