safety research

California's safe routes to school program

Submitted by administrator on Mon, 25/02/2008 - 22:07
- Impacts on walking, bicycling, and pedestrian safety
California's safe routes to school program - Web page
This article evaluates California's pioneering Safe Routes to School (SR2S) program, which funds traffic improvement projects designed to improve safety for children's walking and bicycling to school and to increase the number of children who do so.
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Pedestrians in peril on Valley streets

Submitted by administrator on Wed, 19/09/2007 - 21:29

Pedestrians in peril on Valley streets - Document - Adobe PDF

More than 1,000 San Fernando Valley pedestrians have been hit by vehicles since 2006, with three major thoroughfares serving as the sites of most of the serious injuries and deaths.

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North America
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Active signs trial report (Timaru, Invercargill)

Submitted by administrator on Sat, 19/08/2006 - 02:53
Active signs trial report (Timaru, Invercargill) - Document - Adobe PDF - Acrobat Reader
Trial signs were erected in eleven different situations in Timaru and Invercargill for twelve months.
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Canterbury
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Invercargill
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Design and planning
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Local government
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Racial differences and pedestrian safety: some evidence from Maryland and implications for policy

Submitted by administrator on Wed, 09/08/2006 - 03:02
Racial differences and pedestrian safety: some evidence from Maryland and implications for policy - Document - Adobe PDF - Acrobat Reader
One urban transportation mode that is often neglected is pedestrian movement. One group particularly susceptible in this mode is the elderly.
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Terrorism, transit, and public safety: evaluating the risks

Submitted by administrator on Sun, 06/08/2006 - 23:03
Terrorism, transit, and public safety: evaluating the risks - 1.0 Mb Document - Adobe PDF - Acrobat Reader
This paper evaluates the overall safety of public transit, taking into account all risks, including recent terrorist attacks.
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