Download or read book Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Pedestrians written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pedestrians are a part of every roadway environment and they also are significantly represented in death and injury statistics. Each year nearly 5,000 pedestrians are killed in traffic crashes and another 68,000 are injured. Pedestrians face a variety of challenges when they walk along and across streets with motor vehicles. Even though they are legitimate roadway users, they are frequently overlooked in the quest to build more-sophisticated transportation systems. Specific groups that do not or cannot drive{151}including children, the elderly, the disabled, and low-income populations{151}primarily depend on walking for transportation. In many communities these individuals constitute up to 30 percent of the population. Simply addressing one of the four {147}Es{148}{151}engineering, education, enforcement, and emergency medical services{151}in isolation, cannot solve many pedestrian problems. Engineering improvements coupled with enhanced safe behavior by pedestrians and motorists are needed to further reduce pedestrian fatalities.
Download or read book Guidance for Implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan written by National Cooperative Highway Research Program and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guidance for Implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guidance for Implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan A guide for reducing collisions involving pedestrians written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guidance for Implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan Volume 10 A Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Pedestrians written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guidance for Implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Older Drivers written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One in eight people today is age 65 or older. By 2030, the number is expected to swell to one in five. This age group accounts for close to 14 percent of all traffic fatalities-about 6,000 people a year-and an even higher percentage of pedestrian deaths, which include about 1,000 seniors. Compared to younger age groups, fewer seniors have licenses and they drive fewer miles per licensed driver. Yet, per mile driven, seniors have higher crash rates than any other group except teenagers. A senior's risk of crashing may be increased due to the normal physiological changes that accompany aging, including slower reaction times, poorer nighttime vision, reduced depth perception, reduced visual contrast sensitivity, and reduced ability to divide attention time.
Download or read book Guidance for Implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan written by and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2003 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guidance for Implementation of the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan written by Arthur Goodwin and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2007 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also available online via the Web pages of the TRB Cooperative Research Programs (www4.trb.org/trb/crp.nsf).
Download or read book A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets 2011 written by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and published by AASHTO. This book was released on 2011 with total page 907 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Local Policies and Practices that Support Safe Pedestrian Environments written by Ryan Walsh and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2012 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Document[s] the regulatory, administrative, and financial tools used by communities to provide safe pedestrian environments ... captures tools and strategies reported as effective in a range of contexts (e.g., geography, community size, weather, demographics, and regulatory requirements) and development conditions. Development conditions addressed include new and infill development, street reconstruction, and retrofitting."--Summary.
Download or read book A Guide for Reducing Speeding Related Crashes written by and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2009 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Highway Safety Manual written by and published by AASHTO. This book was released on 2010 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) is a resource that provides safety knowledge and tools in a useful form to facilitate improved decision making based on safety performance. The focus of the HSM is to provide quantitative information for decision making. The HSM assembles currently available information and methodologies on measuring, estimating and evaluating roadways in terms of crash frequency (number of crashes per year) and crash severity (level of injuries due to crashes). The HSM presents tools and methodologies for consideration of 'safety' across the range of highway activities: planning, programming, project development, construction, operations, and maintenance. The purpose of this is to convey present knowledge regarding highway safety information for use by a broad array of transportation professionals"--p. xxiii, vol. 1.
Download or read book A Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Young Drivers written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Heavy Trucks written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of every eight people who die on the nation's roadways is killed in a crash involving a heavy Truck. Most are occupants of other vehicles or non-occupants, such as pedestrians and bicyclists. Another 130,000 people are injured in crashes with heavy trucks. Over the last two decades truck involvement in fatal crashes has declined by more than half as a function of vehicle miles traveled, from 5.0 per 100 million VMT in 1980 to 2.1 in 2001. Nevertheless, the rate is still much higher than the 1.3 rate for passenger vehicles. While heavy trucks are over-represented in fatal crashes, analysis of driver-related factors in crashes between large trucks and passenger vehicles indicates that passenger vehicle driver errors or other driver factors are cited in more than two-thirds of the crashes. Still, much can be done to reduce fatal crashes involving heavy trucks.
Download or read book Improving the Safety of Older Road Users written by Jane C. Stutts and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2005 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 348: Improving the Safety of Older Road Users examines programs and policies in place across the country to improve the safety and mobility of older road users. The report documents a range of strategies and related programs under way in roadway engineering, driver licensing, public information and education, and enforcement and adjudication.
Download or read book Pedestrian safety written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2023-05-03 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Pedestrian safety: a road safety manual for decision-makers and practitioners has updated the evidence on risk factors and interventions for pedestrian safety. The manual is aimed at policy-makers and road safety practitioners and draws on experience from countries that have succeeded in improving pedestrian safety. Pedestrian risk is increased when roadway design and land-use planning fail to provide facilities such as sidewalks, or adequate consideration of pedestrian access at intersections. There are several specific engineering measures that reduce pedestrian exposure to vehicular traffic and most involve separating pedestrians from vehicles or reducing traffic volume. Speed management is important for addressing pedestrian safety and involves much more than setting and enforcing appropriate speed limits. It deploys a range of engineering, enforcement and education measures in order to balance safety with efficient vehicle speeds on the road network. Road environment, legislation, and enforcement interventions – both alone and in combination with road user behaviour/education remedies –can improve pedestrian safety.
