REGIONAL INFORMATION:
Nyugat-Dunantul / Hungary

Gyor is one of Hungary’s most dynamically developing cities with more than 130.000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the centre of the Vienna-Budapest-Bratislava triangle.  The radial road network of the settlement connects Slovakia from the north, Austria from the west, Lake Balaton from the south and Budapest from the east to the town.

The main objective of this pilot action of the SOL-Save Our Lives project is to improve the safety of children on their journey to and from school. Furthermore, it aims to improve knowledge and skills of children to enable safer travel and to reduce the risk of road accidents around the school (infrastructure) and it shall raise the knowledge and motivate school teachers regarding road safety and influence drivers behavior in school zones.

Several activities had been enforced to reach these goals. It started with enhancing the regional police presence and control at  selected schools. Furthermore, an information package for teachers, parents and caregivers has been created as well as road safety training for professionals, teachers, parents and finally map containing safe routs and high risk places.

The main partner involved in this pilot action are GRSP Hungary Association and KTI – Institute for Transport Sciences.

Their activity is pioneer in Hungary covering the complete chain from taking over the WEEE to the supply of refurbished products. 2014 is a test period for their operation. In this initial phase they intend to fulfil the local demand on reusable items. Products are being sold after repairing, cleaning and safety checking. Products are available in their shop having option to book on-line on their web catalogue. 3-day or half year replacement warranty is given with their sold products depending on the selling price. Number of the sales indicates increasing trends, positive public feedbacks, to which the proper marketing activity greatly contributes. The long-term goals of the pilot are to become industrial-wide dimension, to meet the needs at national level and to operate as an economical, growing business to achieve the goal of environmental sustainability.