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A neuro‐behavioural model of neophobia

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fear can be defined as the internal neurological state that releases a repertoire of behaviours an animal performs to reduce the effect of an aversive factor. Neophobia, the fear of novelty, is a fundamental behavioural trait observed across a wide range of species from arthropods to humans.
Arik Dorfman, Aziz Subach, Inon Scharf
wiley   +1 more source

A Simulator Study on the Driving Impacts of Four Speed-Calming Measures at Unsignalized Intersections

Applied Sciences
Intersections, especially those without traffic signals, are prone to frequent traffic accidents and disorder. The regulation of vehicle speed is an effective measure that can be taken in order to mitigate accidents and alleviate disorder at unsignalized
Yaqin Qin, Yang Wu, Miao Guo
doaj   +1 more source

Policy Spandrels: How Design Decisions Can Open Up Spaces for Unintended Policy Change

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article introduces the concept of policy spandrels to make sense of public policies producing second‐order effects that are unintentional from the perspective of policy design and yet are fraught with consequences. By analogy with architectural spandrels—leftover spaces that can be used for unforeseen purposes—policy change can be enabled
Martino Maggetti
wiley   +1 more source

TRAFFIC CALMING ON BELEHRADSKA STREET IN PARDUBICE

Perner’s Contacts, 2010
The paper deals with the traffic calming in Belehradska Street in Pardubice. Traffic calming shares the goal of reducing vehicle speeds, improving safety, and enhancing quality of life and starts to occur in many Czech towns. There are given an examples
Michaela Ledvinová
doaj  

Developing a measure of traffic calming associated with elementary school students’ active transport [PDF]

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2014
The objective of this study is to develop a measure of traffic calming with nationally available GIS data from NAVTEQ and to validate the traffic calming index with the percentage of children reported by school administrators as walking or biking to school, using data from a nationally representative sample of elementary schools in 2006-2010.
Lisa M. Nicholson, Lindsey Turner, Sandy J. Slater, Haytham Abuzayd, Jamie F. Chriqui, Frank Chaloupka   +5 more
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Përmirësimi i kushteve të jetesës në Tiranë: Ulje e dendësisë së banorëve apo trafikut të automjeteve? [PDF]

, 2007
Much of the public debate related to Tirana’s urban problems focuses on how fast the city ought to grow, and how dense it should be. The author takes the position that the quality of residential neighborhoods rather than their density is critical for ...
Pojani, Dorina
core  

Caught in the fire: An accidental ethnography of discomfort in researching sex work

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on fifteen years of engagement with researching Israel's sex industry, this article uses accidental ethnography to propose discomfort‐as‐method for feminist anthropology. I argue that discomfort is not a by‐product of fieldwork but a constitutive condition that disciplines researchers and shapes what can be known.
Yeela Lahav‐Raz
wiley   +1 more source

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. The commonly applied solutions include the designation of through streets, the implementation of on-street ...
Stanisław Majer, Alicja Sołowczuk
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Priority Management for Urban Arterials. Transferability of Techniques: Humberstone/Uppingham Road. [PDF]

, 1995
This paper describes the background and methodology employed in research funded by EPSRC to assess the effect of individual traffic control measures, both in isolation and in combination upon urban arterials.
Clark, S.D., May, A.D., Montgomery, F.O.
core  

The principles of integration in urban transport strategies [PDF]

, 2006
Integration as a principle in urban transport policy is frequently advocated but rarely defined. We suggest a range of types of integration, and highlight the problems in developing an effective integrated strategy, given the number of variables involved.
Kelly, C., May, A.D., Shepherd, S.P.
core   +1 more source