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Comparative Analysis of Traffic Calming Measures between Developed countries and the Republic of Macedonia [PDF]

open access: yesBezbednosni Dijalozi, 2015
Traffic is an extremely important organized social and human activity. Life in modern society is unimaginable without traffic. Traffic is the result of the level of development of a country, and vice versa, itself wields pressure on the development of a ...
Snezana Mojsoska   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Benefits of area-wide traffic calming measures: outcomes still to assess [PDF]

open access: yesWIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 2008
The role of traffic calming schemes in urban network management is mainly to minimize the undesirable effect of traffic in residential areas; in this context accident reduction can be a realistic objective. Several studies, indeed, inform us that traffic calming is a major part of the treatments available to reduce road accidents in urban areas ...
A. GRANÀ, T. GIUFFRÈ, GUERRIERI M
openaire   +3 more sources

Synthesis of Traffic Calming Techniques in Work Zones, 2009 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Nationwide, over 1,000 fatalities and 40,000 injuries occur annually in work zones, which include both construction zones and areas where maintenance is performed.

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Gleaning the Rocky Shore? 2500 Years of Coastal Resource Use at Red Bluff 1, GunaiKurnai Country, SE Australia

open access: yesArchaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Shell middens in Gippsland along the eastern half of Victoria's coastline have usually been characterised as small, short‐duration camp sites with relatively low shell densities and low taxonomic diversity. Here we present new excavation results from a dense, high‐diversity site at Red Bluff near the eastern end of GunaiKurnai Country, a ...
Patrick Faulkner   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proactive safety assessment of urban through-roads based on GPS data

open access: yesArchives of Transport
Road safety is a worldwide issue, while urban roads account for a high share of serious road injuries, especially involving vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians or cyclists.
Jiri Ambros   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Introducing a Low Traffic Neighbourhood on Fire Service Emergency Response Times, in Waltham Forest London

open access: yesFindings, 2020
There is sometimes concern that low traffic neighbourhoods slow emergency vehicles. We test this using London Fire Brigade data (2012-2020) in Waltham Forest, where from 2015 low traffic neighbourhoods have been implemented.
Anna Goodman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of 2020 Low Traffic Neighbourhoods on Fire Service Emergency Response Times, in London, UK

open access: yesFindings, 2021
Between March and September 2020, 72 ‘Low Traffic Neighbourhoods’ (LTNs) were implemented in London. We examined the impact on fire brigade emergency response times in October 2020-February 2021 (‘post’), as compared to the same months in the previous ...
Anna Goodman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of the efficiency of traffic lights turning red in case of exceeding speed limit

open access: yesIngeniería e Investigación, 2021
Due to the presence of various traffic calming measures (TCM) and traffic lights in urban areas, the speed of vehicles is maintained low. Nevertheless, a problem arises in the frontier between urban and non-urban areas because drivers must adapt their ...
Heriberto Pérez-Acebo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘A completely different space’: Teachers' perspectives on disadvantage, access to nature and outdoor learning

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examined teachers' perspectives on how children benefit from time in nature, how disadvantage shapes access and the role of schools in facilitating such access. Drawing on interviews conducted in 2022 with 25 UK primary school teachers who participated in Generation Wild, a nature connection programme for schools in economically ...
Nicola Parkin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traffic Calming Along Urban Roads Case Study: Central Business District, Johor Bahru [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Many rapidly developing cities are plagued with urban problems related to high level of motorization on the road. Contemporary measures adopted to address the issues of high motorization level are usually associated with engineering based capital ...
Wong, Kam Lee
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