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Transport planning guidelines for vulnerable road user safety in emerging economies
conference contribution
posted on 2013-01-22, 12:41 authored by Claire QuigleyClaire Quigley, Ruth Sims, Julian HillJulian Hill, Antonino Tripodi, Luca Persia, Hugo Pietrantonio, Mahendra KharatWith the rapid expanse of motorised traffic in countries such as Brazil and India, the safety of vulnerable road users (VRUs) needs to be a key component in any transportation development. It should be considered what can be learnt from European transport planning experiences. This review identifies current good practice in Europe and considers how VRU safety is considered in the process. Based on this review, recommendations are given for:Stakeholder participation;
•The development of a step by step planning process;
•The implementation of VRU principles into the process.
•An assessment of the feasibility and implications for safety of applying European practice to Emerging Economies is also given.
Keywords
Transport planning; European best practice; Vulnerable Road User Safety; Emerging Economies; India; Brazil
History
School
- Design
Citation
QUIGLEY, C. ... et al, 2012. Transport planning guidelines for vulnerable road user safety in emerging economies. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 48 (2012), pp.3220–3229.Publisher
© 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of the Programme Committee of the Transport Research Arena 2012 Open access under CC BY-NC-ND licenseVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publication date
2012Notes
This conference paper was presented at Transport Research Arena - Europe, 23rd-26th April 2012, Athens, Greece and subsequently published by Elsevier under a CC BY NC ND licence.ISSN
1877-0428Publisher version
Language
- en