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Speed Responses to Speed Humps as Affected by Time of Day and Light Conditions on a Residential Road with Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Road Lighting

open access: yesSafety, 2018
The speed-reducing effect of speed humps during darkness is important to ensure a consistent speed reduction and a decreased probability of accidents during darkness.
Annika K. Jägerbrand   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Achieving safer school travel in the UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper summarises the current UK approach to improving child road safety, focusing particularly on measures to enhance the safety of the school journey.
Cairns, S.
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Effects of Roads and Traffic on Wildlife Populations and Landscape Function Road Ecology is Moving toward Larger Scales [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Road ecology has developed into a significant branch of ecology with steady growth in the number of refereed journal articles, books, conferences, symposia, and “best practice” guidelines being produced each year. The main objective of this special issue
Clevenger, A.P.   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Nurses' Experiences Caring for People Presenting to the Emergency Department With Mental Health Concerns

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore the experiences of Emergency Department nurses when caring for patients presenting to the Emergency Department with mental health issues. Design Qualitative descriptive study. Methods Ten nurses with experience caring for mental health patients participated in face‐to‐face, semi‐structured interviews.
Caitlin Kent   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design and evaluation of a novel curved speed hump (CSH) for Indian roads

open access: yesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Traffic calming measures are crucial for sustainable traffic management. Globally, vertical and horizontal techniques, such as speed humps, speed cushions, roundabouts and chicanes are used to reduce vehicle speeds and enhance road safety.
Korra Ravi Kiran   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community involvement in urban design: help or hindrance? [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
This paper examines the realities of community involvement in urban design in the context of a study of the West Itchen Neighbourhood of Southampton, a diverse inner city area accommodating some 7,000 households and 18,000 people.
Gregory, Helen, Rowley, Alan
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Just be the parent

open access: yes
Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Andrew S. Kern‐Goldberger
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring How Gerontological Nursing Telephone Support Can Assist Informal Caregivers of Older Adults at Hospital Discharge—A Qualitative Study

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim and Objective To explore how receiving gerontological nurse telephone support assisted caregivers of older adults to provide care after hospital discharge. Background Informal caregivers are vital to the recovery of older patients after hospital discharge, but often feel under‐prepared and unsupported.
Cheng Yen Loo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Raised Pedestrian Crossings: Analysis of Their Characteristics on a Road Network and Geometric Sizing Proposal

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2019
In urban areas traffic-calming strategies and pedestrian friendly measures are often adopted to reduce the adverse impacts of motor vehicles on vulnerable users.
Giuseppe Loprencipe   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating the benefits of traffic calming on through routes: A choice expermiment approach

open access: yes, 2000
Excessive speed is a major contributory factor in a large proportion of deaths and serious injuries on British roads. One approach to tackling the speeding problem is the use of traffic calming measures as a means of enforcing speed restrictions along ...
Garrod, Guy D.   +2 more
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