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Towards a New Design Methodology for Vertical Traffic Calming Devices
Sustainability, 2023 With increasing emphasis on new soft mobility in urban areas, it becomes more and more important to provide effective speed control measures for vehicular traffic.
M. D’Apuzzo +5 more
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Eight Traffic Calming “Easy Pieces” to Shape the Everyday Pedestrian Realm
Sustainability, 2023 The need for safe pedestrian movement implies subtracting and modifying space dedicated to vehicles, especially in urban areas. Traffic control measures aim to reduce or modify the width of the carriageway and force the correct use of the space by ...
G. Cantisani +3 more
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Traffic Calming Measures and Their Slowing Effect on the Pedestrian Refuge Approach Sections
Sustainability, 2023 The ever-increasing use of motor vehicles causes a number of traffic safety and community issues, which are particularly severe in cities, accompanied by a scarcity of parking spaces and challenges encountered in road layout alteration projects.
S. Majer, A. Sołowczuk
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Sustainability, 2022 The speed value of 30 km/h should not be exceeded in urban areas, both to ensure safety requirements for all categories of users and to improve the overall quality of life in urban areas.
N. Distefano, S. Leonardi
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METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES TO EVALUATE THEIR IMPACT ON POLLUTION
DYNA, 2022 Traffic calming measures combat speeding and other unsafe behavior by drivers, proving their effectiveness in reducing the frequency and severity of accidents.
Manuel Infante Francés +1 more
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Results of a Rural Traffic Calming Event to Promote Physical Activity
Journal of Extension, 2022 This article describes how community need was addressed through a traffic calming pop-up event in rural Arkansas. The event was conducted on routes connecting a neighborhood, two schools, and a municipal park.
M. Spear +9 more
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Area-wide traffic calming for preventing traffic related injuries [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2003 It is estimated that by 2020 road traffic crashes will have moved from ninth to third in the world disease burden ranking, as measured in disability adjusted life years, and second in developing countries. The identification of effective strategies for the prevention of traffic related injuries is of global health importance.
Bunn, F +6 more
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Sustainability, 2022 The rapid development of the motor vehicle brings convenience to our life; however, it also increases the burden on traffic networks and the environment, especially when road space is limited.
Jindong Wang +2 more
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The impacts of neighbourhood traffic management [PDF]
, 2012 A major traffic-related problem faced by residents is speeding, which not only causes safety concerns, but also noise issues. Traffic calming is a much favoured traffic management tool employed by road controlling authorities to primarily reduce ...
David Daniel, Basil
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Energies, 2021 Traffic calming measures (TCMs) are implemented in urban areas to reduce vehicles’ speed and, generally speaking, results are obtained. However, speed is still a problem in rural roads crossing small villages without a bypass and with short-length urban ...
Heriberto Pérez-Acebo +2 more
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