A Good Practice Guide for safer motorcycling is now available on-line. Transport for London (TfL) has joined forces with other European cities to share expertise and find ways of improving motorcyclist safety in the capital.

Delegates from Barcelona, Paris, Rome, Athens and Florence recently attended a two-day eSUM (European Safer Urban Motorcycling) summit hosted by London.

Overwhelming agreement to publish the web-based guide was given on the first day, and is now available for use by engineers, road designers and road safety practitioners throughout Europe, when considering motorcycle safety.

The on-line toolkit describes actions which are effective in cutting motorcycle casualties on city routes in 6 key themes, namely:-

• Training and Awareness,
• Highways Features and Policy,
• Targeted Enforcement,
• Specific Highway Remedial Measures,
• Powered Two Wheeler Design and Protective Equipment, and
• ‘Softening’ the Highway Infrastructure.

Ensuring motorcyclists can use the capital’s roads safely is a key part of the Mayor’s aim of reducing congestion and emissions on London’s roads, by encouraging more people to take to two wheels.

TfL is a major partner in the eSUM project, which is part of the European Commission’s drive to halve the number of fatalities on EU roads from 54,000 to 27,000 between 2001 and 2010. Two-thirds of all injury collisions occur on roads in urban areas, where 80% of European citizens live.

View the guide: PT2 Good Practice Guide.