Impact Assessment of Speed Calming Measures on Road Safety

Traffic calming and speed reduction are one of the core factors that influences traffic accident rate and severity. In the last decades a lot of speed calming measures were implemented in the Lithuanian roads of national significance and city streets. As it was foreseen the result was very effective...

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Published inTransportation research procedia (Online) Vol. 14; pp. 4228 - 4236
Main Authors Jateikienė, Laura, Andriejauskas, Tadas, Lingytė, Ineta, Jasiūnienė, Vilma
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 2016
Subjects
road safety
speed cameras
vertical traffic calming measures
road safety
speed cameras
vertical traffic calming measures
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Summary:Traffic calming and speed reduction are one of the core factors that influences traffic accident rate and severity. In the last decades a lot of speed calming measures were implemented in the Lithuanian roads of national significance and city streets. As it was foreseen the result was very effective. The paper presents research methodology and analysis of results of vertical traffic calming measures (speed bumps, speed humps, raised crosswalks), safety islands and speed cameras influence to the road safety on Lithuanian roads.
ISSN:2352-1465
2352-1465
DOI:10.1016/j.trpro.2016.05.394