The PHOEBE consortium gathered for its biannual meeting last week at the Technical University of Delft in The Netherlands, where they planned the remaining twelve months of the project, set to conclude in July 2026. In addition, a second review meeting was held with the European Commission at the offices of POLIS Network in Brussels.

The EU-funded ‘Predictive Approaches for Safer Urban Environment’ (PHOEBE) Project aims to increase the road safety of vulnerable road users (VRUs), especially those who use active mobility and e-scooters. It is building on the strengths of iRAP’s road safety assessment tools and AIMSUN’s simulation and Artificial Intelligence to deliver harmonised, integrated and world-leading safety prediction tools that take account of gender, age and ability levels in providing for future mobility.

What was discussed?

Although PHOEBE cannot disclose any sensitive deliverables from ‘Work Package 3’, its finalisation marked a significant milestone towards the project’s conclusion. High-level summaries of the results will be published on the PHOEBE website in the coming weeks.

Internal discussions focused on the division of tasks within Work Package 5: ‘systems integration and transferability’. This package will synthesise the data collection, analyses, tests, and other outputs from the previous work packages, by consolidating and meaningfully combining the acquired knowledge. This capstone task will culminate in a set of recommendations to be presented at the end of the project.

Further planning also took place for forthcoming communication activities and potential future collaboration with the EU Road Safety Cluster. A positive initial reflection was made on recent events, such as the ITS Congress 2025.

How will PHOEBE continue to involve the wider community?

The participating partners have begun to make initial plans for an additional meeting in late spring 2026 with the project’s dedicated community of practice expert group.

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Track the project’s progress on its website at phoebe-project.eu/.

Participants of the second review meeting at POLIS Network
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