TRIBUTE ACT TO OLE THORSON

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The College of Civil Engineering has organized an event to honor the engineer and former president of the P(A)T Ole Thorson with the posthumous presentation of his book “Moving: walking with safety and sustainability”. Ole was remembered…

ESQUADRES’s DAY

On April 28, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. in the Auditorium of the Egara Central Complex in Sabadell, the event to celebrate Squads Day 2023 took place. P(A)T was present at the event chaired by the Minister of the Interior and the head of the General…

REMEMBERING OLE THORSON

Ole Thorson was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and has been an unusual Civil Engineer closely linked to safe mobility who has built many roads, both literally and figuratively. It is impossible to summarize a professional life as fruitful as his,…

CLAIMS

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As we know, in our daily lives, we are exposed to a series of factors that can affect our health and unfortunately, in many Spanish cities, traffic accidents, air pollution and noise pollution represent a serious public health problem that threatens…

MEETING POINT IN MASQUEFA

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Traffic accidents are a reality that affects thousands of people every year, the consequences of which invade all areas of life: physical, psychological, social, family, spiritual, etc., and after which a series of legal questions of great importance…

ACCESS TO JUSTICE

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On March 15, we had the pleasure of participating in the conference “Access to justice and non-discrimination: proposals from the local world.” You can see more information and the complete program here.   It became obvious…

NEW DESIGN OF CATALAN ROADS

A long-debated topic in Road Safety is the very high danger of overtaking on the roads. It seems that drivers have not realized that they must always overtake calmly and cautiously. Despite this, there are around 20% of fatal maneuvers on our…

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This Monday the case of a woman who was sexually assaulted by two men in a car was made public, using the vehicle as a facilitator of the crime to completely isolate the victim from anyone who could help her. The girl had not locked the vehicle…

FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL

Between 15 and 30% of accidents in Spain are caused by drowsiness, both in accidents at night (especially dangerous, between 3 and 5 in the morning) and during the day (especially between 2 and 4 in the afternoon), according to the DGT, especially…

February 22 EUROPEAN DAY OF CRIME VICTIMS

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In the 33 years since the first European Day of Victims of Crime, we have seen much progress in improving care for trafficking victims, especially in Catalonia with the SIAVT and INVICTES services that depend on the Servei Català de Trànsit. However,…

INVICTES: GETTING TO KNOW THE SERVICE

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Despite this serious lack of a homogenized office at the European level with the framework regulations of the Crime Victim Statute that includes victims of road crimes, in Catalonia we have an example of a specialized service for victims. The…

STARTING AGAIN: SLOW CITY

Last year we started the SLOW CITY project to raise awareness about reducing speed to 30km/h. In collaboration with the Education and Road Safety Research Team of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and with the support of Barcelona City…