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The Motorcycle Industry Launches New Infrastructure Guidelines at Intertraffic 2006
The motorcycling handbook, ‘Guidelines for Powered Two-Wheelers - Safer Road Design in Europe’ is being launched today 5 April 2006 at Intertraffic the world’s leading trade fair for infrastructure, traffic management, safety and parking, which takes place in Amsterdam.

Urban transport planners can and must do more to make the road environment safer and more user-friendly for motorcyclists, and the new handbook sets out to demonstrate how transport planners and traffic engineers can develop solutions to help reduce motorcycle casualties by introducing measures to integrate PTWs into transport policy and plans.

The launch of the guidelines will take place during a dedicated seminar, as part of the ‘Safety and Public Transport’ programme, by Craig Carey-Clinch, ACEM’s Chairman of the Integrated Transport Policy Committee and the MCI’s Director of Public Affairs. The seminar is from 2.15-3pm and will take place in Seminar Room 1.

The President of the IRF (International Road Federation), will also receive a copy of the guidelines from Eugene Daams, Director Powered Two Wheelers RAI Association and ACEM Infrastructure Task Group Chairman

ACEM, will be in attendance for the duration of the conference from 4th – 7th April and is situated on the Future Plaza, where visitors can find out more about the handbook and investigate other stands and activities.

The handbook recommends that stakeholders who are responsible for the road planning work together with local agencies to identify and develop solutions which will reduce the number of view obstructions, to improve the line-of-sight conditions on European roadways.

The ‘Guidelines for Powered Two-Wheelers - Safer Road Design in Europe’ handbook covers:
- Integrating motorcycles into transport policies and strategies
- Road design
- Traffic engineering
- Road maintenance
- Traffic management
- Parking provision
- Road safety campaigns
- Road safety audits

The handbook builds upon and draws together work that has already been done across Europe. Several countries, including Belgium, France, Germany, Norway, The Netherlands and The United Kingdom have produced guidelines for traffic engineering to create safer roads for motorcyclists and as an aid to integrate motorcycle use as part of transport policy and planning.

ACEM’s Secretary General Jacques Compagne said; “The new European guidelines from ACEM are an important contribution to an enlarging body of academic and policy work on the important issue of creating a safer road environment for users of motorcycles, scooters and mopeds.

We are delighted to be launching the handbook at this prestigious event and welcome the opportunity to present its findings to the influential audience who we trust will help to support our aims to reduce motorcycle casualties through improvements in road infrastructure. The motorcycle industry urges them to act upon the recommendations of the ACEM guidelines and their existing national handbook when available.”