Transport Planning Guidelines for Vulnerable Road User Safety in Emerging Economies

With the rapid expanse of motorised traffic in countries such as Brazil and India, the safety of vulnerable road users (VRUs) needs to be a key component in any transportation development. It should be considered what can be learnt from European transport planning experiences. This review identifies current good practice in Europe and considers how VRU safety is considered in the process. Based on this review, recommendations are given for: stakeholder participation; the development of a step by step planning process; and the implementation of VRU principles into the process. An assessment of the feasibility and implications for safety of applying European practice to emerging economies is also given.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.1288
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812030315
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/18770428
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Quigley, Claire
  • Sims, Ruth
  • Hill, Julian
  • Tripodi, Antonino
  • Persia, Luca
  • Pietrantonio, Hugo
  • Kharat, Mahendra
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena 2012
  • Location: Athens , Greece
  • Date: 2012-4-23 to 2012-4-26
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 3220-3229
• Serial:
  • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1877-0428
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18770428/53
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Cyclists; Developing countries; Highway safety; Pedestrians; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: Brazil; India
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01491327
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 9 2013 9:13AM