TRANSFORMING "TRADITIONAL" URBAN MAIN ROADS INTO SUSTAINABLY-SAFE ROADS

Urban street design is a matter of local road authorities. However, the Dutch national government has provided general "recommendations for traffic provisions in built-up areas." These recommendations are currently being revised. The main goal of the revision is to implement the principles of a "Sustainable Safe Traffic and Transport System." These principles aim at a traffic and transport system which is inherently safe: prevention (before accidents happen) is better than curing (after accidents have occurred). The application of these principles to residential street design will result in a type of design which is close to our "traditional design" (streets with a speed limit of 30 km/h). However, the design of main streets (distributors) will be quite different from the design we are used to. This paper focuses on the knowledge required to design inherently safe distributor roads without disturbing the many functions (for public transport, shopping, delivering of goods, parking) of this type of street too much. This paper describes the "ideal" inherently safe distributor, and confronts this design with the possibilities and impossibilities caused by the urban functions and demands.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • The publisher's German name is Forschungsgesellschaft fur Strassen- und Verkehrswesen (FGSV).
• Corporate Authors:

  Road and Transportation Research Association

  Postbox 50 13 62
  D-50973 Cologne,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Dijkstra, A
• Conference:
  • 2nd International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design
  • Location: Mainz, Germany
  • Date: 2000-6-14 to 2000-6-17
• Publication Date: 2000-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 57-68

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Highway design; Residential streets; Sustainable development; Traffic safety; Urban highways
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00794767
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FGSV 002/67
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 2000 12:00AM