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A large-scale study on the speed-calming effect of speed humps [PDF]
Transactions on Transport Sciences, 2020 Inappropriate speeding is one of the main causes for traffic-related injuries and fatalities. Studies have shown that more than 50 % of Danish car drivers regularly speed on urban roads and nearly 75 % of them speed on rural roads. Physical speed-calming
Niels Agerholm +4 more
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The Effect of Speed Humps on Instantaneous Traffic Emissions [PDF]
Applied Sciences, 2020 Bad air quality due to free pollutants such as particulate matter (PM), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and volatile organic components (VOC) increases the risk of long- term health diseases.
Julio César Pérez-Sansalvador +3 more
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Results in Engineering, 2020 Speed hump/table are devices used on roadways with the objective of reducing vehicular speed. Nevertheless, the effects of said devices on traffic streams are not that clear.
Saúl A. Obregón-Biosca
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Effect of Speed Humps on Ambulance Delay. [PDF]
Cureus, 2023 Speed humps allow vehicles to slow down their speeds, but they also cause emergency vehicles to waste time on their way to their destinations. The study aims to determine the delay times alone and queue delay time of ambulances passing through speed humps.Three types of ambulances (Van, Multiple Victim Assistance, Bariatric) and vehicles (Truck, Lorry,
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Evaluating the effectiveness of speed humps and rumble strips in improving pedestrian safety in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [PDF]
PLoS ONEPedestrian fatalities remain a major road safety problem in Addis Ababa. To address this problem, speed humps and rumble strips were introduced on high-crash road segments in the city in 2017. As a case study that can be useful elsewhere, the aim of this
Getu Segni Tulu +3 more
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Effectiveness of Motorcycle speed controlled by speed hump
KKU Engineering Journal, 2014 Speed humps are one of the traffic calming measures widely accepted to control vehicle speed in the local road. Humps standards from the western countries are designed mainly for the passenger car.
Pornsiri Urapa +3 more
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Investigation the Effect of Speed Humps on Merging Time of U-turn Traffic
Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2019 The median U-turn involving allowing traffic to move toward opposing direction through providing special paths on a highway’ median. Such left turn movements causing delays for both merging and the opposing main stream traffic.
Jalal Al-Obaedi
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Atmosphere, 2021 Over the last three decades, transportation has become one of the main energy-consuming sectors around the world and, as a result, large amounts of emissions are produced, contributing to global warming, climate change, and health problems.
Fady M. A. Hassouna +6 more
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Safety, 2018 The speed-reducing effect of speed humps during darkness is important to ensure a consistent speed reduction and a decreased probability of accidents during darkness.
Annika K. Jägerbrand +2 more
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Effect of speed hump characteristics on pavement condition
Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English ed. Online), 2017 Speed humps are the most common type of traffic calming devices due to their low cost and easy installation. However, in many Egyptian roads, considerable number of these humps is randomly placed without proper engineering studies and justifications ...
Talaat Ali Abdel-Wahed +1 more
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