Evaluation of Road Safety Level in School Areas: The Case of the City of Thessaloniki, Greece

This paper describes how students’ trips to and from school have been investigated thoroughly by many researchers all over the world because of the safety risk imposed to the students by the vehicular traffic. All proposals that have been made by the researchers have aimed at the improvement of the walking environment in terms of safety, accessibility, security etc. The overall target is to reduce traffic flows and speed near school areas and to further improve the environment. This paper evaluates the service facilities provided near elementary school areas in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. In the framework of this research, a survey was carried out in various areas of the city. Each survey area has different land use and transport system characteristics. The examination of the road safety level near schools was based on the use of two tools: the Pedestrian Quality Inspection and the Design Guidelines for Pedestrian-Friendly Neighborhood Schools. The survey provides information on students’ trips from home to school and also on the characteristics of the current walking infrastructure near school areas in order to evaluate the road safety level. The paper proposes measures so that walking from home to school becomes friendlier, safer, and more accessible for the students.

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• Authors:
  • Basbas, S
  • Konstantinidou, C
  • Giorgou, A
• Conference:
  • 17th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment
  • Location: Pisa , Italy
  • Date: 2011-6-6 to 2011-6-8
• Publication Date: 2011-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 79-86
• Monograph Title: Urban Transport XVII. Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Case studies; Highway safety; Highway traffic control; Pedestrian traffic; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; School children; Schools; Walking
• Geographic Terms: Thessaloniki (Greece)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01354024
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781845645205
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 19 2011 12:52PM