Identification of the Determinants of the Effectiveness of On-Road Chicanes in the Village Transition Zones Subject to a 50 km/h Speed Limit

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 13; p. 4002
• Main Authors: Sołowczuk, Alicja Barbara, Kacprzak, Dominik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2021
• Subjects: chicane; Roads & highways; solar cells; Speed limits; speed reduction; speed restriction; Towns; Traffic; traffic calming; transition zone; Austria; Sweden; United Kingdom > UK; Iran; United States > US; Denmark; Italy; Germany; Spain

In recent years, in which a considerable increase in the road traffic volumes has been witnessed, traffic calming has become one the key issues in the area of road engineering. This concerns, in particular, trunk roads passing through small villages with a population of up to 500 and the road sectio...