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Designing Safe Road Systems

Author : Jan Theeuwes
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317152131
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Designing Safe Road Systems written by Jan Theeuwes and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books focus on individual differences and how those relate to traffic safety such as accident proneness, gender differences, age, alcohol, and the effects of drugs. Others focus on the safety effects regarding the vehicle such as airbags, anti-lock brakes, navigation systems, intelligent cruise control and other new gadgets coming to the vehicle. Even though these topics are undoubtedly important for traffic safety, this book takes a unique approach as it focuses solely on the road environment. Designing Safe Road Systems provides the background for those who want to know more about the effects of road design on driving behaviour. It uses a systems approach to allow a better understanding of why and in what circumstances drivers may commit errors. This understanding will ultimately lead to road systems that prevent (fatal) errors from occurring. The book contains an overview of the current models and theories about human performance and human behaviour in traffic that are relevant for all those involved in designing safe road systems. The central theme of this book is how design principles can reduce the probability of an error while driving. The authors demonstrate how knowledge of human factors helps a road authority to better understand how road users behave. They argue that in many cases the design of the environment can be further adjusted to human capabilities, and that safety should be considered a system property to be built into the road system.

Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems

Author : John L. Campbell
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
ISBN 13 : 0309258162
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems written by John L. Campbell and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2012 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report completes and updates the first edition of NCHRP Report 600: Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems (HFG), which was published previously in three collections. The HFG contains guidelines that provide human factors principles and findings for consideration by, and is a resource document for, highway designers, traffic engineers, and other safety practitioners."--Foreword.

Roadside Design Guide

Author : American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Task Force for Roadside Safety
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Roadside Design Guide written by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Task Force for Roadside Safety and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Highway Safety Design and Operations Guide, 3rd Edition

Author :
Publisher : AASHTO
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Highway Safety Design and Operations Guide, 3rd Edition written by and published by AASHTO. This book was released on with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Transport Planning and Traffic Safety

Author : Geetam Tiwari
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498751474
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Transport Planning and Traffic Safety written by Geetam Tiwari and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recognition of the importance of road safety as a major health issue, the World Health Organization has declared 2011-2021 the Decade of Safety Action. Several countries in Europe, North America, and Asia have been successful in reducing fatalities and injuries due to road traffic crashes. However, many low-income countries continue to experience high rates of traffic fatalities and injuries. Transport Planning and Traffic Safety: Making Cities, Roads, and Vehicles Safer offers a source book for road safety training courses as well as an introductory textbook for graduate-level courses on road safety taught in engineering institutes. It brings together the international experiences and lessons learned from countries which have been successful in reducing traffic crashes and their applicability in low-income countries. The content is based on lectures delivered during an international course on transportation planning and traffic safety, sponsored annually by the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. The book is interdisciplinary and aimed at professionals—traffic and road engineers, vehicle designers, law enforcers, and transport planners. The authors examine trends in performance of OECD countries and highlight the public health and systems approach of traffic safety with the vulnerable road user in focus. Topics include land use (transportation planning, mobility, and safety), safety education and legislation, accident analysis, road safety research, human tolerance to injury, vehicle design, safety in construction zones, safety in urban areas, traffic calming, public transportation, safety laws and policies, and pre-hospital care of the injured.

Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems

Author : John L. Campbell
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
ISBN 13 : 0309117518
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems written by John L. Campbell and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2008 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NCHRP report 600 explores human factors principles and findings for consideration by highway designers and traffic engineers. The report is designed to help the nonexpert in human factors to consider more effectively the roadway user's capabilities and limitations in the design and operation of highway facilities.

Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems

Author : National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780309154697
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (546 download)

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Download or read book Human Factors Guidelines for Road Systems written by National Cooperative Highway Research Program and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report contains guidelines that provide human factors principles and findings for consideration by highway designers and traffic engineers. The guidelines allow the non-expert in human factors to more effectively consider the roadway user's capabilities and limitations in the design and operation of highway facilities. The following chapters are included in collection C: (16) Special Considerations for Rural Environments; (17) Speed Perception, Speed Choice, and Speed Control; (18) Signing; (19) Changeable Message Signs; (20) Markings; (22) Tutorials (Tutorials 4, 5, 6); (23) References (Updated); (24) Glossary; (25) Index; and (26) Abbreviations (Updated).

