EU PHOEBE Consortium Meets: Advancing Vulnerable Road User Safety

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 Réseau POLIS in Brussels.

Le financement de l'UE ‘Projet ’ Approches prédictives pour un environnement urbain plus sûr » (PHOEBE) Ce projet vise à améliorer la sécurité routière des usagers vulnérables, notamment ceux qui utilisent des modes de mobilité active et des trottinettes électriques. Il s'appuie sur les atouts des outils d'évaluation de la sécurité routière de iRAP et sur les technologies de simulation et d'intelligence artificielle d'AIMSUN pour proposer des outils de prédiction de la sécurité harmonisés, intégrés et de pointe à l'échelle mondiale, qui prennent en compte le sexe, l'âge et le niveau de capacité afin d'anticiper les besoins futurs en matière de mobilité.

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 Cluster européen de la sécurité routière. 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/.

PHOEBE second review meeting at POLIS

Participants of the second review meeting at POLIS Network
(Images credit: phoebe-project.eu/)

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