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As cities become increasingly congested, current transport patterns
are unsustainable: heavy in energy use, high in economic and
environmental cost, and exacerbating inequity between those who can
access high-speed travel and those who cannot. Good urban planning
develops human-scale cities and encourages modes such as bicycles,
increased zones exclusive to pedestrians within cities, and changed
fiscal policies to incentivize public over private transport.
Equally, it requires good engineering design to manage road use.
Sustainable Approaches to Urban Transport brings together
contributions from leading international experts in urban planning,
transport, and governance who suggest changes to make our cities
more sustainable in the face of climate change. All professionals
working in transport and engineering and planning students will
find an overview of a broad field in this interdisciplinary
collection of essays.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As cities become increasingly congested, current transport patterns
are unsustainable: heavy in energy use, high in economic and
environmental cost, and exacerbating inequity between those who can
access high-speed travel and those who cannot. Good urban planning
develops human-scale cities and encourages modes such as bicycles,
increased zones exclusive to pedestrians within cities, and changed
fiscal policies to incentivize public over private transport.
Equally, it requires good engineering design to manage road use.
Sustainable Approaches to Urban Transport brings together
contributions from leading international experts in urban planning,
transport, and governance who suggest changes to make our cities
more sustainable in the face of climate change. All professionals
working in transport and engineering and planning students will
find an overview of a broad field in this interdisciplinary
collection of essays.
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