CulturalRoad partner National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) hosted a scientific workshop on “Artificial Intelligence for Road Safety and Mobility” on 15 May 2025 in Athens, Greece. Organised in the context of the 8th UN Global Road Safety Week, the event showcased the latest research from NTUA’s Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, exploring innovative approaches to road safety.
The workshop also featured developments from key mobility projects, including CulturalRoad. CulturalRoad was represented in a session on “Connected and Automated Mobility”, where Elena Theodoraki, Transportation Engineer and Research Associate at NTUA, presented the project’s objectives and methodology. CulturalRoad aims to develop sustainable and citizen-accepted deployment plans and new guidelines for CCAM implementation that reflect social and cultural diversity.
As the EU set ambitious mobility and climate goals, innovation needs to be human-centred and consider local contexts to ensure wide adoption. CulturalRoad addresses this by combining participatory planning with a novel Five-Pointed Star Rating System, designed to capture cultural and geographical diversity and ensure that CCAM implementation benefits all.
In her presentation, Elena Theodoraki also outlined the expected scientific and social impacts of the project. These include a deeper understanding of how geographic, cultural and exogenous diversity interact with CCAM; the creation of strategies and methodologies compiled in a dedicated toolkit; and long-term impact on equitable CCAM deployment through collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders.
