审查交通平静评估的最佳实践
Jiří Ambros1, Lenka Tomešová1, Chris Jurewicz2
1CDV - Transport Research Centre, 636 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
Accident; analysis and prevention
|May 31, 2023
概括
交通平静 (TC) 评估方法不一致,限制了有效设计的证据. 这次审查建议使用动态速度测量和先进的研究设计,为更安全的社区提供强大的实践.
科学领域:
- 城市规划 城市规划
- 运输工程 运输工程
- 道路交通安全 道路交通安全
背景情况:
- 交通平静 (TC) 策略已被广泛实施,但缺乏一致的评估方法.
- 不一致的评估阻碍了为TC设计制定强有力的基于证据的指导.
- 现有的研究提供了有限的可比数据,关于TC降低车辆速度的有效性.
结论:
- 目前的TC评估实践不一致,影响了从业人员指导的可靠性.
- 采用强大的方法,包括动态测量和先进的研究设计,对于提高证据质量至关重要.
- 加强评估实践将通过有效的交通平静来支持创建更安全,更可持续的社区.
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