Traffic flow parameters development modelling at traffic calming measures located on arterial roads
Controlling the speed of vehicles is essential in some parts of the roadway. One way of controlling speed is to use static control devices i.e. traffic calming measures, which reduce the speeds of vehicles and thereby increase safety, while produce ...
Ayman A. Abdulmawjoud +2 more
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Use of traffic calming measures in the Republic of Belarus [PDF]
Traffic calming is one of the main approaches to ensuring safety in city streets and it is based on the concept of speed containment. The aim of this approach is to minimize passing transit flows through the streets of district importance, to ensure the ...
Kapski, Denis, Korzhova, Antonina
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Evaluating of traffic calming measures in city of Novi Sad [PDF]
The effects of traffic calming measures were analysed by measuring the speed of individual vehicles at the street network in City of Novi Sad. The mean speed of the traffic flow was determined at locations of traffic calming devices, as well as the 15 ...
Bogdanović Vuk Z. +6 more
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Unified Methodology for Estimating Efficiency of Traffic Calming Measures – Example of Estonia
Traffic calming is an integral part of contemporary traffic planning and traffic management being used for fulfilling different tasks such as reducing vehicle speed and traffic volume, and in final terms reducing number of accidents.
Juri Ess, Dago Antov
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Quantitying the Effects of Traffic Calming on Emissions Using on-road Measurement [PDF]
The objective of this work was to determine the effect of one form of traffic calming on emissions. Traffic calming is aimed at reducing average vehicle speeds, especially in residential neighborhoods, often using physical road obstructions such as ...
Andrews, G.E. +5 more
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Traffic Calming Measures: An Evaluation of the Effect on Driving Speed
Road accidents are one of the leading causes of death in the world, particularly among young people. Excessive speed is one of the main risk factors in road traffic safety, increasing accident probability and affecting accident severity.
Audrius Vaitkus +6 more
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Road tolls, diverted traffic and local traffic calming measures: Who should be in charge? [PDF]
Abstract Secondary roads often suffer from diverted traffic trying to avoid congestion on major motorways. In this paper we study the traffic problems of a small town that is located parallel to a congested motorway and suffers from such diverted traffic (high local accident risks, local congestion and other nuisances).
De Borger, Bruno, Proost, Stef
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Effect of Traffic Calming in a Downtown District of Szczecin, Poland
The increasing use of road vehicles has caused a number of transport and environmental issues throughout the world. To cope with them, traffic calming schemes are being increasingly implemented in built-up areas.
Alicja Sołowczuk
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Living in a Silver Zone: Residents’ perceptions of area-wide traffic calming measures in Singapore
Traffic calming has been introduced in many cities in a bid to create more age-friendly and sustainable communities. This study uses Q methodology to understand the perspectives and experiences of residents after almost a decade since the first ...
Samuel Chng +3 more
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Traffic-Calming Measures and Road Traffic Collisions and Injuries: A Spatiotemporal Analysis
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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