Safety and accessibility effects of code modifications and traffic calming of an arterial road

Leden, Lars; Wikström, Per-Erik; Gårder, Per; Rosander, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2005.11.002

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“…In California, the construction of a sidewalk and the addition of a traffic control was associated with an increase in walking or bicycling to school (Boarnet, Anderson, Day, McMillan, & Alfonzo, 2005). In Sweden, trafficcalming measures (e.g., roundabouts) and bicycle and pedestrian accommodations (e.g, central refuge islands, pedestrian walkways) were added to a busy street, resulting in a decline in the number of children driven to school (from 37% to 21%) and an increase in the number of children bicycling to school (from 29% to 51%; Leden, Wikstrom, Garder, & Rosander, 2006).…”

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“…In Sweden, a new code specified that drivers must yield to pedestrians entering or crossing in marked crosswalks; this resulted in cars giving way to 72% of children after the code change (in addition to a new roundabout), compared with 32% before the new code and roundabout. For child bicyclists, the rate went from 6% to 84% (Leden et al, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Implementing Safe Routes to School: Application for the Socioecological Model and Issues to Consider

Martin¹,

Moeti

Pullen-Seufert³

2008

Health Promotion Practice

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The newly established national Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program has the potential to positively influence individuals, communities, and the environment regardless of race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. Many communities are applying their interest in physical activity promotion toward creating policies and programs to encourage active travel, though many barriers exist. SRTS legislation provides funds to address some of the barriers and improve the ability of students to safely walk and bicycle to school. SRTS requires that 70% to 90% of the funds be used for infrastructure projects (i.e., engineering treatments, such as sidewalk construction), and 10% to 30% for noninfrastructure activities, such as education, encouragement, and enforcement. The socioecological model (SEM) is widely used in public health and includes five levels of influence on behavior, from individual to public policy. Application of the SEM to SRTS provides a framework for a comprehensive approach to improve active travel to school.

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Implementing Safe Routes to School: Application for the Socioecological Model and Issues to Consider

Martin¹,

Moeti

Pullen-Seufert³

2008

Health Promotion Practice

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“…• Reducing the number of lanes: redistribute the traffic flow to other possible routes bordering the park; • Reducing traffic speed with calming measures, as the inclusion of chicanes along the road which is proved to reduce traffic speed [19]. It avoids the linear perception of the road giving visual continuity to the park; • Adding a porous road surface material;…”

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Towards the integration of urban sound planning in urban development processes: the study of four test sites within the SONORUS project

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Noise pollution in urban environments is today a major problem affecting inhabitants of many European cities. Reducing noise is therefore a necessity. As a result, many cities now have noise action plans comprising concrete actions to tackle noise issues in affected areas. Nevertheless, these often isolated documents only address existing problems. In order to change this practice an integrated strategy is necessary. A new approach to urban sound planning, a holistic approach, is being developed and tested within the SONORUS project and it is described in this paper. SONORUS, the Urban Sound Planner project, is an initial training network (ITN) that is educating researchers in a whole range of acoustic disciplines, as well as in advanced urban planning processes. An essential part of this training is the application of the holistic approach to real test sites. Although this is an ongoing work, a few innovative techniques were already developed and its application to the test sites resulted in improved urban sound planning tools. This paper promotes the discussion about the implications that the holistic approach might have in urban sound planning policies and how it can be a driving force for changing the noise pollution situation in urban environments.

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“…Le marquage au sol de passage piéton est aussi une mesure simple et couramment utilisée par les autorités pour faciliter la traversée. Les rares études sur ce type d'intervention ne peuvent confirmer leur effet protecteur, bien au contraire, puisque certaines d'entre elles associent la présence d'un passage à un nombre plus élevé de piétons blessés, en particulier lorsqu'il n'y a pas de feu de circulation et sur des rues à plus de deux voies [16][17][18].…”

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Carrefours en milieu urbain : quels risques pour les piétons ? Exemple empirique des quartiers centraux de Montréal, Canada

Cloutier¹,

Tremblay²,

Martineau³

et al. 2014

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Cet article a pour objectif d'évaluer l'impact de variables environnementales que nous appellerons « proximales » (à un carrefour) et « distales » (zone d'influence autour d'un carrefour) sur le nombre d'accidents piétons à ces mêmes carrefours. À partir d'une enquête terrain faite à plus de 500 carrefours des quartiers centraux de Montréal, nous proposons ici de calculer deux modèles de régression : un modèle négatif binomial qui a pour variable dépendante le nombre de piétons blessés dans un rayon de 50 mètres du carrefour ; un modèle logistique ordinal, qui se base sur une variable dépendante avec 3 modalités (0 = 0 accident ; 1 = 1 ou 2 accidents ; 2 = 3 accidents ou plus). Les résultats suggèrent que la présence de plus de 5 voies, d'un feu de circulation, d'un feu piéton et d'un passage pour piétons (variables proximales), ainsi que le nombre d'emplois par zone d'influence augmentent la probabilité d'avoir plus d'accidents au carrefour ou d'appartenir à une catégorie supérieure d'accidents, à l'exception du passage piéton. À la lumière de ces résultats, il nous apparaît évident que le piéton nécessite plus de considération lors des choix d'aménagement des lieux de traversée, en particulier dans les quartiers centraux de grandes villes comme Montréal.

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Safety and accessibility effects of code modifications and traffic calming of an arterial road

Cited by 23 publications

References 2 publications

Implementing Safe Routes to School: Application for the Socioecological Model and Issues to Consider

Implementing Safe Routes to School: Application for the Socioecological Model and Issues to Consider

Towards the integration of urban sound planning in urban development processes: the study of four test sites within the SONORUS project

Carrefours en milieu urbain : quels risques pour les piétons ? Exemple empirique des quartiers centraux de Montréal, Canada

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