Human Systems Engineering and Design

Author : Tareq Ahram
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030020533
Total Pages : 1152 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Human Systems Engineering and Design written by Tareq Ahram and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on novel design and systems engineering approaches, including theories and best practices, for promoting a better integration of people and engineering systems. It covers a range of hot topics related to: development of activity-centered and user-centered systems; interface design and human-computer interaction; usability and user experience; cooperative, participatory and contextual models; emergent properties of human behavior; innovative materials in manufacturing, and many more. Particular emphasis is placed on applications in sports, healthcare, and medicine. The book, which gathers selected papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Human Systems Engineering and Design: Future Trends and Applications (IHSED 2018), held on October 25-27, 2018, at CHU-Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France, provides researchers, practitioners and program managers with a snapshot of the state-of-the-art and current challenges in the field of human systems engineering and design.

Transport and Safety

Author : Geetam Tiwari
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811611157
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Transport and Safety written by Geetam Tiwari and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses a variety of issues on traffic safety policy, ranging from issues of climate change, urban equity, and transport safety, in a broad global and societal context, while retaining situation-specific details. Written by international experts on issues of transportation and traffic safety, it will be of special interest to advanced researchers in the engineering and planning disciplines working on these issues as well as policy makers concerned with setting up institutions and legislations for traffic safety.

Road Safety by Design

Author : H. M. Jagtman
Publisher : Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9059720458
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Road Safety by Design written by H. M. Jagtman and published by Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Geometric Design Practices for European Roads

Author : James O. Brewer
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428952330
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Book Synopsis Geometric Design Practices for European Roads by : James O. Brewer

Download or read book Geometric Design Practices for European Roads written by James O. Brewer and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Guide for Achieving Flexibility in Highway Design

Author :
Publisher : AASHTO
ISBN 13 : 1560512598
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book A Guide for Achieving Flexibility in Highway Design written by and published by AASHTO. This book was released on 2004 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Context-sensitive solutions (CSS) reflect the need to consider highway projects as more than just transportation facilities. Depending on how highway projects are integrated into the community, they can have far-reaching impacts beyond their traffic or transportation function. CSS is a comprehensive process that brings stakeholders together in a positive, proactive environment to develop projects that not only meet transportation needs, but also improve or enhance the community. Achieving a flexible, context-sensitive design solution requires designers to fully understand the reasons behind the processes, design values, and design procedures that are used. This AASHTO Guide shows highway designers how to think flexibly, how to recognize the many choices and options they have, and how to arrive at the best solution for the particular situation or context. It also strives to emphasize that flexible design does not necessarily entail a fundamentally new design process, but that it can be integrated into the existing transportation culture. This publication represents a major step toward institutionalizing CSS into state transportation departments and other agencies charged with transportation project development.

A Policy on Design Standards--interstate System

Author :
Publisher : Aashto
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book A Policy on Design Standards--interstate System written by and published by Aashto. This book was released on 2005 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Designing Safer Roads

Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
Publisher : Transportation Research Board National Research
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Designing Safer Roads written by National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board and published by Transportation Research Board National Research. This book was released on 1987 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to a provision of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Federal Highway Administration, requested the National Academy of Sciences to study the safety cost-effectiveness of geometric design standards and recommend minimum standards for resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation (RRR) projects on existing federal-aid highways, except freeways. RRR projects can extend the service life of existing highways through pavement and other repairs and at the same time improve highway safety by making selective improvements to highway geometry and other roadside features. Striking a balance between preservation and safety improvements on RRR projects has proved controversial, however. The controversy has centered on which minimum geometric design standards should be applied to RRR projects to qualify for federal aid. This report presents the findings of a study committee which conducted case studies of current RRR design practices, reviewed current knowledge about relationships between geometric design and safety, and analyzed the cost and safety trade-offs of geometric improvements to existing highways. The report concludes with the study committee recommendations concerning a variety of practices that will increase the safety cost-effectiveness of RRR projects.

Improved Safety Information to Support Highway Design

Author : Ronald C. Pfefer
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
ISBN 13 : 9780309066082
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (66 download)

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Book Synopsis Improved Safety Information to Support Highway Design by : Ronald C. Pfefer

Download or read book Improved Safety Information to Support Highway Design written by Ronald C. Pfefer and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 1999 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Highway Safety, Design and Operations

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Investigations and Review
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Highway Safety, Design and Operations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Investigations and Review and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Towards Zero Ambitious Road Safety Targets and the Safe System Approach

Author : International Transport Forum
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9282101967
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Towards Zero Ambitious Road Safety Targets and the Safe System Approach written by International Transport Forum and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report takes stock of recent developments and initiatives to meet increasingly ambitious road safety targets, and constitutes a major international review of progress in developing Safe System approaches, now adopted in a small number of countries.