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Point scoring system to rank traffic calming projects
Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English ed. Online), 2016 The installation of calming measures on a road network is systematically planned way in general to reduce driving speeds, but also reduces the volume of through traffic on local and residential streets.
Farzana Rahman, Hisashi Kubota
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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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Traffic-Calming Measures and Road Traffic Collisions and Injuries: A Spatiotemporal Analysis
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2023 Abstract Traffic-calming measures (TCMs) are physical modifications of the road network aimed at making the roads safer. Although researchers have reported reductions in numbers of road crashes and injuries tied to the presence of TCMs, such studies have been criticized for their pre-/post- designs.
Batomen, Brice +9 more
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Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English ed. Online), 2016 Traffic accident frequency has been decreasing in Japan in recent years. Nevertheless, many accidents still occur on residential roads. Area-wide traffic calming measures including Zone 30, which discourages traffic by setting a speed limit of 30 km/h in
Seiji Hashimoto +5 more
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Conflits autour de la « pacification » du trafic automobile
L'Espace Politique, 2016 In France while traffic calming measures were concentrated in residential neighbourhoods or in commercial streets until the end of the 2000s, these measures spread to the main roads receiving major transit traffic. To what extent do the conflicts created
Sylvanie Godillon
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT An emerging consensus calls for transformative climate governance. However, what instigates and sustains transformative pathways remains unclear. This study characterises the existence, quality and structural underpinnings of transformative governance capacities in local government climate change response in Aotearoa New Zealand, applying a ...
Gangadari K. Ranawaka +3 more
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Modeling the Effect of Traffic Calming on Local Animal Population Persistence
Ecology and Society, 2009 A steady growth in traffic volumes in industrialized countries with dense human populations is expected, especially on minor roads. As a consequence, the fragmentation of wildlife populations will increase dramatically.
Frank van Langevelde +1 more
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REVIEW AND COMPARISON OF TRAFFIC CALMING SOLUTIONS: MEXICO CITY AND KATOWICE [PDF]
Scientific Journal of Silesian University of Technology. Series Transport, 2017 The article addresses solutions implemented in two cities, namely,Mexico City and Katowice, with the aim of improving road traffic safety. Despite the distance of more than 10,000 km separating the two cities, a comparison revealed many similar solutions
Delia Berenice VILLARREAL CHÁVEZ +4 more
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Traffic Calming in India : Report on the theory of Traffic Calming and empirical trials in the city of Jaipur [PDF]
, 2009 The pedestrian safety problem is huge in all developing countries. The main aims of the project are therefore: 1/To understand pedestrian safety problem in a developing country, 2/To identify feasible traffic calming measures. International experiences were complemented by field studies at seven sites in the city of Jaipur.
Hydén, Christer, Svensson, Åse
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Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.In this review, we critically summarized the application of natural polysaccharides (NPs) for the treatment of IBD. This approach combines, in a unique way (right), the basic structure–activity relationships of NPs from different origins (left) with their multipronged mode of action, which involves modulation of the gut microbiota and other ...
Felix Danso +3 more
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