
Luca Persia
Current roles
- Director of the Research Centre for Transport and Logistics (CTL) of the Sapienza University of Rome
- Professor of Transport Policies, Road Safety, Economic Technique and Transport Policies, Sustainability Science
- President of CTLup
- Scientific Director for the CTL/CTLup of international research Projects: SHOW, Drive2theFuture, ADAS&ME, SMALOG
Main experiences
Luca Persia carries out his research activities mainly at international level (European Commission, OECD, World Bank, UNECA). He has taken part in more than 30 international research projects, in some cases as general Coordinator, in others as Scientific Director for La Sapienza University. He has also participated in strategic national projects (Transport Plans, Traffic Plans, Road safety Plans, Infomobility Plans), often as Coordinator.
He is part of a number of important national and international research networks, representing Italy in some of them. Among others:
- ECTRI (European Conference of Transport Research Institutes);
- FERSI (Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes);
- IRTAD (International Traffic Safety Data and Analysis Group, OECD – International Transport Forum).
Great part of his research activity is dedicated to projects for the development of low-income countries, with particular attention to African countries.
Among the projects at present/recently coordinated, of particular importance are:
- AfCFTA project – Study on the Implications of the African Continental Free Trade Area for Demand of Transport Infrastructure and Services in African Countries (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa UNECA) for the evaluation of the effects of the introduction of the free trade treaty among African countries on national and international transport systems;
- SaferAfrica project (European Commission DG RESEARCH) for the creation of a scientific/institutional Dialogue Platform, which makes it possible to improve the knowledge of road accident issues in Africa and establish policies and interventions to reduce the number of fatalities and injured;
- BE-SAFE project (European Commission DG EAC) for the introduction of research on road safety into the university system of Belarus, the creation of Masters on road safety and the development of national policies for the accident reduction;
- “Conception et Mise en Place des Bases de Donnees des Accidents de la Circulation et d’un Systeme d’Information sur la Securite Routiere au Cameroun” project (Republic of Cameroon – World Bank) for the development and introduction of an innovative information system for the collection and analysis of road accident data in the Republic of Cameroon;
- SaferBraIn project (European Commission DG MOVE) for the improvement of road safety in Brazil and India, through the development of innovative methods and measures, using the findings of the European research.
At national level:
- “General Guidelines for the Implementation of the National Road Safety Plan 2030” (Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport);
- PRMTL – Piano Regionale della Mobilità, dei Trasporti e della Logistica (Lazio Region);
- CEREMSS – Planning, Facilities and Realisation of the Central Information System for Road Safety Monitoring of the Lazio Region (ASTRAL S.p.A.);
- MOP – Development of the “Mobility Operation Platform” Information System for Public Transport (Almaviva, Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico);
- Project for the creation of the Regional Road Safety Monitoring Centre of the Marche Region (Regione Marche, Ministero delle Infrastrutture e Trasporti);
- Ports Plan of the Lazio Region (AREMOL, Lazio Region);
- “Monitoring and technical administrative assistance for the implementation of the National Road Safety Plan” (Ministero delle Infrastrutture e Trasporti).
He is the author of about 70 scientific articles published in international journals and reviewer for the journals Accident Analysis and Prevention, Safety Science, International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, European Transport Research Review, Advances in Transportation Studies.
In 2019 he was awarded the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for his studies on road safety in African countries in the SaferAfrica project.
