[PDF] New Approach To Improve Road Safety eBook

Author : International Transport Forum
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 27,40 MB
Release : 2008-09-23
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ISBN : 9282101967

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This report takes stock of recent developments and initiatives to meet increasingly ambitious road safety targets, and constitutes a major international review of progress in developing Safe System approaches, now adopted in a small number of countries.

Author : Angie Schmitt
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 45,95 MB
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1642830836

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The face of the pedestrian safety crisis looks a lot like Ignacio Duarte-Rodriguez. The 77-year old grandfather was struck in a hit-and-run crash while trying to cross a high-speed, six-lane road without crosswalks near his son’s home in Phoenix, Arizona. He was one of the more than 6,000 people killed while walking in America in 2018. In the last ten years, there has been a 50 percent increase in pedestrian deaths. The tragedy of traffic violence has barely registered with the media and wider culture. Disproportionately the victims are like Duarte-Rodriguez—immigrants, the poor, and people of color. They have largely been blamed and forgotten. In Right of Way, journalist Angie Schmitt shows us that deaths like Duarte-Rodriguez’s are not unavoidable “accidents.” They don’t happen because of jaywalking or distracted walking. They are predictable, occurring in stark geographic patterns that tell a story about systemic inequality. These deaths are the forgotten faces of an increasingly urgent public-health crisis that we have the tools, but not the will, to solve. Schmitt examines the possible causes of the increase in pedestrian deaths as well as programs and movements that are beginning to respond to the epidemic. Her investigation unveils why pedestrians are dying—and she demands action. Right of Way is a call to reframe the problem, acknowledge the role of racism and classism in the public response to these deaths, and energize advocacy around road safety. Ultimately, Schmitt argues that we need improvements in infrastructure and changes to policy to save lives. Right of Way unveils a crisis that is rooted in both inequality and the undeterred reign of the automobile in our cities. It challenges us to imagine and demand safer and more equitable cities, where no one is expendable.

Author : Nicholas John Ward
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 12,81 MB
Release : 2019-04-12
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1787432491

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This book provides traffic safety researchers and practitioners with an international and multi-disciplinary compendium of theoretical and methodological concepts relevant to the research and application of Traffic Safety Culture aiming towards a vision of zero traffic fatalities.

Author : National Highway Institute (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 24,41 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Human engineering
ISBN :

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The New Approaches to Highway Safety Analysis course integrates explicit road safety engineering with a human factors approach to crash analysis. It is targeted primarily to state DOT staff involved with the Highway Safety Improvement Program and FHWA Safety Specialists.

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Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 48,8 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789264103221

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Every day, it is estimated that about 350 people are killed on the roads of OECD countries, and thousands of others are injured. New technologies, including intelligent speed adaptation and collision avoidance systems, are being developed which could significantly improve road safety levels and reduce these casualties. However, significant investment is also going into technological research which may have a negative impact on road safety, unless action is taken to ensure their compatibility with current road systems. This OECD report evaluates the global impact of new technologies on road safety and provides recommendations to governments and industry to ensure that fatalities and injuries in road traffic are reduced.

Author : National Highway Institute (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 20,75 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Human engineering
ISBN :

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The New Approaches to Highway Safety Analysis course integrates explicit road safety engineering with a human factors approach to crash analysis. It is targeted primarily to state DOT staff involved with the Highway Safety Improvement Program and FHWA Safety Specialists.