TRAFFIC AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE VOLVO TRAFFIC SAFETY AWARD 1986. WON BY THE ROAD DIRECTORATE, DENMARK, AND ANDERS NYVIG A/S FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY ADAPTED THROUGH TRAFFIC

This short report describes the experimental project in traffic calming known as "environmentally adapted through traffic". This traffic control method is brought about by redesigning the main routes through towns in such a way as to improve pedestrian crossing facilities, increase the road space given to pedestrians and cyclists, and to give greater priority to safety in general. A variety of speed reducing, and traffic segregation methods were introduced in the towns of Skaerbaek, Vinderup, and Ugerlose, and both before and after studies carried out to ascertain their effectiveness. These included monitoring of traffic flows, speeds, road user behaviour, road user attitudes, and the effects of the measures upon the retail trade, and upon air and noise pollution levels. The first results, from Vinderup, are now available and indicate that traffic speeds are now lower (most at the recommended speed of 40 km/hr), while still maintaining the same average delay while travelling through the town (9 seconds). No injury accidents have occured since the conversion, and the vaste majority of people now find the town a safer place to live in.

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  ROAD DIRECTORATE, DENMARK (VEJDIREKTORATET)

  HAVENEGADE 23, PO BOX 2169
  COPENHAGEN K,   Denmark  DK-1016

  ANDERS NYVIG A/S

  HAVENEGADE 23, PO BOX 2169
  COPENHAGEN K,   Denmark  DK-1016
• Publication Date: 1987

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Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 31 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bikeways; Crosswalks; Improvements; Speed control; Speed limits; Through traffic; Traffic engineering; Traffic restraint; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decreases
• Geographic Terms: Denmark
• ITRD Terms: 2722: Cycle track; 9009: Decrease; 8028: Denmark; 9108: Improvement; 1659: Pedestrian crossing; 2833: Speed control (struct elem); 624: Speed limit; 605: Through traffic; 655: Traffic engineering; 633: Traffic restraint; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00630414
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 87-7491-248-8
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jun 21 1993 12:00AM