Weather impact on the flow of traffic and safety is high. Sudden and damaging weather events such as storms and floods may be generated in the worst case of paralysis of the transport system and cause serious economic and human consequences. Climate change means that extreme weather events is expected to become more common in the future in Europe. So that the damage could be minimized or prevented, weather phenomena and their effects need more information.
VTT, led by the International Extreme Weather Impacts is the “European Networks of Transport Research Project (EWENT) study the impact of extreme weather conditions of different modes of transport: road and a light transport, railways and air transport, inland waterways and maritime transport. The aim is to determine the adverse weather conditions and to assess their costs within the EU. This study examines the normal intense atmosphere generated driven phenomena, which is particularly harmful to traffic and transport. Exclude, for example, tsunamis and earthquakes, which are comparable to natural disasters and weather patterns. Read More
