Canadian Research on Pedestrian Safety
Author : J. E. Louis Malenfant
Publisher :
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 44,41 MB
Release : 1999
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Author : J. E. Louis Malenfant
Publisher :
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 44,41 MB
Release : 1999
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Author : U S Department of Transportation- Feder
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 47,21 MB
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781492382300
This report was one in a series of pedestrian safety synthesis reports prepared for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to document pedestrian safety in other countries. This review reports research in six areas of pedestrian safety: 1) Interventions to prompt pedestrians to watch for turning vehicles. 2) Improving pedestrian signals for better indication of clearance interval. 3) Use of pedestrian-activated beacons at uncontrolled crossings. 4) Use of advance stop lines. 5) Increasing conspicuity of crosswalks. 6) Use of multiple interventions to increase motorist yielding to pedestrians. Research results are presented and a comprehensive list of references is provided.
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,69 MB
Release : 1999
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This report was one in a series of pedestrian safety synthesis reports prepared for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to document pedestrian safety in other countries. This review reports research in six areas of pedestrian safety:1) Interventions to prompt pedestrians to watch for turning vehicles. 2) Improving pedestrian signals for better indication of clearance interval. 3) Use of pedestrian-activated beacons at uncontrolled crossings. 4) Use of advance stop lines. 5) Increasing conspicuity of crosswalks. 6) Use of multiple interventions to increase motorist yielding to pedestrians. Research results are presented and a comprehensive list of references is provided.
Author : Neil Arason
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 26,82 MB
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1554589649
It is possible to eliminate death and serious injury from Canada’s roads. In other jurisdictions, the European Union, centres in the United States, and at least one automotive company aim to achieve comparable results as early as 2020. In Canada, though, citizens must turn their thinking on its head and make road safety a national priority. Since the motor vehicle first went into mass production, the driver has taken most of the blame for its failures. In a world where each person’s safety is dependent on a system in which millions of drivers must drive perfectly over billions of hours behind the wheel, failure on a massive scale has been the result. When we neglect the central role of the motor vehicle as a dangerous consumer product, the result is one of the largest human-made means for physically assaulting human beings. It is time for Canadians to embrace internationally recognized ways of thinking and enter an era in which the motor vehicle by-product of human carnage is relegated to history. No Accident examines problems related to road safety and makes recommendations for the way forward. Topics include types of drivers; human-related driving errors related to fatigue, speed, alcohol, and distraction and roads; pedestrians, cyclists, and public transit; road engineering; motor vehicle regulation; auto safety design; and collision-avoidance technologies such as radar and camera-based sensors on vehicles that prevent crashes. This multi-disciplinary study demystifies the world of road safety and provides a road map for the next twenty years.
Author : Charles V. Zegeer
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 27,47 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Pedestrian accidents
ISBN : 1428995501
This guide is intended to provide information on how to identify safety and mobility needs for pedestrians with the roadway right-of-way. Useful for engineers, planners, safety professionals and decision-makers, the guide covers such topics as: the Walking Environment including sidewalks, curb ramps, crosswalks, roadway lighting and pedestrian over and under passes; Roadway Design including bicycle lanes, roadway narrowing, reducing the number of lanes, one-way/two-way streets, right-turn slip lanes and raised medians; Intersections with roundabouts, T-intersections and median barriers; and Traffic calming designs.
Author : International Transport Forum
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 20,76 MB
Release : 2012-08-13
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ISBN : 928210365X
This report presents decision-makers with hard evidence on the important place of walking in transport policies and provide guidelines for developing a safe environment conducive to walking.
Author : Sany Zein
Publisher : TAC = ATC
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 34,82 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Traffic safety
ISBN : 9781551871554
The Canadian Guide to In-service Road Safety Reviews is a practical guide for conducting reviews on existing roads, based on the current experience and expertise in Canada and internationally. A companion guide to TAC's Canadian Road Safety Audit Guide, this publication provides guidelines to traffic practitioners on how to upgrade the operational and physical characteristics of existing in-service roads to be more compatible with current traffic conditions and safety knowledge.
Author : Traffic Injury Research Foundation of Canada
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 19,10 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Traffic accidents
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Author : Lucie Vallières
Publisher :
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 16,49 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Pedestrian accidents
ISBN : 9780494294192
This thesis examines how a non-profit organization, concerned with reducing injuries, promotes pedestrian safety in Canada. It is a case study which, from a critical perspective, uses several qualitative methods to locate the Canada Safety Council in its social context and to examine its conceptualizations of pedestrian safety within the 'system' of automobility. Through a review of relevant documents of the Canada Safety Council, this study examines safety promotion practices and discourses as they relate to the management of pedestrian risks. I discuss the political-economic implications of traffic safety promotion discourses within a neoliberal context that prefers individualized solutions to traffic risks. I argue that discourses of safety promotion discipline pedestrians and ultimately reinforce particular forms of mobility that support industries dependent on automobility. The promotion of pedestrian safety ensures pedestrians do not impede automobility and obscures a reconsideration of the adequacy of the 'system' of automobility for all people.
Author : Neil Arason
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 49,67 MB
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1554589657
It is possible to eliminate death and serious injury from Canada’s roads. In other jurisdictions, the European Union, centres in the United States, and at least one automotive company aim to achieve comparable results as early as 2020. In Canada, though, citizens must turn their thinking on its head and make road safety a national priority. Since the motor vehicle first went into mass production, the driver has taken most of the blame for its failures. In a world where each person’s safety is dependent on a system in which millions of drivers must drive perfectly over billions of hours behind the wheel, failure on a massive scale has been the result. When we neglect the central role of the motor vehicle as a dangerous consumer product, the result is one of the largest human-made means for physically assaulting human beings. It is time for Canadians to embrace internationally recognized ways of thinking and enter an era in which the motor vehicle by-product of human carnage is relegated to history. No Accident examines problems related to road safety and makes recommendations for the way forward. Topics include types of drivers; human-related driving errors related to fatigue, speed, alcohol, and distraction and roads; pedestrians, cyclists, and public transit; road engineering; motor vehicle regulation; auto safety design; and collision-avoidance technologies such as radar and camera-based sensors on vehicles that prevent crashes. This multi-disciplinary study demystifies the world of road safety and provides a road map for the next twenty years.